Air Force Defeats Denver and Washington State in Tri-Meet

U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo., - Air Force women's swimming and diving (2-1) picked up their first pair of dual wins over Denver, 170.50 -129.50, and Washington State, 157.00-137.00, on Friday night at Cadet Natatorium. The Falcons tallied five individual first-place finishes and one relay win.

"Our team rose to the challenge tonight and came out with wins over two really good teams," said head swimming coach Colleen Murphy. "Our depth was really evident tonight, but Ellie Foulke has continued to achieve best times and win events."

To open the tri-meet, the 400 medley relay team of Eliza Black, Naomi Furman, Ryan Mills, and Lily Larson placed first in the event with their combined time of 3:47.42.

Freshman Ellie Foulke followed with a win in the 1000 free at 10:27.99 while Abby Miller (10:39.95) trailed in second. Foulke claimed another gold finish in the 200 back after clocking a time of 2:02.90 and picked up second in the 200 IM at 2:08.30.

With her 100 breast time of 1:03.87, Furman earned the top spot. Reagan Kampschror placed fourth at 1:05.82.

On the boards, Lexi Gregory placed first on the 3-meter with a score of 293.25. Giselle Rojas (288.40) and Jazzlyn Vaughan (283.35) rounded out the top three.

Helena Gibson placed first on the 1-meter after scoring 265.10. Gregory (265.05) and Rojas (243.00) also finished on the podium.

Black swam a third-place time of 57.73 in the 100 back and Larson marked a 100 free time 52.28 for bronze.

Hannah Seal (5:10.29) and Sadie Hartig (5:13.06) went back-to-back in second and third in the 500 free.

In the 200 free, Libbi McCarthy (1:53.91) and Larson (1:54.11) represented the Falcons in the top five.

Natalie Doig (2:07.24) and Jena Nowoswiat (2:08.37) went for third and fourth in the 200 fly, respectively.

The 200 breast saw Kampschror (2:23.74), Furman (2:24.85), and Jordan Evans (2:25.76) took third, fourth, and fifth.

Murphy said, "We have raced a lot already and our training has been tough, the team swam tired but came together for the wins!"

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