M/W Swimming: Mines vs. Adams State – Mines Natatorium – Friday, 3 p.m. [RMAC Network] [Live Results]
M Swimming: Mines vs. Adams State – Mines Natatorium – Saturday, 10 a.m. [RMAC Network] [Live Results]
W Swimming: Mines vs. Adams State/CSU Pueblo – Mines Natatorium – Saturday, 10 a.m. [RMAC Network] [Live Results]

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LET'S GET IT STARTED
A new season has arrived for the Colorado School of Mines men's and women's swimming & diving teams. The Oredigger swimmers open their official 2025-26 campaign this Friday and Saturday at home with Adams State's men and women in town both days and CSU Pueblo's women joining the fray on Saturday. First gun on Friday is at 3 p.m. with Saturday starting at 10 a.m. All races will be in the Mines Natatorium. The newly-returned diving squads won't kick off their season until Oct. 24, also at home.
 
RMAC NETWORK CHANGES
This fall, the RMAC Network moved to a pay-per-view model for all events. Fans can purchase monthly and annual subscriptions that will provide them access to all regular-season, championship, and archived broadcasts on the RMAC Network. A monthly subscription costs $25, and an annual subscription costs $130. Single-game passes are available for $10, which grants access to a single game for 24 hours. For technical support questions, fans can contact Hudl Support or email the RMAC directly (rmac@rmacsports.org). For further support, fans can visit the RMAC Network Help page.
 
LIVE COVERAGE
All races this weekend will have live results provided through the swimcloud platform at www.college swimming.com. Specific events are linked above and can also be accessed through www.minesathletics.com/swimlive.
 
ORDER OF EVENTS – FRIDAY
Friday's slate includes 14 total events with two relays and 12 individual races – known as a long order dual. Each individual can compete in up to four total events. That combination of events can be up to three individual races and up to two relays for a total of four appearances. Each team can enter three swimmers in each event. There will be one heat of each event per gender. The tentative order of events is below.
- 200-medley relay
- 1000-free
- 200-free
- 100-back
- 100-breast
- 200-fly
- 50-free
BREAK
- 100-free
- 200-back
- 200-breast
- 500-free
- 100-fly
BREAK
- 400-IM
- 400-freestyle relay
 
SCORING FORMAT – DUAL MEET
The scoring for Friday's competition will be based on the following values. For relays, point values of 11-4-2 will be awarded based on order of finish. Individual events will award values of 9-4-3-2-1 based on order of finish. The team with the most points after all 14 events wins the dual. In the spirit of sportsmanship, some swimmers' entries may be changed to exhibitions which means they still get a time, but do not necessarily score team points.
 
ORDER OF EVENTS – SATURDAY
Saturday features a short order, or just 11 total events with two relays and nine individual races. With CSU Pueblo joining the action, there will be two heats per gender of each event except the 1000-free. The tentative list of races and order are below.
- 400-medley relay
- 1000-free
- 200-free
- 50-free
- 200-IM
BREAK
- 200-fly
- 100-free
- 200-back
- 500-free
BREAK
- 200-breast
- 200-freestyle relay
 
SCORING FORMAT – TRI MEET
On Saturday, the men's scoring between Mines and Adams State will still follow dual-meet scoring as referenced above. However, the women's competition will follow a tri-meet format. Points will be awarded based on order of finish in comparison to the other teams. For example, Jordan Tierney wins the 100-breast, CSU Pueblo swimmer finishes second, and an Adams State swimmer gets third. Selig would earn first-place points for Mines with half tallying in the competition against ASU and the other half counting in the competition with CSU Pueblo. The CSU Pueblo swimmer would score more points in the competition against Adams State, but fewer in the total against Mines.
 
DIVING RETURNS
Last month, Mines announced the return of men's and women's NCAA Division II diving starting this season. Bruno Albertoni and Gabi Batol will be the first Oredigger divers to compete for Mines in more than a decade. Albertoni arrived in Golden this fall as a true freshman. Batol is in her second year at Mines but still retains four years of collegiate eligibility. Katherine Andrie will coach the duo and look to regrow the program in the coming years. The history of Mines diving includes 12 all-Americans, an individual national champion, one of the first women in Mines Athletics, and multiple members of the Harry D. Campbell Oredigger Hall of Fame. A few of those hall of fame members include NCAA Division II National Champion Rick Williamson, former head coach Bob McCandless, the 1983 Women's Swimming & Diving team, and the Men's Swimming & Diving teams from 1981-84. That rich history threads perfectly with the current goals of the program and the department.
 
STAFF UPDATES
Mines Head Coach Claire McDaniel bolstered her swimming & diving staff during the offseason. The newcomers include Katherine Andrie, Nate Rock, Brad Shannon, and Graham Walker. Andrie, as previously introduced, will serve as the men's and women's diving coach. Shannon arrives at Colorado School of Mines as McDaniel's top assistant. Rock and Walker both competed as student-athletes for McDaniel at the University of Denver and have since gained coaching experience around the metropolitan area. The quartet joins veteran Oredigger assistants Andy Foley and Colin Fenster.
 
