Wednesday Full Results
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GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. – Highlights were aplenty for the Colorado School of Mines Men's and Women's Swimming teams on Wednesday night at the 2023 RMAC Swimming & Diving Championships at El Pomar Natatorium.
 
Overall, the Orediggers produced seven NCAA-qualifying times, four RMAC medals, and four program records. The 200-IM finals were the highlight while the 200-medley relay did not disappoint. All four medals led to podium appearances and All-RMAC honors. Those results pushed Mines' women up to #2 in the team standings while the men held strong at #3. Colorado Mesa kept its hold on #1 in both genders with Oklahoma Christian sitting #2 in the men's standings.
 
The RMAC Championships continue Thursday morning at 9 a.m. with prelims in the 100-fly, 400-IM, and 200-free. Thursday evening finals include the previously-mentioned events and the 400-medley relay. All action will stream live, and for free, on the RMAC Network.
 
1000-Freestyle
Meghan Slowey powered to a silver medal in 10:15.83 to provide Mines' distance highlight of the evening. Not only did she earn a medal, a podium appearance and First-Team All-RMAC, the Oredigger senior also provided a time, after altitude conversion, that would've ranked #2 in NCAA Division II prior to the weekend. However, Slowey wasn't the only woman scoring for Mines in the event. Isabella Bono took #5 in 10:35.82 for her own NCAA "B" time and 14 team points. Maggie Wells added nine team points thanks to a time of 10:50.43.
 
On the men's side, Andres Saa, who was recognized as the RMAC Summit Award winner earlier in the day, was the Orediggers' top finisher. He took #7 after touching the wall in 9:43.08. Teammate Scott Reeder was right behind with a time of 9:43.28. Jake Sherman, Jaron O'Grady, and Ronan Lauinger combined for 11 points towards the team standings. Sherman was #11 in 9:47.92. O'Grady took #13 at a clip of 9:54.07. Lauinger placed #16 and posted a time of 10:01.69.
 
200-Individual Medley
Oredigger highlights for the evening rolled right into the 200-IM. Annie Osmun topped the list with a bronze medal while breaking her own program record with a time of 2:05.24. She grabbed Second-Team All-RMAC distinction and improved her NCAA-qualifying time to a mark that would have ranked #14 prior to the start of the championships. Joining Osmun in the finals were Jordan Tierney and Olivia Kisow. Tierney grabbed #6 and 13 team points with a time of 2:07.02. Kisow was #7 on a 2:07.97 clip to add 12 team points.
 
The men's side of the individual medley was equally notable. Garrett Waite proved fast enough for a RMAC silver medal as he dropped his own program record to 1:48.86. The First-Team All-RMAC also produced a raw NCAA "B" time that needed no conversion. Even so, with conversion, his mark would have ranked #7 in NCAA Division II prior to the start of the championships. Charles Burroughs and Gavin Moore were also in the finals. Burroughs was #6 on the merits of a 1:51.98 NCAA "B" time. Moore also turned in a NCAA-qualifying time of 1:52.12 after swimming 1:52.12. Oredigger scoring continued in the "B" finals as Braden Whitmarsh (1:52.93) finished #12, and Gavin Gilmore (1:52.99) finished #13. All eight times in the "A" finals were NCAA-qualifying performances.
 
50-Freestyle
Jorie Selig was Mines' star of the show in the sprints. She raced in the "A" finals and tallied 12 team points thanks to a seventh-place finish thanks to a time of 24.12. Cameryn Schmidt was top of the "B" finals, taking #9 overall in 24.26. In the men's sprint, the Orediggers went 11-12-13-15 for a slew of team points. Seth Krause led the pack thanks to a 20.79 mark. Jakson Winn and Sam LaPrade were right behind at 20.91 and 20.95, respectively. Michael Kietzman rounded out the Mines quartet by touching in 21.08.
 
200-Medley Relay
The final event of Wednesday evening brought more medals, more podiums and more Oredigger scoring. In the women's relay, Mines' "A" team raced to a bronze medal and Second-Team All-RMAC honors. Emma Neuroth, Cameryn Schmidt, Annie Osmun, and Jorie Selig earned the honors after touching in 1:44.58. Kerrigan Hemp, Jordan Tierney, Sophia Buhr, and Savannah Karas added to the women's scoring by taking #10 in 1:47.31.
 
For the men, Sam LaPrade, Garrett Waite, Seth Krause, and Jakson Winn posted a program record-breaking, NCAA "B" time. That quartet earned a RMAC silver medal and First-Team All-RMAC honors thanks to a time of 1:28.05. Furthermore, LaPrade's lead leg in the backstroke broke his own program record as he turned in a 50-back time of 22.64. Luca Burns, Gavin Moore, Jack Engler, and Braden Hunt closed the day with more points for Mines, taking #11 as the "B" relay with a time of 1:32.47.
 
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