Aggies makes the most of day one at CBU Invite

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LAS CRUCES, NM – NM State looked impressive in the opening session of the CBU Lancers Winter Invitational when it took a total of six first places on Friday. NM State received top placements in four individual competitions and two relays on its first day in Riverside, California.

SESSION ONE HIGHLIGHTS

The sophomore Lindsay Puhalski continued her strong year when she took first place in both the 50-yard butterfly and 200-yard individual medley.
· Puhalski’s time of 25.23 seconds in the 50 fly was the fastest time for Aggie this season. · Meanwhile, her time of 2: 02.87 in the 200 IM was a personal best, beating her own record for the season’s fastest of all NM State swimmers.
· Airam Oliva-Aun and Molly Hill also achieved top five finishes in the 50s Fly, while Oliva-Aun finished fourth (25.71) and Hill fifth (25.96).
· In the first event of the day, the 200th Free Relay, Oliva-Aun was joined by Aimee Burton, Maude Boily-Dufour and Neza Kocijan to help the Aggies win the number one by 1: 33.28.
Boily-Dufour was also one of the Aggies’ top swimmers that day as she hit a season high of 25.85 to become the first in the 50 yard back and helped the Aggies 400 meterley relay that to achieve first place.
· In the 400 layer relay, Maude Boily-Dufour and Aimee Burton, Rachel Ponte and Neza Kocijan reached the wall at 3:45:08.
· Burton and Skylar Welle were the last two Aggies to outperform their competitors as Burton took first place in the 50s Free Game (23.31) and Welle in the 50s Breast (29.23).
· In the diving competitions, the junior Italia Aranzabal stepped in the group for tenth place in the platform competition.

CITABLE | HEAD COACH RICK PRATT

“We had some great swimming pools this afternoon despite the outdoor weather and the back-to-back races of many,” said Pratt. “We had several best times of the season and Lindsay Puhalski swam a personal best in the 200th IM for her win. Maude was also really impressive as she led the fastest time in the WAC with 100 backs and Aimee and Skylar’s breaststroke were very good. Overall, it was an impressive start and I’m looking forward to having a busy day tomorrow. “

NEXT

The Aggies will be back in the pool at the Lancer Aquatics Center tomorrow morning when they complete the competition at the CBU Lancers Winter Invitational.