Swimming & Diving Drops Dual Meets Against North Texas

The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley’s swimming and diving program dropped a pair of dual meets against North Texas, 173-44 on Friday and 191-46 on Saturday, at the City of Pharr-PSJA Natatorium.

Over both days, the Vaqueros broke three team records and earned 13 top-three finishes.

Friday Recap

Freshman Annaleagh Stahl shined as she earned first in the 400 IM with a 4:35.68. She also broke two team records after finishing second in the 200 freestyle with a 1:57.09 and third in the 500 freestyle with a 5:19.05.

Meanwhile, sophomore Olivia Votava swam a season best 1:11.98 to set a new team record in the 100 breaststroke. She also swam a season best 1:01.06 in the 100 butterfly.

In the 200 medley relay, sophomore Hailey Garcia-Rivas and freshmen Diara Aleman, Sarah Garcia, and Audrey Trevino finished in second while freshmen Abygail Martinez, Caitlynn Rubio, Alexia Gonzalez, and Lauren Uribe finished in third.

Garcia-Rivas also achieved two season best times with a 1:02.37 in the 100 butterfly and a 1:06.35 in the 100 backstroke.

Uribe swam a season best 28.00 in the 50 freestyle.

Saturday Recap

Stahl picked up an early win for the Vaqueros as she finished with a 2:02.86 in the 200 backstroke. She also finished third in the 200 butterfly with a time of 2:17.86.

Votava earned third in the 1650 freestyle with an 18:44.05 in the 1650 free, three seconds shy of her personal best while sophomore AJ Rogers hit a season best time in the event as well.

In the 100 freestyle, freshmen Ida Rudelius and Madiana Lofgren finished third and fourth with times of 57.74 and 58.28, respectively.

In the 400 freestyle relay, Rudelius, Votava, Lofgren, and Stahl finished in third to wrap up the meet.

Up next, the Vaqueros will take their second trip to Idaho for a dual meet with the Idaho Vandals, a fellow Western Athletic Conference foe on Feb. 8 at the UI Swim Center.