Swim & Dive Complete Regular Season at Home

Saturday, February 8

Denver, CO

10 a.m.

University of Northern Colorado

First Chance Invitational

Photo by: Kassidy Schwartz, UNC Athletics

2/8/2025 2:18:00 PM | Women's Swimming & Diving

Final Results (PDF)

The Bears will Shift Their Focus to the WAC Championships

By: Brooke Richards, Assistant Director of Strategic Communications

GREELEY, Colo. – The Bears secured a commanding 169-128 victory over Grand Canyon in a dual meet Saturday afternoon at Butler-Hancock Pool.

GCU DUAL
The Bears claimed nine first-place finishes across 16 events, with sophomore Kyra Rabess leading the charge with three individual wins.

Rabess dominated the freestyle events, winning the 1000-yard (10:36.86) and 200-yard (1:51.78) races back-to-back before securing first place in the 500-yard freestyle (5:03.51).

Northern Colorado swept the top three spots in the 200-yard freestyle, led by Rabess. Lora Konter placed second (1:53.12), while Lily Mayer finished third (1:53.64).

In the breaststroke events, Maria Erokhina took first in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:17.73) and placed third in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:04.05).

The 200-yard medley relay A team (Trionfetti, Erokhina, Lombardi, and Simioni) finished second with a time of 1:44.13.

The Bears dominated the butterfly events, with Ellyson Lombardi winning both the 200-yard fly (2:02.04) and 100-yard fly (54.93). Payten Irwin finished third in both events (2:04.95, 56.83).

Martina Yuki Trionfetti secured a victory in the 100-yard backstroke (56.04), while Reese Hazan followed closely behind in third (56.87). Hazan later claimed first in the 200-yard backstroke (2:04.02).

Emma On-The-Hill placed second in the 1000-yard freestyle (10:42.95).

The Bears closed the meet on a high note, with the 400-yard freestyle relay A team (Konter, Lombardi, Rabess, and Trionfetti) taking first in 3:25.90.

On the diving boards, Madison Berg delivered another standout performance, winning the 1-meter event (308.70) and finishing second on the 3-meter (267.90).

"I'm proud of the way our women stepped up as a team today. We had a handful of lifetime best times and the best energy we've seen this season," said Head Coach Lisa Ebeling, "GCU is a strong program, so we need to be diligent in fine-tuning some details if we want to be ready to face them again in a couple of weeks at the WAC Championship. Our races this morning will provide a good confidence boost going into the home stretch."

DU FIRST CHANCE MEET
Competing in Denver, Gabi Fish placed 13th in the 100-yard freestyle and earned a fifth-place finish in the 500-yard freestyle.

Cheyenna Cordova took eighth in the 500-yard backstroke, while Gracie Moreland placed sixth in the 200-yard backstroke.

UP NEXT
The Bears will shift their focus to the 2025 Western Athletic Conference Championships in Houston, Texas. The four-day meet begins on Wednesday, Feb. 26.

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