MEET KATHERINE ANDRIE
As referenced above, Coach Andrie will serve as the lead lady for the Mines diving teams. She joins the staff with both an impressive résumé as a diving coach, and a personal familiarity with Colorado School of Mines. Two of her children, Marty and Carlie, attended Mines and competed for the Orediggers. Marty was a nine-time all-American in cross country and track & field and a member of the 2015 Men's Cross Country team which won the NCAA Division II Championship. That team was inducted into the Harry D. Campbell Oredigger Hall of Fame in 2023. Carlie competed in triathlon and for the club water polo team during her time at Mines. On deck, Coach Andrie boasts multiple decades of high school and club coaching experience with stops at numerous high schools in the Denver area including Valor Christian, Littleton, Douglas County, Smoky Hill, and more. She was named East Metro Diving Coach of the Year in 2011 and CHSAA 4A Dive Coach of the Year in 2018.
 
MEET BRAD SHANNON
Shannon arrived in Golden, Colo., over the summer following two years as the head man at William Peace University in North Carolina. He and his staff earned 2024-25 Independent South Swimming Conference Men's Swimming Coaching Staff of the Year after guiding WPU's men to second-place finish at the conference meet while the women took team bronze. The Pacer's 2023-24 squads combined for six gold medals at the ISSC meet and broke nine program records. Prior to William Peace, Shannon was an assistant at the University of Rochester from 2019-23. Additional professional experience includes work as a counselor at both the University of Florida and N.C. State swim camps. Collegiately, Shannon competed at Ohio State University and earned Ohio State and Big Ten Scholar Athlete distinction all four years. He was a USA Swimming Olympic Trial Qualifier in 2016 as well. He owns a bachelor's degree in international studies with a specialization in security and intelligence from OSU. Shannon earned his master's degree from Concordia Chicago in applied exercise science. Fans can read more about Shannon's accomplishments in his online bio.
 
MEET GRAHAM WALKER
Walker joins the Oredigger staff following an elite amateur and collegiate swimming career. Born and raised in Nairobi, Kenya, Walker represented Team Kenya at both the All-Africa Games and the Commonwealth Games. He went on to compete for the University of Denver under coach McDaniel. His high-level performance in the pool also led to serving as team captain his final two years with the Pioneers. Walker's coach career started while he was still in college, teaching swimming lessons, and continued after graduation. He eventually accepted a formal coaching role with the University of Denver Hilltoppers Swim Club in 2022. Since then, Walker coached multiple state champions and program record holders. He returned to DU as an assistant coach in 2024 and helped oversee conference titles and continued competitive success. Fans can also find his bio online.
 
MEET NATE ROCK
Rock, like Walker, competed collegiately for the Pioneers after graduating from Boulder High School. Rock represented DU from 2017-20, and took on coaching responsibilities in 2021. He scored team points for the Pioneers at the 2019 Summit League Championships, finishing fifth in the 500-free and sixth in the 200-back. He did the same again in 2020 and added a fourth-place finish in the 1650-free. In addition to his coaching experience at DU, Rock also served as the coach at Boulder High School and is in his second year guiding the University of Colorado club swim team. His bio can be found online on the Mines Athletics homepage.
 
SQUAD SUMMARY
The Oredigger men's squad features 21 on its roster while the women tout 22. Each roster features one diver with 20 swimmers and 21 swimmers, respectively. Mines' men have 11 returning from the 2024-25 team with 10 fresh faces. Included in those fresh faces are eight true freshman, one redshirt freshman who is in his second year at Mines and one NCAA Division I transfer in Charlie Krone who completed his bachelor's degree at the University of Tennessee. The Oredigger women boast 14 returners, seven true freshman, and Gabi Batol who will dive after attending Mines for one year already. Most notable among the men's returners is sophomore Vladislav Kazakin who was a two-time all-American and won multiple RMAC gold medals as a true freshman. A strong group of returners for the women is led by senior Jordan Tierney who is a five-time all-American after qualifying for the NCAA Division II Swimming & Diving Championships all three years of her collegiate career thus far.
 
FRESH FACES
Fresh faces for the Mines men include Bruno Albertoni (diver), Evan Angeline, Fausto Angelone Lopez, Aidan Bailey (redshirt), Dan Berke, Jack Fulham, Charlie Krone (Tennessee) Nathan Moss, Jackson Steider, and Reid Wilkerson. The newest Oredigger women are Gabi Batol (diving), Anna Bream, Willow Coburn, Samantha Crane, Kaya Flaherty, Mary Flikkema, Mikaela Khan, and Michelle Murphy.
 
AT THE HELM
Colorado School of Mines Swimming Head Coach Claire McDaniel enters her seventh season at the helm for the Oredigger men and women. McDaniel won her fourth RMAC Coach of the Year on the men's side after guiding the Orediggers to team silver at the 2024-25 RMAC Swimming & Diving Championships. She also owns three RMAC Coach of the Year awards on the women's side. Through six seasons, McDaniel has coached five RMAC Swimmers of the Year, four RMAC Freshmen of the Year, and 27 all-American performances including 23 individual events and four relays.
 
UP NEXT
The next action for Mines' men and women will be against Colorado College on Friday, Oct. 24, and will include the 2025-26 debut of Oredigger diving. Full previews and live coverage will be available the day before each event at www.minesathletics.com.
 
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