Feb. 16, 2017
The San Diego State swimming and diving team moved into sole possession of third place at the end of the second day of 2017 Mountain West Championships being contested at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas. Included in the team's performance on Thursday was a new school record in 3-meter diving plus three times that entered the SDSU top 10 lists.
Boise State solidified its grip on first place with 6-5.5 points as it opened a significant leaf on defending champion Nevada (490). The Aztecs sit in third place with 437 points with a small lead over fourth-place Wyoming (400 points).
Thursday's finals session began with the 200 free relay that saw the Aztec foursome of Peyton Wilson, Alma Thormalm, Summer Harrison and Samantha Guttmacher capture second place with a time of 1:30.63. That mark ranks as the fifth-fastest in program history in the event.
In the 3-meter diving, junior Alexandra Caplan added to her fourth-place showing on the 1-meter on Wednesday board with a second-place finish that came courtesy of a school-record score of 359.65 in the finals. Her point total bettered the previous program record of 355.60 set by Kristen Meyer set in January 2012.
In the 500 freestyle, freshman McKenna Meyer was the Aztecs' top finisher as she took fourth place with a time of 4:47.34. Corinn Casper added points for SDSU with a seventh-place finish (4:54.78) in the B Final while Kassidy Henson also scored by placing eighth in the C Final (5:02.74).
The 200 individual medley saw junior Frida Berggren capture third place in 2:00.42 while Rachael Kelch qualified for the C Final where she place fifth (2:04.79).
The final event of the evening was the 50 freestyle, and Aztec freshman Alma Thormalm finished first in the B Final with a time of 22.67, a mark that ranks as the fourth-fastest in program history.
SDSU also got points in the 50 free as Guttmacher was fourth in the B Final (23.11) with Wilson just behind her in fifth (23.13).
Action continues at the 2017 Mountain West Swimming & Diving Championships on Friday, Feb. 17, with prelims in the 400 individual medley, 100 butterfly, 200 freestyle, 100 breaststroke and 100 backstroke springboard set to get underway at 9:00 a.m. PT. Finals in those five events along with the 400 medley relay will be held later that day starting at 4:30 p.m. PT.
Live streaming video of both the prelims and finals can be found by clicking here while live results may be accessed by clicking here.
2017 MW ChampionshipsBoise State.........605.5Nevada..............490San Diego State.....437Wyoming.............400New Mexico..........270Colorado State......253San Jose State......216Fresno State........189.5UNLV................173Air Force...........172