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Contributed by: Jeff Duggan on 12/18/2007

CSM swimming & diving teams compete at the UNLV Winter Invitational

LAS VEGAS , Nev. (Dec. 15-17) - The Colorado School of Mines men's and women's swimming & diving teams competed at the UNLV Winter Invitational this past Dec. 15-17.

Mines had some great individual performances at the predominantly Division I meet.

The Orediggers were paced by sophomore Kevin Shaw who finished 10th and 12th respectively in his events. Shaw finished 10th in the 400 Individual Medley with a time of 4:09.26 while he was 12th in the 200 Breaststroke (2:09.61). Teammate Sergey Piletski made two top 20 performances in both the 200 Backstroke and the 200 Breaststroke. Piletski was 18th in the Backstroke (1:55.62) and 20th in the Breaststroke (2:11.17).

For the women, Angel Forsling made it to the finals in three events. She finished 20th in the 100 Breaststroke with a time of 1:08.76. She finished 23rd in both the 100 Butterfly (1:01.01) and 200 Breaststroke (2:29.90).

In the diving events, Chandra Lippitt finished in ninth place in the 1-meter event with a score of 179.15. For the men, Chris Moore and Simon Demby-Myers were 16th and 18th respectively in the 3 meter event. Moore was 16th with a score of 164.10 while Demby-Myers was 18th with 149.05.

The Oredigger swimming and diving teams won't return to action until after the holidays on Jan. 12. They will host Metro State at 10 a.m.

Jeff Duggan, athletics information officer CSM

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