Erokhina takes title at Colorado Mesa Intermountain Shootout

Friday, September 30

Grand Junction, Colo.

5 p.m.

University of Northern Colorado

Intermountain Shootout

9/30/2022 9:15:00 PM | Women's Swimming & Diving

Meet Results

By: By Jason Dormeyer

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo.—Opening the year at the Colorado Mesa Intermountain Shootout, freshman Maria Erokhina posted an individual win to highlight action for the Northern Colorado swim & dive teams.

With a time of 1 minute, 4.67 seconds, Erokhina's gold came in the 100-yard breaststroke with BYU's Mackenzie Miller hitting the wall .03 later at 1:04.70. The time moves Erokhina into the No. 9 position on UNC's all-timer performance list. Bryanna Ungs, the school record holder in the event, finished with a 1:05.36 for sixth place.

Anna Austin had a pair of top performances for the Bears. Austin placed second overall in the 1,000 freestyle with a 10:34.96 while a 1:55.46 in the 200 freestyle was good for fourth place.

In the 50 free, the Bears went 2-3 with Ali Jackson (24.15) and Saana Liikonen (24.25) registering early season teams less than a second off their career lows.

"As always with an early season meet we had a lot of ups and downs today. It was fun to see our newcomers race and we have a ton of potential to build on," Head Coach Lisa Ebeling said. "There was some hesitation going into several of our swims that we don't normally see with this group and as a team we were a little flat. I'm Looking forward to another opportunity on day two to race tough and improve on some of our technical details."

The second day of competition at the Intermountain Shootout will begin at 10:30 a.m on Saturday.

Intermountain Shootout
Colorado Mesa University
Grand Junction. Colo.
Sept. 30, 2022

TEAM SCORES: 1. BYU, 547.5; 2. Air Force, 4-1; 3. Colorado Mesa, 362.5; 4. Grand Canyon, 303; 5. Northern Colorado 298; 6. Adams State, 27; Colorado State-Pueblo, 21.

UNC RESULTS – DAY 1
200 Freestyle Relay: 6. UNC 1:37.47; 10. UNC, 1:40.71

400 Medley Relay: 3. UNC, 3:52.94; 9. UNC, 4:01.59

50 Freestyle: 2. Ali Jackson, 24.15; 3. Saana Liikonen, 24.25; 26. AJ Popp, 25.41; 28. Bryanna Ungs, 25.65; 34. Sarah Jackson, 25.94.
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200 Freestyle: 4. Anna Austin, 1:55.46; 14. Elizabeth Mayer, 1:57.04; 17. Saana Liikonen, 1:57.65; 32. Ali Jackson, 2:00.14; 38. Paula Lomonaco, 2:00.80; 48. Cheyanna Cordova, 2:01.65; 51. Sarah Jackson, 2:02.22.

1,000 Freestyle: 2. Anna Austin, 10:34.96; 17. Cheyanna Cordova, 10:57.22; 19. Elizabeth Mayer, 10:58.96; 26. Paula Lomonaco, 11:06.28.

100 Backstroke: 9. Katelyn Bergin, 58.51; 11. Claire Timson, 58.70; 21. Paula Nunez Blazquez, 1:00.82; 23. AJ Popp, 1:00.86; 31. Gracie Moreland, 1:02.17; 37. Jana Hellenschmidt, 1:04.52; 38. Sarah Jackson, 1:05.74.

100 Breaststroke: 1. Maria Erokhina, 1:04.67; 6. Bryanna Ungs, 1:05.38; 19. Sunna Svanlaug Vilhjalmsdottir, 1:08.85; 20. Emina Pasukan, 1:09.18.

100 IM: 8. Payten Irwin, 1:00.35; 16. Paula Nunez Blazquez, 1:02.08; 17. Natalie Kayfes, 1:02.30; 26. Emina Pasukan, 1:04.46; 28. Jana Hellenschmidt, 1:05.00; 32. Elizabeth Mayer, 1:05.83; 33. Sunna Svanlaug Vilhjalmsdottir, 1:06.22.

400 IM: 13. Natalie Kayfes, 4:42.90; 14. Paula Nunez Blazquez, 4:43.35; 23. Jana Hellenschmidt, 4:52.36; 25. Emina Pasukan, 4:56.04.

3-meter Dive: 7. Madison Berg, 213.55; 13. Nadine Coulie, 199.65; 17. Hailey Garner, 180.75.