Final meet takes place at Northern Colorado

The Grand Canyon women's swimming and diving team will compete in its final meet Saturday before the WAC Championships, taking on Northern Colorado at 11 a.m. at the Butler Hancock Swimming Pool.

This will be the last meet before heading to Houston for the Feb. 26-March 1 conference championships.

The GCU squads are coming off a trip to UNLV, where they lost a close battle.

In diving, GCU sophomore Lacey Neighbor took fourth in the 1-meter event (236.70) and finished second at 3 meters (258.75).

GCU graduate Raphaela Nakashima and freshman teammate Beth Young showcased their strength in the breaststroke races. Nakashima won the 100-yard breaststroke (1:01.86), while Young followed in third at 1:03.38. Young later placed second in the 200 breaststroke with a 2:17.54 finish.

Nakashima was named WAC Women's Swimmer of the Week following her performance.

Last year, GCU hosted Northern Colorado, winning 173-125 behind Nakashima's and Paula Martinez Moreno's efforts.

Martinez Moreno, a sophomore, took first in the 200-yard butterfly with a pool record time of 1 minute, 59.26 seconds. The previous pool record was also set by Martinez Moreno almost a year ago to the day, but Saturday's time was nearly a second faster.

Nakashima, a senior, also set a pool record of 1:01.04 in the 100 breaststroke.

The meet will be streamed here.

Meet schedule

200 medley relay
1,000 freestyle
200 freestyle
100 backstroke
100 breaststroke
200 butterfly
50 freestyle
100 freestyle
200 backstroke
200 breaststroke
500 freestyle
100 butterfly
400 individual medley
400 freestyle relay

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Players Mentioned

Paula Martinez Moreno

Raphaela Nakashima

Lacey Neighbor

Beth Young

Grand Canyon University Athletics