LAS CRUCES, N.M. – The New Mexico State swimming and diving team fell 178-122 to Wyoming in a dual meet in Las Cruces on Saturday afternoon.
 
"The last month of training for us has been about trying to get to the next level – we had some really great swim today and will be able to recover a little this week before hitting the road for Phoenix on Thursday," said associate head coach Rachel Judge. "Wyoming has some great competitors and we were able to take advantage of some great racing today."
 
The Aggies' 200 Medley Relay squad of Anabel Ivanov, Ashley Reynolds, Reagan Nentwich and Airam Oliva-Aun finished in second place with a time of 1:46.28, just behind Wyoming's 1:45.99. Then, the Cowgirls took the top three spots in the 1000 Free and the top two in the 200 Free before Alix Knagg finished second in the 100 Back (59.99). Katherine Harston also picked up a second-place finish for the Aggies in the 200 Fly with a time of 2:08.45.
 
Then, Airam Oliva-Aun won the 50 Free (23.94) and Neza Kocijan won the 100 Free (52.93) before a second-place finish in the 200 Back from Ivanov (2:06.75). NM State followed that up with Jordan Andrusak finishing second in the 200 Breast (2:23.94) and Harston finishing second in the 500 Free (5:13.22).
 
Wyoming then won the 100 Fly and posted the top two finishers in the 200 IM. To end the day, the Aggies picked up a win in the 400 Free with the team of Oliva-Aun, Natalia Villa, Ivanov and Kocijan posting a 3:29.94.
 
"We ended the meet today with an in-season, program best performance with the 400 Freestyle Relay," Judge added. "Going under 3:30 at this point in the season is an amazing indication of what is still to come this season. Such a fun way to end the session and required grit and tenacity to end this meet on such a high note!"
 
On the diving side, the Cowgirls' Melissa Mirafuentes Santilon won the 3m (283.28) and Karla Contreras won the 1m (250.80).
 
New Mexico State is back in action when it travels to Phoenix to take on GCU and Air Force on Friday, Nov. 8, and Saturday, Nov. 9.