COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – After a third-place finish at the 2021 Mountain West Championships, the San Diego State swimming and diving team reeled in 31 All-Mountain West awards, the conference office announced Monday. The top eight finishers in each individual event and the top three relay teams earned the All-Mountain West designation.
Senior Klara Thormalm was named Mountain West Swimmer of the Meet for the second consecutive conference championship meet while earning four relay and three individual all-MW honors. Junior Sammy Geyer also collected seven total all-MW nods, four relay and three individual. Individuals earning a total (relay and individual) four-or-more all-MW honors were juniors Lizzie Menzmer, Kristina Murphy, and Mia Ryan, and sophomore Riley Tapley. Junior diver Ximena Lechuga Gonzalez earned all-MW honors in all three diving events with her first-place finish on the 1-meter springboard, fifth-place effort on the 3-meter, and second-place performance on the platform dive.
SDSU's divers now prep for the 2021 NCAA Zone E Diving Championships, held March 8-10, while the Aztecs' swimmers who swam NCAA 'B' cut marks throughout the season wait to see if they earned spots in the 2021 NCAA Championships.
SDSU All-MW Honorees
200-medley relay: Elli Ferrin, Sammy Geyer, Klara Thormalm, Lizzie Menzmer
400-medley relay: Riley Tapley, Sammy Geyer, Lizzie Menzmer, Klara Thormalm
200-free relay: Sammy Geyer, Klara Thormalm, Lizzie Menzmer, Larisa Tam
400 free relay: Sammy Geyer, Klara Thormalm, Mia Ryan, Evonne Stehr
800 free relay: Wilma Johansson, Paige Mitchell, Kristina Murphy, Mia Ryan
Alex Roberts, San Diego State, 100 Back
Lizzie Menzmer, San Diego State, 50 Free
Elli Ferrin, San Diego State, 100 Back
Emily Gebhardt, San Diego State, 100 Fly
Evonne Stehr, San Diego State, 100 Back
Gina Cazares, San Diego State, Platform Dive
Klara Thormalm, San Diego State, 50 Free, 100 Breast, 200 Breast
Kristina Murphy, San Diego State, 200-IM, 400-IM, 200 Breast
Larisa Tam, San Diego State, 100-Breaststroke
Mia Ryan, San Diego State, 100 Free, 200 Free
Paige Mitchell, San Diego State, 500-Freestyle
Riley Tapley, San Diego State, 100 Fly, 100 Back, 200 Back
Sammy Geyer, San Diego State, 50 Free, 100 Breast, 100 Free
Wilma Johansson, San Diego State, 200-Butterfly
Ximena Lechuga Gonzalez, San Diego State, 1-meter, 3-meter, Platform Dive
Aztecs Collect 31 All-MW Honors
