New Mexico State vs UT Permian Basin
- Saturday, Dec. 3, 2022
- Las Cruces, N.M.
- SCY (25 yards)
- Results
- Team Scores: NM State 180, UT Permian Basin 94
Courtesy: NM State Sports
LAS CRUCES, N.M. – In their final home meet of the calendar year, the Aggies picked up a 180-94 over visiting UT Permian Basin as 10 individuals earned first-place finishes across 14 events, including four freshmen.
SWIMMING
- The quartet of Maude Boily-Dufour, Aimee Burton, Rachel Ponte and Elizabeth Cervantes-Vanderlugt combined to start the day with a win for the Aggies in the 200-yard medley relay – finishing with a time of 1:47.61.
- First-year Aggie Jamie Puhalski claimed the first win of her collegiate career as she finished in front of the pack in the 1000 free with a time of 11:07.83.
- Fellow freshman Naomi Slee followed Puhalski with a win in the 200 free (1:54.36) to continue the strong start to her debut season. Slee also turned in a second win in the 100 free (54.31)
- Maude-Boily Dufour also claimed wins in a pair of events on Saturday as she swept the backstroke events – finishing with the top time in both the 100 back (58.85) and 200 back (2:11.30)
- Lindsay Puhalski added herself to the list of Aggies with multiple wins as she was quickest in the 100 breast (1:07.54) and 200 breast (2:28.07).
- The 200 fly also belonged to the Aggies as Molly Hill turned in a time of 2:10.36 to finish first.
- Sprinter Aimee Burton was tops in the 50 free with a time of 23.87.
- Freshman Estel Galo swam away from her competitors in the 500 free as she posted a time of 5:19.85 to earn the top spot.
- Faye McDonagh also joined Puhalski, Slee and Boily-Dufour as she picked up wins in both the 100 fly (58.28) and the 200 IM (2:09.80).
- The team of Burton, Cervantes-Vanderlugt, Kira Brownell and Lindsay Puhalski concluded the day with a win in the 200 free relay (1:38.04).
DIVING
- Italia Aranzabal claimed the top spot in the 3-meter diving event as she finished with a finals score of 248.33.
- In the 1-meter event, Kate Malinowski earned a win the second diving event of the day by posting a 245.85 finals score in the 1-meter dive.
QUOTABLE | HEAD COACH RICK PRATT
“Today’s meet was a great opportunity for us to focus on our energy and some of the races that our women don’t always get to do in our typical dual meet format. Since we were not heading to an invite the week before Thanksgiving, our team was able to crush a few weeks of training that will help to carry us well into next semester.
“Freshman Jamie Puhalski got her first collegiate win today in the 1000 Free which was an exciting way to start out the meet.
“We are really looking forward to getting up to the UNLV Invite in a few weeks where we will get to compete in a three-day, prelim-final format against 10 other programs.”
UP NEXT
The Aggies will conclude their fall season with a trip to Las Vegas where they will participate in the UNLV Winter Invite from Dec. 17-19. NM State will then return home on Saturday, Jan. 7, to host WAC foes Grand Canyon and Idaho.
Courtesy: UT Permian Basin Athletics
Looking to close the fall portion of their schedule strong, UT Permian Basin Women’s Swimming and Diving got just that against Division I opponent New Mexico State. The Falcons weren’t overmatched by the Division I foe who came in with two dual wins on the season.
Emma Gerhart got things going for the Falcons with a second place finish in the 1000 freestyle. The freshman followed that with a third place spot in the 200 butterfly. The Falcons had three top-four finishers in the 100 freestyle. Avery Joiner led the way in second and was followed by teammates Ana Hernandez and Kristina Vujosevic. In the 200 backstroke Jazzy Tscherne scored in second just ahead of teammate Marcela Hernandez Flores.
Camille Bouvarel and Vujosevic took home second and third in the 200 breaststroke respectibly. Joiner and Hernandez continued their strong freestyle swimming in the 500 event. Joiner took second, just seconds ahead of Hernandez while Monica Lomeli and Olivia Blackman came in fourth and fifth. Gerhart finished strong in the 100 butterfly in second place with teammate Kally Morris behind her in third. Bouvarel took second in the 200 IM with Reese Delfeld behind her in third. Delaney Murphy scored points for the Falcons in the 1- and 3-meter dives, taking second place in both. The Falcons capped the day by scoring first in the 200 freestyle relay in the day’s final event.
The Falcons are off until the new year when they’ll travel to the Austin College Invite on January 14. Download the UTPB Athletics App to follow the team all season long,