FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (January 30, 2026) – Heading into Senior Day, the Northern Arizona swimming & diving impressed on Friday, racking up an 80-24 dual win against Utah Tech and capturing three of the top four spots on the 3-meter springboard.
The Lumberjack swimmers hosted Utah Tech Friday afternoon at the Aquatic & Tennis Complex and picked up five event wins in the six-event dual.
Cydnie Perkins set the 200 breaststroke pool record, clocking a time of 2:15.39 to best the previous record of 2:16.82 set in 2018. Perkins already owns the pool record in the 100 breaststroke.
After Perkins set a new pool record in the penultimate event of the day, the Lumberjacks shattered the pool record in the 800 freestyle relay.
Isahbel Krasht swam the first leg, turning it over to
Evalotta Aabrams, who clocked the fastest split of 1:50.77.
Kaci Kelaher and
Abbie Miller closed out the relay as NAU posted a winning time of 7:30.46, nearly three seconds faster than Boise State's previous record set six years ago.
"There were a lot of great swims across the board," said head coach
Andy Johns. "Some of them were hidden in the middle of relays, but the splits were awesome. We had lifetime bests at altitude a month out (of conference championships), so I'm pretty pleased with what's happening here. We'll need to come back out tomorrow, race with the same energy, effort and excitement to set us up for Texas because it's going to be a battle at the conference meet."
NAU claimed the top two spots in the 200 medley relay to open the dual with the Lumberjacks' 'A' team of
Gracie Munk, Perkins,
Elsa Musselman and
Kokona Watanabe turning in a time of 1:41.65. Krasht followed up with a win in the 200 butterfly with a time of 2:02.68, leading a 1-2-3 NAU sweep in the event.
Munk nearly captured the pool record in the 200 backstroke, just missing by less than a second, with a winning time of 1:59.77. Munk led four swimmers in the top four spots.
Utah Tech claimed its lone event win of the day in the 200 freestyle relay, edging out NAU at the wall. The Trailblazers posted a time of 1:33.86, while NAU's 'A' relay of Musselman, Watanabe,
Katarina Klatt and
Camryn Brown finished right behind at 1:33.91. In the day's final individual event, Perkins paced the 'Jacks in a 1-2-3 finish in the 200 breaststroke.
The NAU divers opened Friday's competition with the second day of the Lumberjack Diving Invite. After placing on second to Arizona's Zara Joy Ayazi on 1-meter on Thursday,
Mackenna Stocker got the best of Ayazi on 3-meter.
Stocker carried the event's best prelim score of 305.35 into the finals and held on for the win with a final score of 602.30.
Ayazi prevented a clean sweep of the top three spots by the Lumberjacks as
Margaret Wesche and
Grace Wesche finished third and fourth respectively.
Margaret Wesche posted a finals score of 584.20 and
Grace Wesche recorded a score of 574.70.
Kirsten Clark totaled a score of 200.65 in the preliminary round.
"Today was a great day, obviously with Mack Stocker getting the win, that's huge against some really tough competition," said head diving coach
Nikki Kelsey. "Maggie and Grace right there in third and fourth was awesome as well. There was consistent diving and there's still room for improvement, which is great with a few more weeks of practice before we go into conference and zones.
Kirsten Clark had one of the best dives I've seen her do too, so that was great. I'm really proud of all of them."
The Lumberjacks will celebrate their seven seniors, Munk, Musselman, Perkins, Clark, Stocker,
Grace Wesche and
Margaret Wesche, during Senior Day on Saturday. The divers will conclude the Lumberjack Diving Invite, beginning at 10:30 a.m. MST, and the swimmers will host Utah Tech in another dual starting at 11 a.m. MST.
NAU's final competition of the regular season is free for all fans to attend.
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