The New Mexico Lobos women’s Swim and Dive team fell 126-117 to North Texas on Saturday, Oct. 10, at Seidler Natatorium, with the meet being decided in the final relay.
North Texas entered the 200-yard freestyle relay holding a 115-111 lead, leaving the overall result up for grabs. The Mean Green edged out the Lobos by 0.49 seconds in the final event to secure the victory. UNM still won six of the meet’s 13 events.
Despite the loss, New Mexico swimmers Elsa Reel and Liv O’Mahony finished as the meet’s two highest individual scorers, earning 18 points apiece and winning two individual events each.
O’Mahony won the 200-yard freestyle in 1:53.70, more than two seconds ahead of North Texas’ Anika Wright at 1:55.86. She followed with another victory in the 100-yard freestyle, finishing in 52.21 seconds.
Reel was the top individual high point finisher on SwimCloud, winning the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 1:03.71, along with the 200-yard individual medley with a time of 2:07.83.
Arianna Stokes added another victory for the Lobos in the 50-yard freestyle, finishing in 24.40 seconds. McCloud placed second at 24.50, while UNM’s Ava Schlosser took third in 24.76. Sophia Corder accounted for UNM’s other individual swimming victory in the 100-yard butterfly.
North Texas found points elsewhere. Ella Shepherd won the 1,000-yard freestyle in 10:49.66, Wright won the 500-yard freestyle in 5:16.52 and Viv Anderson took the 100-yard backstroke in 57.76.
North Texas also won both diving events. UNM’s Rithika Colvin placed second in the 3-meter competition and third in the 1-meter while All-Mountain West diver, Alice English, was unavailable.
The Lobos will remain home for their next meet against the University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley on Friday, Oct. 16, at 2 p.m. at Seidler Natatorium.
George Slad is a freelance photographer for the Daily Lobo. He can be reached at photo@dailylobo.com or on X @SladGeorge
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