LARAMIE, Wyo. – WSU battled back from a 40 point deficit to beat Wyoming 181-166 and pulled away from Colorado State to win 214.5-132.5. The Cougars filled the scoreboard with multiple finishes in the top three, many of those being first place wins.

The Cougars started the meet off on a high note notching a win in the 400 medley relay coming from the team of Kate Laderoute, Lauren Burckel, Mia Zahab, and Keiana Fountaine. In the very next event, the 500 free, senior Ryan Falk notched her second first place win in this event while Michee van Rooyen came in behind her for a second place finish.

Those two wins at the start of the day fueled WSU to notch five more wins throughout the event. The next two wins coming back to back in the form of junior Chloe Larson in the 50 free and sophomore Lauren Burckel in the 100 breast, with junior Mackenzie Duarte dropping her in season best time by one second to place third in the 100 breast.

Washington State never looked back plowing through the last four events. Fountaine notching an individual win under her belt in the 100 free and Larson secured a third place finish with a new personal in season best time. Leading the charge in the 100 fly sophomore Sophia Balmaceda finished fourth place overall to keep WSU rolling.

The last two events equaled success for the Cougars with a first place win from junior Taylor McCoy, a second place win from Laderoute and a fourth place finish from Burckel all in 400 IM. Just like the day before WSU ended today in the winning column coming from the team of Larson, Emily Barrier, Paige Gardner, and Fountaine in the 200 free relay.  

"Coming into today we knew it was going to be an uphill battle with a little mismanagement of the meet having both of the board events going yesterday. We knew going in CSU and Wyoming weren't going to have any help from diving so the key was to win not only the individual events but also the relays" said Coach Matt Leach "There was so much energy on the pool deck from the Cougars along with the fans up in the stands, it was a lot of fun. It was great to get a win in Wyoming and we cannot wait for Houston."