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Aggies earn podium spot in 200 medley relay.
Source: NMSU Athletics
By Matthew Knope
Photo: Courtesy
HOUSTON – The 2025 WAC Swimming and Diving Championships opened on Wednesday from the University of Houston. Peytton Moore advanced to the A Finals of the 3m dive, while the Aggies clinched a third place finish in the 200 medley relay and fourth in the 800 free relay.
The first Aggies of the meet to hit the pool were the divers, opening the action with the 3m dive. Peytton Moore recorded a 240.55, earning the final spot in the evening’s A Finals. The freshman improved in her second round, tallying a personal-best 257.80 points, earning a sixth-place finish. Mira Tinani came in just behind Moore, advancing to the B Finals on a score of 240.50. In the finals, Tinani’s score jumped to 263.85, granting the sophomore a second-place finish.
Between the prelims and finals, the 200 medley relay commenced swimming actioin as the Crimson & White trotted out Kira Brownell, Kodi Wiman, Emily Dobbins and Dijana Mazumdar for the first team event of the weekend. The quartet posted a time of 1:40.29 in what was the team’s second-fastest time this season, finishing behind California Baptist and Grand Canyon.
In the 800 free relay, NM State earned a fourth-place finish, coming in just over a quarter of a second behind third-place Idaho. Naomi Slee, Dijana Mazumdar, Lina Khiyara and Katie Rink grouped up for a 7:21.23 time, just behind the Vandals’ mark of 7:20.92. In the opening split, Naomi Slee set a personal best with a 200 yard time of 1:48.83
Through one of four days, NM State is in third place in the women’s team standings with 83 points. CBU ranks second with 101 points while NAU leads with 114.
QUOTABLE | HEAD COACH RICK PRATT
“Our medley relay was great tonight and had all strong splits. Our 800 free relay also had some good splits, including Naomi [Slee]’s lifetime-best leadoff. By far the best showing of the day came from Peytton Moore. She had her best 3m list of the year in finals tonight and we are so proud of her. With only three events in, we’ve got much more competing to come and we’re excited for the next session.”
UP NEXT
The WAC Championships roll on tomorrow for day two of four on the University of Houston campus. Thursday’s finals events include the 200 free relay, 500 free, 200 IM and 50 free in addition to the 1m dive. NM State will hit the pool at 9:30 a.m. MT for the prelims of both the1m dive and 500 free. All finals events will be streamed live on ESPN+ and more information can be found at wacsports.com. The meet will conclude this Saturday, March 1.
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