[NEVADA ATHLETICS RELEASE]
Nevada leaves Fresno State with a loss against the Bulldogs, 123-177 in its first regular Mountain West matchup of the season. Â
The Pack started the meet with another season best finish second in the 200 medley relaywith a time of 1:44.70. Â
Before the break, the Pack hadtwofirst place finishes before the break, most notable performances coming from Scarlett Ferris in the 100 backstroke with a season best time of 55.27 and Yasmin Perry in the 200 butterfly with a time of 2:03.60. Â
Continuing the dominant performance in the backstroke and butterfly events, Molly Von Seggern and Scarlett Ferris had top two finishes in the 200 backstroke with Von Seggern recording a time of 2:06.53 and Ferris 2:07.75. Sara Mihalic finished secondin the 200breaststroke with a season best time of 2:19.74.In the 100 butterfly, Perry had a season best first place finish with a time of 55.06 and Evie Wood in third with a time of 57.71. Â
Ferris and Mihalic secured the third and fourth place finishes in the 200 IM with times of 2:09.23 and 2:03.29. Concluding the day, Colette Berkenfield, Evie Floate, Olivia Stevenson, and Yasmin Perryfinished secondin the 400 freestyle relay with a time of 3:31.96.Â
The divers had a dominant performance on Friday evening, with Nevada topping the leaderboard in the 1-meter springboard and 3-meter springboard. In the 3-meter, Lucia Gabino took home first with a score of 319.80, Dani Griffin in third (257.03), and Madi Simons in fifth(221.70). Â
In the 1-meter, the Pack claimed first and second place with Melissa Mirafuentes in the top spot with a score 314.33.Gabino followed in second with a score of 306.23 points, Griffin in fifth (204.23), and Simons in sixth (x177.15),respectively.Â
The Pack will go on the road for the mid-season invite. The swimmers will head to St. George, Utah on Nov. 15-17 for the Utah Tech Invite, while divers will head to Flagstaff, Ariz. Nov. 15-17 for the Lumberjack Diving Invite. Â
