Cowgirls Cap Third Day of Championships with Top-Seven Times

HOUSTON, Texas – The University of Wyoming women’s swimming and diving team saw another school record broken and had three top seven performances.

After day three, Wyoming sits in sixth with 595 points.

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To kick off the night, the Cowgirls finished fifth in the 200-yard freestyle relay with Rachael Horne, Lauren Swartz, Mikayla Moore and Tara Joyce combining for a time of 1:31.00.

Two Cowgirls advanced to the finals of the 100-yard butterfly. In the B final, Kali Franckowiak logged a time of 54.97 to finish eighth. In the C final, Tessa Bendokas finished in fourth after swimming a time of 54.98.

In the A final of the 400-yard IM, Kayla Cunningham turned in a seventh-place performance with a time of 4:19.09. Katie Ford finished in fifth with a time of 4:26.95 in the C final.

The 200-yard freestyle had four Cowgirls qualify for finals. In the A final, Joyce came in fourth place off a 1:46.35 finish. Franckowiak finished fifth in the B final, logging a time of 1:49.64. Freshman duo Macey Hansen and Avery True finished two and three in the C final, with times of 1:49.48 and 1:50.03 respectively.

Earlier this morning in the preliminaries, senior Brynlee Busskohl set a school record in the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 59.57. In the A final, Busskohl finished in fourth, going 59.93. In the B final, Taylor Craft went 1:02.58 for a seventh-place finish. In the C final, Horne finished first on a career-best time of 1:01.55, moving her to eighth all-time at UW. Also in the C final, Swartz came in fourth, logging a time of 1:02.86.

In the final event of the day, the 100-yard backstroke, three Cowgirls raced in the C final. Sydney Metzler came in second off a time of 55.08. Tessa Bendokas then finished in sixth with a time of 56.57. Maisyn Klimczak finished in eighth, swimming a 57.66.

The final day of the 2025 Mountain West Conference Championships commences tomorrow, with preliminaries beginning at 9:30 a.m. and finals kicking off at 5 p.m.

Day Two Recap

Hansen became the first Cowgirl to claim an individual Mountain West title this year in the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 4:41.56, while also breaking a school record she had set earlier that morning in the preliminaries. Klimczak finished in 16th place with a time of 5:01.53. Ellie Fritscher came in 23rd, going 5:02.82.

Cunningham finished sixth in the 200-yard IM with a career-best time of 2:00.50. Metzler came in 17th off a time of 2:02.53. Busskohl finished 23rd, logging a 2:05.98.

In the 50-yard freestyle, Joyce finished ninth off a time of 22.75. Horne finished eleventh, logging a 22.95. Moore came in 22nd with a time of 23.29. Swartz finished in 24th with a time of 23.45.

On the 3-meter springboard, Gabby Haigler came in seventh with a score of 286.65 while Natalie Six finished eighth with a score of 277.55.

The Cowgirls tied with CSU for sixth in the 400-yard medley relay, with Metzler, Busskohl, Franckowiak and Joyce combining for a time of 3:42.27.

Day One Recap

Alicia Gonzalez was the first Cowgirl to reach the podium after she took third in the 1-meter springboard with a score of 308.30. Haigler finished ninth with a score of 289.50 while Six came in 16th with a score of 239.05.

The Cowgirls finished seventh in the 200-yard medley relay, with Metzler, Horne, Franckowiak and Moore swimming a collective 1:40.28.

In the final event of the day, Wyoming took fifth in the 800-yard freestyle relay, entailing of Joyce, Avery True, Klimczak and Franckowiak logging a 7:15.94.

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