ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (November 4, 2022) - Starting off the two-day road trip to New Mexico, the Lumberjacks picked up their first dual meet win with a 172-120 score over the New Mexico Lobos on Friday.
The win was highlighted by four Lumberjacks picking up two event wins each in Casey Craffey, Maddy Rey, Haley Mayhew, and Mackenna Stocker. The meet started off with a one-two finish in the medley relay, as NAU finished at 3:53.74 with Gracie Munk, Delaney Phillips, Elsa Mussleman, and Annie Carlton on the 'A' relay team. Finishing in second was Sophie Velitchkov, Haley Mayhew, Caylah Jago, and Bena Koehn coming in at 3:54.14.
The Lumberjacks continued with their momentum throughout the meet, as Craffey brought in her first victory of the day in the 1000 free at 10:33.62. Craffey followed that up with a first place finish in the 500 free, finishing at 5:09.55.
Maddy Rey followed suit with first place in the 200 free at 1:54.97, and a second individual victory in the 400 IM, coming in at 4:38.99, two second in front of the second place finisher of Francesca Criscione who finished at 4:41.89 for the Lumberjacks. Criscione earned herself a first place finish in the 200 fly, coming in at 2:10.13.
Haley Mayhew was the third Lumberjack of the day to earn two individual first places, making her mark in the 100 breaststroke and the 200 breaststroke. Mayhew finished at 1:06.48 in the 100 breaststroke and 2:23.35 on the 200.
The divers put on yet another show on the boards as NAU went one-two-three on the 3-meter. Mackenna Stocker was the fourth NAU athlete to earn two first place victories as she placed first in both the 1m and 3m with a final score of 305.55 on the 3m boards and 274.50 on the 1m boards.
Margaret and Grace Wesche came in behind Stocker on the 3m dives, finishing in second and third, respectively, with scores of 298.65 and 277.35. Grace Wesche placed second on the 1m dives with a final score of 262.95, followed by Maegan Jensen in third with 260.63.
"It was a great start, really set the tone," Head Coach Andy Johns said. "We're looking forward to the challenge of back to back meets and to see a WAC foe tomorrow."
NAU will now head to Las Cruces to take on the New Mexico State Aggies for a meet tomorrow morning at 10 a.m. MST.
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