Stasny's NCAA cut highlights Lopes' MW Championships

Wednesday, February 18

.Houston, Texas

Grand Canyon

Mountain West Championships

Photo by: Deb Schaffer

2/22/2026 9:44:00 AM | Women's Swimming and Diving

GCU posts A-final swims, school records; debut ends in 10th-place finish

By: Nathan Peters

HOUSTON – Grand Canyon closed the Mountain West Women's Swimming & Diving Championships with a 10th-place team finish, highlighted by multiple championship-final appearances, school records and an NCAA cut over four days.

San Diego State claimed the conference title with Washington State placing second.

The highlight of the meet for the Lopes came on the final evening from sophomore Taylor Stasny.

The Dyer, Indiana, native added a championship final performance for the Lopes, placing sixth in the 200-yard breaststroke with a GCU-record time of 2 minutes, 10.9 seconds, which was faster than the NCAA B cut. The strong finish places her under consideration for an NCAA Championships invitation, with the automatic qualifier awarded only to the event champion.

The fast race from Stasny placed sixth, showing just how fast of a meet these Mountain West Championships were.

GCU senior Paula Martinez Moreno made two individual A-final appearances, advancing to the championship heats in the 100-yard butterfly (54.38) and 200-yard butterfly (2:00.30).

Martinez's performances accounted for two of GCU's top individual finishes of the meet and underscored the Lopes' presence in the butterfly events at the conference level.

The Lopes also picked up valuable scoring through B-final appearances, led by Elisa Corradi in the 200-yard individual medley, where she finished 13th and contributed key points to the team's 488.5-point total.

Relays provided some of the Lopes' most impactful moments of the meet.

GCU's best relay finish came in the 400 medley relay, where Beth Young delivered a school-record 1:00.47 split on the breaststroke leg, helping elevate the Lopes' relay scoring.

Sara Mendoza contributed lifetime bests in the 200 freestyle in the individual (1:49.22) and her 800 freestyle relay split (1:48.21).

On the diving boards, Brooke Woeslaw added a scoring performance by contributing 12 points in platform diving.

Additional milestones came in the sprint events, where Katelyn Huffman posted a lifetime-best 23.16 in the 50-yard freestyle, matching the mark in preliminaries and finals.

GCU sophomore Luna Ayala also recorded a qualifying time in the 50-yard butterfly to earn a berth at the NIC Championships, extending the Lopes' postseason representation beyond the conference meet.

The Lopes will look ahead to Zone E Diving Championships in Flagstaff, Arizona, as well as CSCAA National Invational Championships in Ocala, Florida.