Day 2 Results
Day 2 Prelims Recap
Day 1 Recap

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. - A sweep of the 100-butterfly thanks to Annie Osmun and Robert Clayton highlighted the second night of the 2021 RMAC Championships for Colorado School of Mines.

The pair claimed their respective gold medals to lead another successful day for the Orediggers, with both 400-medley relays minting silver and Scott Reeder taking third in the 400-IM. After two days of competition, the women are in third place with 259 points just two points behind Oklahoma Baptist for second, while the men are solidly in second with 372.5 points, trailing Colorado Mesa's pace of 446.5.

Friday preliminaries begin at 9 a.m. and finals at 4 p.m.

400-MEDLEY RELAY
The women's 400-medley relay earned silver medals as the team of Sam Henney, Jorie Selig, Annie Osmun, and Lauren Mayo put together a time of 3:53.42.

The men also won silver in a record time as Jerry Birnbaum, Peyton Scherschel, Robert Clayton, and Harry Smith put together a time of 3:18.08 to slip under the previous program best of 3:18.50 set last year. 

100-FLY
After qualifying fourth in the morning, freshman Annie Osmun surged to her first career RMAC title in the finals, touching in 56.54 for the 100-fly victory. Trailing at 150 yards, Osmun made a terrific final turn and held off Colorado Mesa's Noel scott by three-hundreths of a second to win. In the B final, Lauren Mayo was 12th in 59.50, Kori Davis 13th in 59.65, and Jules Hays 14th in 59.78. Kailey Said finished 25th in 1:02.23.

The men's final was dominated by Orediggers as Robert Clayton outdueled Jerry Birnbaum for the win. After Birnbaum qualified first from prelims with a new program record of 48.52, Clayton out-touched him in the final with a time of 48.54; both men set NCAA B times. Charles Burroughs (T5, 49.48) and Seth Krause (7th, 49.80) also scored crucial A finals points, while Sam LaPrade (10th, 50.35) and Gareth Svanda (13th, 50.95) competed in the B final. Mines ending up scoring a massive 73.5 points from the men's 100-fly. 

400-IM
Erin Taggart finished fifth to lead the Orediggers in the 400-IM A final. Taggart hit in 4:37.82 after swimming 4:38.36 in prelims. Nadia Smith won the B final for a ninth-place 4:44.16 (4:47.44 in prelims), with Rachel Fontan 14th in 4:56.39 (4:59.09 in prelims) and Claire Lautman 16th in 5:02.08 (5:01.36 in prelims).

Scott Reeder swam 4:08.92 for the men's 400-IM bronze medal, slashing his prelim time of 4:13.66. Joe Peak also qualified for the A final and finished sixth in 4:10.81 after a 4:12.77 swim in the morning.

200-FREE
Two Oredigger women made the A final in the 200-free as Olivia Lomax finished sixth in a time of 1:55.40, two-tenths under her prelim time, and Meghan Slowey, fresh off her 1,000-free victory on Wednesday, finished eighth in 1:55.88 (1:56.82 prelim). Maddie Finley came in 11th in 1:58 flat, and Lauren Mayo was a spot behind at 1:58.08. Sarah Bennett finished 18th (2:00.75) and Hunter Stewart 27th (2:04.64). 

Cobi Wood and Ben Topper qualified for the men's final, with Wood touching fifth in 1:42.27 and Topper the eighth-best time of 1:42.86. In the B final, Nick Delany was 11th (1:43.95), Braden Hunt 12th (1:44.62), Austin Rich 15th (1:47.29), and Charles Burroughs 16th (1:47.35). Henry Oberley finished tied for 17th (1:47.03).