Saturday, January 24
Richards Building Pool | Provo, UT
11 am MT
Air Force Academy
146.00
at
207.00
Brigham Young University
Falcons Split Double Dual Meet, Defeating Colorado Mesa
1/24/2026 4:08:00 PM | Women's Swimming and Diving
PROVO, Utah., - The Falcon women split their double dual meet, defeating Colorado Mesa 207.50-145.50, but falling to BYU 207-146 on Saturday morning at the Richards Building Pool. The day was highlighted by top finishes on the board and in the pool.
"The team had a good weekend and BYU was on fire at their home opener, but our team rose to the challenge and swam well," mentioned head coach Colleen Murphy.
The Air Force divers swept the top four with freshman Lulu Semakula leading the pack with her third 1-meter win of the season at 258.75. Chloe Perkins (254.20), Cayla Jaffe (253.50), and Lexi Gregory (253.25) went for second third and fourth, while Kacey Hu (237.45) placed fifth.
Head diving coach Kyle Van Valkenburg expressed, "The women were dominant in their performances and I was pleased with their event sweeps. They cam into the weekend eager to compete and they showed good consistency throughout the meet."
The program's first top finish on the swimming side was from Naomi Furman who powered to gold in the 100 breast with a winning time of 1:02.00. Team captain Maeve Linscott added a fifth-place showing, touching in at 1:03.77.
Murphy stated, "We have been working extremely hard in the pool and we are swimming fast tired. This team is special and we are going to have lifetime bests in-season; we have leveled up this semester."
Jena Nowoswiat closed the individual events in strong fashion, surging to first in the 200 fly at 2:03.82, while Natalie Doig earned bronze in the same race with a time of 2:04.94.
Air Force continued to rack up podium finishes in the relays, as the 400 medley relay squad combined for a third-place effort at 3:45.38.
Elizabeth Sistrunk led the Falcons in the 200 back with a runner-up finish at 2:00.80, followed closely by Addy Forbes in fourth (2:01.91).
Distance swimmer Abby Miller claimed second in the 1650 free at 17:16.84. Katie Andrist followed with a fourth-place performance, clocking a 17:20.96.
The Falcons filled the podium in the 200 IM as Sadie Hartig secured bronze at 2:05.58, while Hanani Dona (2:06.73) and Furman (2:07.23) rounded out the top five.
Sophomore Lily Larson added another top-three finish for Air Force, taking third in the 200 free with a time of 1:48.84, while Hartig picked up her second top-five finish of the day in fifth at 1:51.52.
In the sprint events, Ryan Mills posted Air Force's fastest 50 free of the meet, finishing fifth with a time of 23.73.
"We are looking forward to the meet next weekend and focusing on racing the sprints," explained Murphy while Van Valkenburg said, "We look to improve going into our invitational next week where we will face the same teams and tough competition."
The Falcons now turn their attention home, set to host the Air Force Diving Invitational from Thursday, Jan. 29 through Saturday, Jan. 31, while the swimming squad will compete in the Colorado Sprint Championship on Jan. 31 and celebrate senior day.
"The team had a good weekend and BYU was on fire at their home opener, but our team rose to the challenge and swam well," mentioned head coach Colleen Murphy.
The Air Force divers swept the top four with freshman Lulu Semakula leading the pack with her third 1-meter win of the season at 258.75. Chloe Perkins (254.20), Cayla Jaffe (253.50), and Lexi Gregory (253.25) went for second third and fourth, while Kacey Hu (237.45) placed fifth.
Head diving coach Kyle Van Valkenburg expressed, "The women were dominant in their performances and I was pleased with their event sweeps. They cam into the weekend eager to compete and they showed good consistency throughout the meet."
The program's first top finish on the swimming side was from Naomi Furman who powered to gold in the 100 breast with a winning time of 1:02.00. Team captain Maeve Linscott added a fifth-place showing, touching in at 1:03.77.
Murphy stated, "We have been working extremely hard in the pool and we are swimming fast tired. This team is special and we are going to have lifetime bests in-season; we have leveled up this semester."
Jena Nowoswiat closed the individual events in strong fashion, surging to first in the 200 fly at 2:03.82, while Natalie Doig earned bronze in the same race with a time of 2:04.94.
Air Force continued to rack up podium finishes in the relays, as the 400 medley relay squad combined for a third-place effort at 3:45.38.
Elizabeth Sistrunk led the Falcons in the 200 back with a runner-up finish at 2:00.80, followed closely by Addy Forbes in fourth (2:01.91).
Distance swimmer Abby Miller claimed second in the 1650 free at 17:16.84. Katie Andrist followed with a fourth-place performance, clocking a 17:20.96.
The Falcons filled the podium in the 200 IM as Sadie Hartig secured bronze at 2:05.58, while Hanani Dona (2:06.73) and Furman (2:07.23) rounded out the top five.
Sophomore Lily Larson added another top-three finish for Air Force, taking third in the 200 free with a time of 1:48.84, while Hartig picked up her second top-five finish of the day in fifth at 1:51.52.
In the sprint events, Ryan Mills posted Air Force's fastest 50 free of the meet, finishing fifth with a time of 23.73.
"We are looking forward to the meet next weekend and focusing on racing the sprints," explained Murphy while Van Valkenburg said, "We look to improve going into our invitational next week where we will face the same teams and tough competition."
The Falcons now turn their attention home, set to host the Air Force Diving Invitational from Thursday, Jan. 29 through Saturday, Jan. 31, while the swimming squad will compete in the Colorado Sprint Championship on Jan. 31 and celebrate senior day.
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