Results

GOLDEN, Colo. - Colorado School of Mines and Colorado Mesa wrapped up their two-day dual meet on Saturday as the Orediggers bid farewell to a big senior class on Senior Day.

Before the meet, Mines honored its 13-member senior class, which included Dominic Byrne, Jonathan Donehower, cort Hanson, Sam Knott, Alexander Moreland, Caleb Ring, Riley Silber, Dom Smith, and Jordan Umrysh for the men, and Carissa Anderson, Susan Fender, Gillian Wagner, and Abigail Wong for the women. The Orediggers were swimming their final men's/women's dual of the season at home. 

Mesa won both sides of the dual by scores of 208-107 on the men's side and 228.5-86.5 for the women. Colorado Mesa set five new pool records on Saturday to go with three from Friday. 

A day after winning the 500-free, Mia Wood made it a distance double as she dominated the 1,000-free in a 10:51.61 victory for Mines' lone event win of the morning. Wood later took second in the 200-free (1:56.19).

Gillian Wagner was third in the 200-breast (2:31.45) as was Daphne Williams in the 100-fly (1:00.30) and April Wood in the 400-IM (4:50.84), a spot ahead of Emily Rotert in fourth (4:52.28). Abigail Wong was the top Oredigger in the 50-free in sixth (25.68), and Kori Davis led Mines in the 100-back in a seventh-place 1:03.07.

For the men, Peyton Scherschel was runner-up in the 50-free at 21.89, while Jerry Birnbaum touched second to lead the 100-back in 53.35. A day after setting the 100-breaststroke pool record, Sam Knott was second in the 200-breast (2:10.31) just ahead of Migus Wong (2:10.71) and Jonathan Donehower (2:13.75). Ben Topper was second in the 200-free in 1:46.50 with Birnbaum fourth at 1:47.08, and Donehower capped the individual events with a second-place 4:17.41 in the 400-IM. Henry Oberley was third in the 1,000-free in 10:05.56 and Gareth Svanda took third in the 100-fly (52.58).

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Mines will split up next weekend as the women host Colorado State on Friday, while the men head to Colorado College for the three-day CC Classic beginning Friday.