Full Results

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. - Event wins by Mia Wood and Migus Wong led Colorado School of Mines on the opening day of their double-dual with Colorado Mesa and Dixie State.

After 10 events in the men's dual, Colorado Mesa leads 58-33; in the women's double-dual, CMU leads Mines 67-24 but the Orediggers are ahead of Dixie State 46-45. The meet concludes Saturday with two sessions at 10 a.m. and 3 p.m.

Wood remained unbeaten this season in the 500-free, winning by nearly four seconds in 5:12.35. Meghan Slowey was fifth in 5:22.30 with Olivia Morley seventh (5:26.81); Claire Lautman (5:47.18) and Madeleine Oakley (5:28.36) swam in exhibition.

Josh Lee had a terrific swim in the men's 500-free to take third at 4:48.22, leading six Orediggers in the top eight with Cobi Wood (4:49.90) and Austin Rich (4:50.47) scoring right behind him, and Henry Oberley (4:52.84), Brad Whitmarsh (4:55.49), and Joe Peak (4:55.82) swimming in exhibition.

Migus Wong won the men's 200-IM, cruising by nearly a full second in 1:55.59. Robert Clayton touched in sixth (2:02.02) with Charles Burroughs eighth (2:02.86) and Nathan O'Neil 11th in exhibition (2:06.37). April Wood took third in the women's race with a 2:12.55 time, with Erin Taggart seventh (2:16.51) and Emily Rotert ninth (2:16.86). Rachel Fontan (2:16.89) and Kailey Said (2:21.42) were in exhibition.

In the 50-free, Ian Kingsolver took second with a 21.43 time as Peyton Scherschel (4th, 21.49) and Jerry Birnbaum (5th, 21.77) rounded out the top five. Olivia Lomax was the top Oredigger in the women's race in an eighth-place 25.32, with Maddie Finley 18th (25.94) and Kori Davis 20th (26.00). 

Two relays were in action on Friday led by a pair of second-place men's finishes. The men's 200-free relay scored a second-place 1:25.44 time less than two-tenths off CMU's winning pace with Sam LaPrade, Kingsolver, Wood, and Scherschel on the relay; the 400-medley relay of Birnbaum, Scherschel, Burroughs, and Kingsolver touched in 3:30.43. The women's 400-medley relay took third with Sam Henney, Oakley, Daphne Williams and Mia Wood turning in a 4:03.10 time, while the 200-free relay (Maddie Finley, April Wood, Daphne Williams, Olivia Lomax) took fourth in 1:40.61.