RIVERSIDE, Calif. – The New Mexico State swimming and diving team dominated the Lancer Invitational in Riverside, Calif., racking up 1,683 points on its way to winning the meet.
 
"This was a great experience for our team and I'm really excited and proud of the grit we showed this weekend," said head coach Rick Pratt. "It was a lot of races in three short sessions and our team had infectious energy on deck.  It was a great way to finish off the year and move into the second half of our season. Standout performances came from many individuals, but our upperclassmen really impressed me how they lead our team in and out of the pool."
 
The Aggies started the day with a victory in the 200 Medley Relay from the squad of Alix Knagg, Hanna McGowan, Reagan Nentwich and Neza Kocijan finishing first in 1:44.41 to earn 40 points. NM State also had the second place team as Barbora Krizanova, Ashley Reynolds, Lindsey Muiznieks and Makena Sutherland recorded a time of 1:45.11.
 
Next, Lauren Wood picked up 20 points for NM State as she won the 400 IM with a time of 4:28.17. Lanie McAlpin notched a fourth place at 4:30.86 to earn 15 points.
 
After a strong showing yesterday, Reagan Nentwich earned another win, this time in 100 Fly with a time of 55.25. Katherine Harston (56.61), Muiznieks (57.36) and Lauren Hemburrow (58.00) finished third, fourth and fifth respectively. Then, New Mexico State earned the top-four spots in the 200 Free with Moana Houde-Camirand (1:53.20) picking up the win and 20 points.  Anabel Ivanov placed second (1:53.66), Sina Wegel (1:54.00) third and Grace Laporte in fourth at 1:54.78.
 
The 100 Breast saw McGowan finish second at 1:03.43 while Krizanova (1:05.1) finished third. Reynolds (1:05.29) placed third with Wood (1:05.72) in fourth. Then, Nentwich picked up another victory for NM State in the 100 back with a time of 56.46.
 
Next, New Mexico State picked up another relay win to conclude the morning session with Ivanov, Laporte, Houde-Camirand and Wegel finished first in the 800 Free relay at 7:35.65. The Aggie team of Harston, Hemburrow, Oliva-Aun and Knagg placed second (7:39.25).
 
The afternoon session started with Grace Laporte earning 20 points in the 1650 Free with a first-place finish at 17:31.01. This was followed by Krizanova finishing third in the 100 IM at 57.92 and then the Aggies sweeping the podium in the 200 Back. Lillian Araujo (1:39.61) finished first with Nentwich (2:02.53) and Knagg (2;02.69) in the second and third respectively. Oliva-Aun then placed third in the 100 free with a time of 52.39 while Wegel (52.42) and Kocijan (52.57) finishing third and fourth.
 
In the 200 Breast, McGowan (216.76), Wood (2:20.05) and Krizanova (2:21.51) finished second, third and fourth respectively. After that, Harston picked up a win for NM State in the 200 Fly with a time of 2:04.64 while Lanie McAlpin (2:05.62) went second and Nentwich (2:07.57) third. Finally, in the 400 Free relay, Kocijan, Hemburrow, Laporte and Wegel placed second with a time of  3:31.84.
 
On the diving side of things, the Aggie divers put together more strong performances. MacKinna Hauff won the 3m with a score of 295.35 while Raina Brommer (254.35) and Sheridan Decker (241.30) placed second and third. New Mexico State also swept the 1m as Hauff picked up another win at 284.60 with Decker in second at 243.25 and Brommer (239.40) in third.
 
The Aggies are back in action when Idaho visits the Swimming and Diving Complex on Monday, Jan. 7, at 2 p.m. (MT). All fans receive free entry to all NM State swimming and diving home meets.