Results

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. - Mia Wood was named the meet's top swimmer and Charles Burroughs smashed Mines' oldest record as Colorado School of Mines wrapped up the A3 Performance Invitational at Colorado Mesa.

The Oredigger men finished second overall with 973.5 points while the women were third with 697.

Wood, who finished undefeated with 80 individual points, was named the women's Swimmer of the Meet as she smashed the meet and program record in the 1,650-free on Saturday with a 16:59.77 win. Wood set NCAA qualifying times in all four distance freestyle events in the meet.

Wood wasn't the only distance Oredigger to impress as Meghan Slowey continued a breakout meet with a second-place showing in the mile. She swam 17:37.60 (an NCAA B time), while April Wood took fifth in 17:53.52 and Olivia Morley 14th in 19:02.77.

Madeleine Oakley secured a second-place 2:23.80 in the 200-breaststroke, with Anna Otterstetter coming in 16th in 2:33.44. Erin Taggart had a terrific swim in the 200-fly to take third in 2:07.82 - just three-tenths from the Mines record - and April Wood was eighth (2:15.62) in the same event. In the 200-fly B final, Olivia Morley finished 10th (2:14.66), Nadie Smith 13th (2:16.59), and Kailey Said 14th (2:16.81). 

Audrey Miller was 15th in the 200-back at 2:15.13, and Olivia Lomax 10th in the 100-free at 52.97. The women's 400-free relay wrapped the meet with a fourth-place 3:31.65.

A day after setting the program 100-fly record, Charles Burroughs did the same in the 200-fly with a blistering 1:49.37 NCAA B prelim time. That shattered the oldest record on the books at Mines, Brooks Masterson's 1:51.35 set at the 2002 NCAA Championships, but nearly two full seconds. Burroughs swam 1:51.34 for fourth in finals; his prelim time was two-hundreths off the meet record.

Henry Oberley led the men with a second-place NCAA B time of 16:07.11 in the 1,650-free. Josh Lee also notched an NCAA B time at 16:17.12 for fourth, while Austin Rich was fifth (16:33.24) and Joe Peak seventh (16:47.25). The Orediggers put four swimmers in the 200-back final led by Jerry Birnbayum, who was third in 1:51.91. Harry Smith took fifth (1:53.22), Gareth Svanda sixth (1:55.46), and Chance Dodds eighth (2:05.32). Peyton Scherschel tied for fourth in the 100-free at 46.36, and just missed the Mines record by two-tenths with a 45.84 prelim time. Ian Kingsolver seventh at 46.62, Nick Delaney ninth in 46.73, Cobi Wood 11th in 46.88, and Matthew Pollmiller 13th in 47.42.

Migus Wong picked up bronze in the 200-breaststroke with a 2:02.74 time, with Vinnie Wolfram (5th, 2:07.33) and Iain Bisset (8th, 2:12.88) also in the A final. Also in the 200-fly, Robert Clayton was fifth in 1:51.90, Joe Peak eighth in 1:56.63, Henry Oberley 10th in 1:56.95, and Nathan O'Neil 11th in 1:57.71. The men's 400-free relay finished fourth in 3:02.27.

The Orediggers are done for the fall semester and return to action Jan. 10 with a triangular back at Colorado Mesa against the Mavericks and Dixie State.