Mines swim teams celebrate Senior Day

BY CORINNE WESTEMAN CWESTEMAN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Nick Delany thought it was tting that, after swimming for Colorado School of Mines for four years, his swim cap nally broke on Senior Day.

On Jan. 21, the Mines men’s and women’s swim teams hosted their nal home meet of the season against Wyoming. While both sets of Orediggers technically lost to the Cowboys, the teams’ real victory was giving their eight seniors a fun send-o .

While a few seniors with another year of eligibility will be “sticking around and toughing it out,” as Delany described, he’s looking forward to pursuing other things.

e Evergreen High School alumnus and fourth-year Mines senior plans to graduate this spring and has a job lined in up in mechanical engineering and defense contract work.

“It’s really special,” Delany said of Senior Day. “We’ve all gone through a whole bunch together. It’s been super-fun, the last four years.” e Mines swim teams assembled special senior relay teams and senior-only exhibition heats for the Jan. 21 meet against Wyoming, and the eight senior Orediggers delivered strong performances.

200-freestyle relay place rst. Joe Peak nished third in the 200-yard y and second in the 200-freestyle. Braden Whitmarsh also placed second in the 100-yard individual medley.

For the women’s team, Meghan Slowey took second in her signature race, the 1,650-yard freestyle. She also claimed rst in the individual 200-yard freestyle and second in the 200-yard freestyle relay.

Colorado School of Mines Adam Thistlewood (31) goes up for a big dunk as Metro State Skylar Robinson (32) looks on during the first half of their game at Auraria Event Center January 17, 2023. Mines defeated Metro 70-55.

For the men’s team, Sam LaPrade placed second in the 50-yard backstroke race and helped the men’s e Cowboys broke seven pool records and beat the Mines women’s team 137-75 and the men’s team 130.5-83.5. e Orediggers’ next event will be the conference swimming championships Feb. 8-11 in Grand Junction. For more information on the event or the Mines swim teams, visit MinesAthletics.com.