It was senior night in El Pomar Natatorium for the Pioneers Women's Swimming and Diving as they took on Boise State. The Broncos came into today's meet ranked 24th in the country. Boise also came into Denver as the top rated Mid-Major team in the country. The Pioneers won the meet 158-141 over Boise.
Coach Schrader was elated by the team performance especially from the seniors who were honored tonight. “This was a great meet with great effort from our seniors. We got the win and also our first win against a top 25 team in a dual meet.” Schrader’s praise of the senior class continued “I am so proud of our seniors that they have lead us to this point. Sam Corea and Bridgette McNally were great, both getting wins tonight.” Freshman Maddie Myers (Arvada, Colo.) grabbed Coaches attention tonight “as a freshman I am excited for her to come on strong like that.” “This Senior class has been vital to our success and to have us where we are today,” praised Coach Schrader.
Two new pool records were set tonight. First was the 200 yard medley relay where the quartet of Johanna Roas (Munich, Germany), Amanda Sanders (Superior, Colo.), Sam Corea (Vancouver, BC), and Drew Matthews (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Can.) set a new pool record of 1:43.29. Sam Corea added another record to her accomplishments with a pool record in the 100 yard butterfly. Her time now stands above the rest in El Pomar Natatorium with a time of 53.45.
