Air Force Women's Swimming & Diving 2011 MWC Championships Recap
    Falcons break seven school records at championship.

    Freshman Erin Bleyl.
    Freshman Erin Bleyl.

    March 2, 2011

    The Air Force women's swimming & diving team capped off a successful 2010-11 season at the 2011 Mountain West Conference Swimming & Diving Championships in Oklahoma City, Okla. The Falcons broke seven school records and had 21 swims that cracked the schools' all-time top-10 list.

    Leading the way were sophomore Haley Holcombe and freshman Erin Bleyl. Holcombe earned All-MWC honors in the 100 and 200 butterfly events and set school records in the 200 fly and 200 and 400 medley relay groups. Bleyl capped off one of the most successful freshman campaigns in Air Force history by setting five school records (100, 200 back, 400 free relay, 200, 400 medley relay).

    Air Force finished ninth at the MWC Championships.

    School Records
    400 Free Relay (Erin Bleyl, Hannah Cesare, Alivia Berg, Cassie Fletcher) 3:27.16
    800 Free Relay (Erin Bleyl, Alivia Berg, Michelle Kuyper, Hannah Cesare) 7:32.79
    200 Medley Relay (Samantha Laughlin, Katrina Castellanos, Haley Holcombe, Cassie Fletcher) 1:45.71
    400 Medley Relay (Erin Bleyl, Katrina Castellanos, Haley Holcombe, Hannah Cesare) 3:48.42
    200 Fly - Haley Holcombe 2:02.36
    100 Back - Erin Bleyl 56.28 (leadoff of 400 medley relay time trial)
    200 Back - Erin Bleyl 2:01.66

     

     

    Air Force Academy All-Time Top 10 Swims
    Name/Time/Rank

    100 Free
    Erin Bleyl 51.27 (1)
    Cassie Fletcher 52.31 (8)
    Hannah Cesare 52.41 (9)

    200 Free
    Erin Bleyl 1:50.70 (2) Leadoff of 800 free relay
    Hannah Cesare 1:52.83 (6)

    500 Free
    Alivia Berg 5:02.53 (8)
    Erin Bleyl 5:02.76 (9)

    200 IM
    Gabby Aranda 2:06.59 (4)

    100 Fly
    Haley Holcombe 55.31 (2)
    Gabby Aranda 56.23 (5)

    200 Fly
    Haley Holcombe 2:02.36 (1)
    Gabby Aranda 2:04.04 (4)

    100 Back
    Erin Bleyl 56.28 (1) Leadoff of 400 medley relay time trial

    200 Back
    Erin Bleyl 2:01.66 (1)
    Liz Harrison 2:08.75 (9)

    100 Breast
    Rosie Mayou 1:06.89 (10)

    200 Breast
    Katrina Castellanos 2:20.49 (3)

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