Stephanie North, a 2012 Boise State graduate, posted the Broncos' best finish of the meet by winning her heat and placing 29th in a time of 25.82.
North, who earlier placed 32nd in the 100-meter freestyle, was joined in the event by former BSU teammate Amber Boucher, UNLV junior Rachel Dixon and 2012 Wyoming graduate Kelsey Conci.
Dixon finished 60th (26.21), while Conci placed 86th in a time of 26.43. Conci was the lone MW competitor at the meet to qualify for a semifinal event when she finished 11th in the 100-meter backstroke last Tuesday, becoming first Wyoming swimmer to move past the prelims since Scott Usher earned a spot on the U.S. Olympic Team in 2004.
Boucher, the MW Swimmer of the Year, finished 126th in the event a time of 26.73.
Mick McGrane has covered the Mountain West since the league's inception in 1999. He spent 12 years at the San Diego Union-Tribune, where he served as the beat writer for San Diego State football and men's basketball. He currently represents the MW as a member of the Football Writers Association of America All-America Committee and is a member of the U.S. Basketball Writers Association. McGrane serves as senior writer to the Mountain West, providing readers with exclusive, in-depth information about the Conference by highlighting its 10 member institutions and contributing feature stories on student-athletes that participate in the league's 18 sponsored sports.
Mark Knudson is a Colorado State journalism school graduate and a 12-year veteran of professional baseball. During his playing career, Mark pitched for three major league teams, including the Colorado Rockies, where he was the first Colorado native to play for the hometown team. He recorded wins over three of the four legendary pitchers who make up the 4,000 strikeout club: Nolan Ryan, Randy Johnson and Roger Clemens. His win over Ryan came for the Milwaukee Brewers on Opening Day in 1991.
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