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Nevada swimming and diving makes a splash
Senior swimmer at the University of Nevada, Reno, Donna dePolo, makes it to this season’s NCAA Championships. (Courtesy: @nevadaswimdive/Instagram)

Nevada swimming and diving makes a splash

RENO, Nev. (BVM) — The University of Nevada, Reno swimming and dive team has recently been recognized with various awards for this year’s Mountain West Championship. Bringing home 31 individual and four relay All-MW honors, the team posted a new school record for most points scored at a conference meet. Among the achievements of the team this season, senior swimmer Donna dePolo has qualified for the NCAA Championships. dePolo competed in the 100 and 200 breast on March 19 and 20. 

The recently named Wolf Pack student-athlete of the week, dePolo swam her way through the championship meet in Greensboro, N.C. 

“She had two personal-best times, one school record, and was near scoring in both events,” head coach Brenden Bray told Nevada Athletics. “The future is bright for next year, and her hard work has paid off.” 

Reaching a new school record (59.69) in the 100 breaststroke during the NCAA Championships preliminary rounds on Friday, dePolo finished in 21st place.

Nevada swimming and dive executed a season it wasn’t sure was possible. The challenges of the pandemic at the start of last season ushered in uncertainty for the team which left them unsure of what would come. 

Many members of women’s swimming and dive began training at home, doing various exercises to depict the resistance to water they were so used to being in during the spring and summer months. 

“I have been swimming at a competitive level since I was seven years old, it really is a year-long sport,” backstroke swimmer Reese Lamph said. “So when we had to stop, there wasn’t a lot for us to do, unless you had a pool, that feeling of that resistance in the water is so important in training. We were doing all these weird things just to try to keep that feeling of the water.” 

Once the fall semester began, Nevada swimming and dive had its opportunity to train. The university established a six-week practice window for each sport to use the athletics facilities. 

“At the start of training, everyone was at different places,” Lamph said. “Coach wanted us to know we’re just going to start from the bottom and go up. Once we reached the conference, we were at our peak level.”

What Lamph described as the hardest training thus far showed their efforts, and the team swam hard. Nevada received second overall in its meet against UNLV. 

“It was unfortunate to lose. But it happens. We move on.” Lamph said. 

After finishing off the Mountain West Conference in Colorado, the coaches and team are looking forward to what next season will bring. 

“There’s a lot we need to know regarding next season,” assistant coach Andressa Cholodovskis said. “But I know that the girls are definitely eager to win the next conference. They’re motivated to start the season next year with the full team and with the full staff. Next year will definitely be special.”