GREELEY, Colo. – NM State hit the road for its first meet away from home of the 2022-23 campaign. The Aggies were bested by a tough Northern Colorado squad – falling 166-77.
The Aggies were led by a pair of freshmen in
Thea Masselink and
Naomi Slee who each landed a first-place finish in the dual meet against their WAC counterpart.
SWIMMING
- Freshman standout Thea Masselink posted the Aggies' first win of the weekend as she reached the wall first in the 200 back (2:08.24).
- Fellow freshman Naomi Slee followed her two-win weekend against North Texas with a first-place finish in the 500 free (5:13.48) and a second-place finish in the 1000 free by posting a time of 10:45.83.
- Two events later, senior Aimee Burton tallied another silver for the Aggies as she came in second in the 50 free (24.20).
- Later, Lindsay Puhalski recorded her second top-three finish of the day as she finished second in the 100 free (55.24) after finishing in third in the 200 free (1:58.73).
- In the final event of the day, the team of Aimee Burton, Kira Brownell, Elizabeth Cervantes-Vanderlugt and Naomi Slee posted a time of 1:38.78 to finish second in the 200 free relay.
DIVING
- In the first diving event of the afternoon, Italia Aranzabal posted a final score of 235.79 to come in second place.
- Aranzabal was also the top Aggie diver in the three-meter event as she landed the top spot with a finals score of 194.16.
QUOTABLE | Head Coach Rick Pratt
"Today was a tough loss but, despite the travel and end results, the team kept fighting through the finish and there were many lessons we learned today. Tomorrow's a new day and hopefully, we can find our legs".
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