The Western Colorado University swimming and diving team opened the season attending the Intermountain Shootout in Grand Junction, participating in the two-day meet for the first time in program history. The Shootout included teams from Division I Brigham Young University, University of Utah, Utah Teck, and DII powerhouse and host Colorado Mesa.
Included in the results at the shootout were career-best swims from Kayla Knifong and Amayah Warren. Knifong's new best time came in the 200-yard breaststroke where she touched the pad in 2 minutes, 27.23 seconds. Warren posted her career-best swim with a time of 58.55 seconds in the 100 butterfly.
The Mountaineers posted their highest finish of the weekend in the opening event of the first day, scoring an eighth-place finish in the 400-medley relay with a time of 4:00.76 from the team of Anna Jorstad, Emma Linscombe, Jaylen Lembas and Tate Lanham.
In the 2025-26 season, Western defeated the ThunderWolves twice on consecutive days at the Dan France Continental Divide Cup to open the season, and at the RMAC championship meet the Mountaineers finished in fourth place to CSUP's sixth-place finish.
Up next
Western plays host to CSU Pueblo at 4 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 29, at Paul Wright Natatorium.
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