COLLEGE STATION, Texas – Cowgirl swimming and diving held onto its fourth-place position after the third day of action at the Mountain West Championships at the Texas A&M Natatorium in College Station, Texas.

Junior Maria Harutjunjan’s third-straight Mountain West Championship title in the 100 breaststroke was the story of the night for Wyoming. The Maardu, Estonia, native raced her way into the record books once again, clocking the first-ever sub-minute time in conference history. Harutjunjan’s time of 59.85 broke her own MW-record time of 1:00.21.

Wyoming placed two Cowgirls in the top-eight of the 100 backstroke. Sophomore Isobel Ryan took third with a time of 53.97, while sophomore Samantha Burke placed eighth, logging a season-best time of 54.99. Junior Kelly Sheldon earned a season-best time of her own in the 200 freestyle (1:48.37), placing seventh. The Cowgirls notched a third-place finish in the 400 medley relay and another top mark of the year. Ryan, Harutjunjan, Burke and senior Danielle Badger hit the mark of 3:39.55.

Wyoming remains in fourth place with 669 points and just eight events remaining in the MW Championship. Boise State continues to pull away from the field with 972 points, followed by San Diego State with 769 points. Nevada sits in third with 748 points. Colorado State is fifth with 540 points and New Mexico is in sixth with 643 points. San Jose State (362.5 pts.), UNLV (337 pts.), Air Force (334 pts.) and Fresno State (305.5 pts.) round out the rankings.

The Cowgirls will return to action Saturday morning with the preliminary session at 11 a.m. MT followed by the final eight events of the Mountain West Championships beginning in the 6:30 p.m. session.

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