FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – The New Mexico State swimming and diving team wrapped up day one of the Lumberjack Invitational against Northern Arizona on Friday. NM State set pool records in the 200 Breast and 400 Medley relay.
 
Day one consisted of two sessions with four racers from each team being scored in each race with two squads from each team scored in relays.
 
"It's safe to say we've never come up to Flagstaff with a group more determined to be successful," Said associate head coach Rachel Judge. "Their attitudes have been contagious and it was a real honor to watch this girls preform today. We had some outstanding performances – Regan Nentwich was on fire, she had wins in the 200 Back and the 100 Fly and was huge on our relays. Our 200 breast stroke was fun to watch especially with those times, in this pool, at this altitude. At this point in the season, it was really impressive."
 
The Aggies started the day with the team of Anabel Ivanov, Hanna McGowan, Reagan Nentwich and Lauren Hemburrow setting a pool record in the 400 Medley relay with a time of 3:46.78. Lanie McAlpin, Lauren Wood, Katherine Harston and Sina Wegel placed third at 3:52.35.
 
Next, in the 500 Free, Grace Laporte placed fourth at 5:09.38 while Harston touched fifth (5:10.82) and Ivanov seventh (5:20.60). However, NM State got a win from Nentwich in the next race, the 200 Back, with a time of 2:04.06. Lanie McAlpin placed third with a time of 2:07.82.
 
Then, New Mexico State swept the podium in the 200 Breast with McGowan setting a pool record with a time of 2:16.82. Lauren Wood (2:17.20) and Barbora Krizanova (2:20.80) finished second and third respectively while Ashley Reynolds (2:26.34) touched seventh.
 
Nentwich then notched another win for the Aggies, this time in the 100 Fly with a time of 55.01. Harston placed fourth at 56.34 while Lindsey Muiznieks (56.82) and Hemburrow (57.14) finished sixth and eighth.
 
In the 400 IM, picked up a third place finish for NM State with a time of 4:34.81. McAlpin (4:43.67) placed sixth and Krizanova placed seventh with a time of 4:43.80.
 
The final even of the morning session, the 100 Free, saw Neza Kocijan (51.79) place third and Hemburrow fourth (51.97). Sina Wegel touched sixth while Laporte finished seventh with times of 52.46 and 52.49 respectively.
 
The Aggies started the second session by picking up a win frim Krizanova, McGowan, Nentwich and Kocijan in the 200 Medley relay with a time of 1:42.13. The squad of Ivanov, Reynolds, Muiznieks and Airam Oliva-Aun placed third at 1:44.51. 
 
Next, Harston finished third in the 1650 Free at 17:46.62 with Laporte at fourth in 17:55.30. Mikaela Miele placed sixth with a time of 18.42.60.
 
In the final race of the day, the 200 Free relay, the Aggies A relay of Hemburrow, Kocijan, Oliva-Aun and Ivanov picked up a second-place finish in 1:35.57. Olivia Bender, Nentwich, Muiznieks and Wegel finished third with a time of 1:36.18.
 
"The afternoon swims carried over the momentum of the morning swims," added Judge. "It was a good win the 200 Medley relay, our distance swimmers swam tough and finishing the night with the 200 Free relay left us hungry for more. Our A relay was all freshman so that's definitely a sign of good things for the future to see them pulling together like that. Tomorrow is going to be a tough session but we are excited to show people what we are made of."
 
On the diving side, Raina Brommer, Sheridan Decker and MacKinna Hauff competed in the 3m board. After the preliminary round of six dives, Brommer (232.45) sat in 11^th, Hauff (246.15) in ninth and Decker (254.70) in fifth.
 
After the finals, Decker placed the highest of the three Aggies at fourth with a total score of 532.35. Hauff moved up and finished at sixth with a score of 5:04.30 while Brommer also moved up to finish at eighth (486.50).
 
"The divers did great this morning, Sheridan had her two best 3m lists of the season," said diving coach Miranda King. "Raina and MacKinna struggled a little in prelims but stepped up in finals and moved up several spots. After three solid weeks of training, it's exciting to see the improvement. We're looking forward to a great 1m event tomorrow."
 
NM State wraps up the Lumberjack Invitational against Northern Arizona with a third session consisting of the 200 Free, 100 Back, 200 Breast, 200 Fly, 50 Free, 200 IM and the 400 Free relay starting tomorrow, Saturday, Nov. 17, at 10 a.m. (MT).