Laramie- Pioneers dual meet with Wyoming today was a hard fought battle in the pool. Both the Men and Women faced a tough opponent in Wyoming. The number 23 ranked women beat the Cowgirls 152-148 in a tightly contested matchup. The men fell to the Cowboys 176-124. " Our women really battled hard today for their win," said Coach Brian Schrader "Wyoming really challenged us in every event."

A few athletes stood out to the coaches today "Maddie Myers was outstanding today with her three wins, and Amanda Sanders is racing and training so well right now. Bridgette McNally had a tough order of events today and responded well to the challenge. Sam Corea was her usual outstanding self on relays and in the fly and Johanna Roas gets better every time she races. Zoe Huddleston was outstanding racing today, aggressive, and great as we needed people to respond to a challenge"

Despite the loss, there were highlights found by Schrader "Our men were led again by Dylan Bunch. His wins in the 1000 and 500 were solid swims and we have come to depend on him and he delivers. Ray Bornman and Ross Edfort picked up key wins. Anton Loncar also picked up a win, he is another that gets better every race. Willy Van Dehy quietly had some great freestyle splits on relays and picked up two critical seconds."

When asked about the loss to a tough Wyoming squad Coach said " We faced a tough aggressive Wyoming team and we didn't match it. We will need to be better if we want to pick up a team victory next week.

The Pioneers head to Utah next Friday and Saturday where they will have back to back meets against Utah and BYU.

Top Women's Performers: (event, athlete, time, finish)

200 Medley Relay: Johanna Roas, Amanda Sanders, Sam Corea, Drew Matthews. 1:43.26 1^st place

1000 Free: Bridgette McNally 10:41.14 4^th place

200 Free: Maddie Myers 1:53.42 1^st

100 Back stroke: Johanna Roas 56.05 1^st

100 Breast stroke: Amanda Sanders 1:03.69 1^st

200 Fly: Grace Somerville: 2:05.91 2^nd

50 Free: Sam Corea 23.61 2^nd Drew Matthews 23.76 3^rd

1M Dive: Cat Badillo 264.45 3^rd

100 Free: Johanna Roas 51.17 1^st Zoe Huddleston 51.90 2^nd

200 back: Bridgette McNally 2:05.48 1^st

200 Breast stroke: Amanda Sanders 2:18.49 1^st

500 Free: Maddie Myers 5:04.83 1^st Grace Sommerville 5:07.57 2^nd

100 Fly: Sam Corea 54.91 1^st

3M Dive: Dana Gau 231.52 4^th

200 IM: Maddie Myers 2:07.03 1^st Amanda Sanders 2:07.93 2^nd

400 Free Relay: Johanna Roas, Sam Corea, Zoe Huddleston, Drew Matthews 3:24.57 1^st

Morgan Mullenix, Maddie Myers, Kacie Van Buskirk, Birdgette McNally 3:34.20 3^rd

Top Men's Performers: (event, athlete, time, finish)

200 Medley Relay: Anton Loncar, Tim Cottam, Ben Ussery, William Van Dehy 1:33.83 2^nd

1000 Free: Dylan Bunch 9:34.08 1^st Alex Walton 9:51.81 3^rd

200 Free: Ray Bornman 1:40.48 2^nd Dylan Bunch 1:40.80 3^rd

100 Back stroke: Anton Loncar 51.65 2^nd Jared Smith 52.02 3^rd

100 Breast stroke: Tim Cottam 57.50 2^nd

200 Fly: Scott Bergstrom 1:53.64 2^nd Ben Ussery 1:54.19 3^rd

50 Free: Ray Bornman 21.08 2^nd

1M Dive: Ross Edfort 300.22 1^st

100 Free: William Van Dehy 46.76 2^nd

200 Back: Anton Loncar 1:50.27 1^st

200 Breast stroke: Travis Greenwald 2:09.36 2^nd

500 Free: Dylan Bunch 4:35.86 1^st

100 Fly: Ray Bornman 50.42 1^st Ben Ussery 51.31 3^rd

3M Dive: Alex Hoffner-Heinike 302.85 2^nd

200 IM: Ben Servino 1:56.45 2^nd

400 Free Relay: Ray Bornman, Dylan Bunch, Wiilliam Van Dehy, Luke Williams 3:04.66 2^nd

Tim Cottam, Marco Russo, Travis Greenwald, Anton Loncar 3:10.86 3^rd

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