2024-25 Women's Swimming Roster

Paxton Ritchey

Sophia Buhr

  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Founders Classical Academy
  • Hometown Highland Village, Texas
  • Major Mechanical Engineering

Biography

Career Top Times

2024-25:
 Received a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering in May 2025 ... CSC Academic All-District ... RMAC Academic Honor Roll ... Raced in nine meets for Mines ... At the RMAC Swimming & Diving Championships, scored team points for the Orediggers in four individual events and as part of two relays ... Top conference finish was sixth in the 200-fly ... Other RMAC placings included 10th in the 100-fly, 15th in the 200-back, and 16th in the 200-IM with finishes of 11th and 12th as part of Mines' second 400-medley and 800-freestyle relays ... Closed her collegiate career ranked top-100 in the nation in the 50-fly and 200-fly for the season ... Lifetime bests from her final campaign came in the 50-breast, 50-fly, and 100-fly.

2023-24: RMAC Academic Honor Roll ... Had a successful RMAC Championships, tallying team points for the Orediggers in the 400-IM. 200-IM, 200-fly, 100-fly, and as part of two different relays ... Produced a pair of eighth-place finishes to highlight her conference meet thanks to a 100-fly time of 57.50 and a 200-fly time of 2:10.25 ... Took 13th in the RMAC in the 200-IM after a swim of 2:10.20 ... Placed 16th in the 400-IM at the conference championships after stopping the clock at 4:56.22 ...  Was the leadoff on Mines' 12th-place 800-freestyle relay that posted a time of 7:49.93 ... Also provided the third leg for the Orediggers' fifth-place 400-freestyle relay which finished in 3:34.37 ... Her 100-IM of 1:02.00 raced against Adams State on Jan. 27 finished the season ranked 72nd in the nation ... Improved her career-best times in nine different events during the season including the 200-free, 50-back, 100-back, 50-breast, 100-breast, 50-fly, 100-fly, 100-IM, and 200-IM.

2022-23: D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award ... RMAC Academic Honor Roll ... Scored team points for Mines at the RMAC Championships in the 100-fly, 200-fly, 400-IM, and as part of the 400-freestyle relay and the 200-medley relay ... Top finish at the conference championships was seventh in the 200-fly thanks to a time of 2:10.98 ... Placed 11th in the 400-IM after stopping the clock in 4:49.35 ... Was 13th in the 100-fly after touching the wall in 59.46 ... Her legs on the two relays resulted in a total of 28 team points ... Also added a time trial in the 200-IM which resulted in a 2:15.68 finish ... Appeared at six other meets for the Orediggers as well.

2021-22: Second-Team All-RMAC in the 200-medley relay … Individually at RMAC Championships, finished seventh in the 200-fly and added ninth in the 400-IM and 100-fly, and 11th in the 200-IM.

Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22Freshman

  • 2022-23Sophomore

  • 2023-24Junior

  • 2024-25Senior