By: by Tim Flynn
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Day 1 Recap
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. - The second day of the 2021 RMAC Swimming & Diving Championships is underway with preliminaries in the 100-fly, 400-IM, and 200-free.
Women's finals are at 4 p.m. and the men go at 7:30 p.m.
100-FLY
Freshman
Annie Osmun led four Oredigger women in qualifying for the 100-fly finals, swimming 58.44 to make the A final in fourth position.
Lauren Mayo (12th, 59.72),
Jules Hays (13th, 59.94), and
Kori Davis (15th, 1:00.41) will swim the B final.
Kailey Said finished 25th in 1:02.23.
The Mines men dominated the 100-fly prelims with
Jerry Birnbaum and
Robert Clayton qualifying 1-2. Birnbaum broke teammate
Charles Burroughs' program record of 48.83 with an NCAA B time of 48.52, while Clayon also got his NCAA cut with a 48.80.
Seth Krause qualified fourth in 49.38 while Burroughs was fifth in 49.66.
Sam LaPrade (12th, 50.80) and
Gareth Svanda (13th, 50.82) will swim the B final.
400-IM
Erin Taggart qualified third for the 400-IM A final, swimming a great back half of her race to set a time of 4:38.36.
Nadia Smith qualified ninth in 4:47.44, with
Rachel Fontan 13th in 4:59.09 and
Claire Lautman 15th in 5:01.36.
Joe Peak and Scott Reeder both made the A final for the men as Peak qualified third in 4:12.77 and Reeder fourth in 4:13.66.
200-FREE
Two Oredigger women made the A final in the 200-free as
Olivia Lomax qualified fifth (1:55.62) and
Meghan Slowey, fresh off her 1,000-free victory on Wednesday, was eighth (1:56.82).
Lauren Mayo (10th, 1:57.83) and
Maddie Finley (11th, 1:57.90) will be in the B final, with
Sarah Bennett finishing 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 1:42.65 and Topper the eighth-best time of 1:43.58.
Nick Delany (11th, 1:44.30),
Braden Hunt (12th, 1:45:00), Burroughs (13th, 1:45.20), and
Austin Rich (16th, 1:46.45) made the B final, with
Henry Oberley finishing tied for 17th (1:47.03).