Wyoming Swim and Dive Splits Duals with Denver on Saturday

Cowgirls win 14 events on day

LARAMIE, Wyo.  (Jan. 11, 2025) – The Wyoming swimming and diving program split duals with Denver on Saturday afternoon inside Laramie High School with the Cowgirls earning a 182-118 win and the Cowboys falling 181-119.

The Cowgirls earned wins in 14 of the events on the afternoon and moved to 5-0 in duals this season. The Cowboys moved to 1-2 overall.  Wyoming honored 18 seniors prior to the dual with 12 Cowgirls and six Cowboys being honored.

“I thought the women went up and raced great from top to bottom in the lineup,” UW head coach Dave Denniston said. “Having our seniors and studs come up and win races was big for the women’s team. We put in a hard week of training coming off the holidays and I know we are sore and beat up, but they raced tough. The guys are maturing and finding ways to be better, and we got come great races out of Drew Ravegum and Caleb Ozenne. Our divers on both sides crushed it today and we have a lot of good things to learn from and looking forward to racing here in the next couple of weeks.”

Cowgirls vs. Denver

The Cowgirls opened the meet with a win in the 200-medley relay with the team of Veronika Ozimek, Brynlee Busskohl, Emily Burchett and Rachael Horne clocking in at 1:43.75.

Macey Hansen won the 1,000 free with a time of 10:32.27. Tara Joyce won the 200 free with a time of 1:52.52. Kali Franckowiak placed third at 1:54.75. Sydney Metzler added a time of 57.38 to win the 100 backstroke and Busskohl added a time of 1:03.67 to win the 100 breast.

Horne won the 50 free with a mark of 23.88 and was followed by Mikayla Moore at 24.22. Joyce won the 100 free for the Cowgirls. Busskohl added another win in the 200 breast with a mark of 2:19.02. Hansen later dominated the 500 free at 5:05.43. Franckowiak added a victory for the Cowgirls in the 100 butterfly at 57.38 with UW going 1-2-3 in the event with Anna Roesler in second at 57.64 and Burchett at 57.73.

Wyoming closed out the dual with Metzler earning a win in the 200 individual medley at 2:10.68. The 400 free relay team of Horne, Lauren Swartz, Franckowiak and Joyce won the final event of the day with a time of 3:28.48.

In the diving events, Alicia Gonzalez won the three-meter event with a score of 324.38. Gabriella Haigler finished third at 299.33. Natalie Six won the one-meter board with a score of 283.13 for a personal best on the board, as Haigler finished third as well at 270.15.

Cowboys vs. Denver

The Cowboys opened the dual with a win in the 200-medley relay with a time of 1:31.73 with the group of Kellen Chadderdon, Andrew Ravegum, Gavin Smith and Quinn Teller.

Caleb Ozenne won the 200 free for the Pokes with a mark of 1:42.66. Ravegum added a first-place finish at 56.20 in the 100 breaststroke. He finished the individual portion of the meet with a win in the 200 individual medley at 1:52.60.

Smith finished second in the 200 butterfly at 1:53.25 with Teller finishing second in the 50 free at 20.88. Smith finished third later in the 100 butterfly. Collin Davis finished second in the 100 back at 51.50. Ozenne added a second-place finish in 200 backstroke and Ravegum added a second-place finish in 200 breast at 2:03.54.

Wyoming closed out the day with a second-place finish in the 400 free relay with the group of Ozenne, Teller, Luke O’Connor and Smith clocking in at 3:06.47.

In the diving events, in the three-meter, Bruno Grau won the event with a career-best score of 337.88.  On the one-meter board, Jonah Mann finished second at 298.35. Grau finished third at 284.63.

Wyoming heads south next Saturday with a trip Colorado School of Mines with a 1p.m. start in Golden, Colo.