Women’s Swim and Dive Drops Dual at BYU, 191-155

PROVO – The women's swim and dive team came up short at Brigham Young as the Cougars outscored the Falcons, 191.00-155.00, in a two-day dual meet at Richards Building Pool. The Falcons saw victories in four events and 17 finishes inside the top-three.

The Falcons' 400 freestyle relay team took the top spot as Sefilina Maile, Kara Gavin, Raquelle Roesch and Abby Turner clocked a 3:33.92 in the event. Air Force also saw victory in the 200 freestyle relay as Turner, Addie Orris, Alex Clark and Lia Campbell swam to first with a 1:37.67.

Turner, who helped two freestyle relay teams to victory, also won first in the 100 freestyle with a 53.02, and finished third in the 50 freestyle with a 24.40. The Falcons excelled in the 100 free as they claimed the top-three spots with Gavin finishing second (53.15) and Maile finishing third (53.47).

Freshman swimmer Alex Clark, who helped the 200 free relay team to a win, also claimed the victory in the 200 butterfly, registering a 2:07.56. She finished second in the 100 butterfly (58.13), behind teammate Shayla Markle who won the event with a 57.90.

Air Force's Corinne Yorkman won first-place in the 100 backstroke as she clocked a 58.98. Markle finished in a close second (59.56), while teammate Anna Ashley finished third (1:00.30).

Falcon divers Gabby Peltier (269.63) and Grace Treanor (267.98) finished second and third in the three-meter dive, respectively. The repeated second and third place finishes in the one-meter dive with Peltier scoring a 253.95 and Treanor registering a 252.15.

"Our team had a tough meet on Friday night, we came back ready to race on Saturday morning and had a great meet," head coach Colleen Murphy said. "We rose to the challenge on Saturday, the 1-2-3 finish in the 100 free really energized our team and our butterflyers were so good all weekend long, I am so proud of how this team turned their meet around and finished so well."

Next up, women's swimming returns home for a Mountain West tri-meet with Colorado State and New Mexico, Saturday (Jan. 22), at Cadet Natatorium. Action is slated to begin at 11 a.m.

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