Cowgirls Remain Undefeated After Beating CSU

FORT COLLINS, Colo. (11/8/24) – The University of Wyoming women’s swimming and diving team defeated long-time rival Colorado State this evening, 159.5-140.5. The atmosphere inside EPIC pool in Fort Collins was electric and the competition was intense throughout the meet.

This Cowgirl swim and dive team is really proving to be something special and a true force to be reckoned with.  After the win against CSU, Wyoming remains undefeated against not only their front range opponents, but on the entire season as well. Head Coach Dave Denniston knows just how special his team is, and he’s eager for everyone else to take notice as well.

“First and foremost, I think that everyone that’s involved with Wyoming athletics knows that by and large we’ve struggled with a lot of different teams this year, but this women’s team is something special that people really need to start paying attention to. They’re undefeated on the season and they fought like hell today to win,” Denniston said.

While the usual standouts for Wyoming all had solid outings against CSU, Denniston shared the praise amongst his athletes.

Denniston said, “We had inspired swims from people like Sophie Nutter, who just swam out of her mind. Abigail Bruss tried to do the 200 IM for us and while she didn’t win, she put her heart into it after winning the 200 butterfly. Tara Joyce once again put everything she had in the pool. And then our fifth year Kali Franckowiak got up and raced a good 100 butterfly and was on that relay at the end to win it for us.”

The Cowgirl divers also did extremely well against the Rams, proving to be a key part of this program and the success they’ve had so far.

“So, across the board really really great, but speaking of boards, I think the reason we won this meet was because of diving,” Denniston said. “To go one and two on both boards and to pick up that fifth spot by Madelynn Appelhans on the 1-meter, that’s what really sealed the deal for us. This was a full team effort and it’s something to be really proud of and I’m proud of this team.”

Macey Hansen took first in the 1000-yard freestyle with a time of 10:11.96.

Joyce came in first place in the 200-yard freestyle, going 1:51.02.

Brynlee Busskohl turned in a first-place performance in the 100- and 200-yard breaststrokes, going 1:03.41 and 2:18.37 respectively.

Bruss took first in the 200-yard butterfly with a time of 2:06.09.

Alicia Gonzalez swept the boards, scoring 312.53 on the 1-meter springboard and 330.15 on the 3-meter springboard.

Wyoming also took first in the 400-yard freestyle with a time of 3:24.87, comprising of Avery True, Veronika Ozimek, Kali Franckowiak and Joyce.

Wyoming swim and dive are back in the pool November 20-23, with swim heading to the Colorado Mesa Invite and dive competing at the Southern Methodist University Invitational.