{"id":184020,"date":"2026-02-19T04:16:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T04:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/184020\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T04:16:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T04:16:07","slug":"two-records-broken-on-day-1-of-mw-championships-sjsu-athletics-official-athletics-website","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/184020\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Records Broken on Day 1 of MW Championships – SJSU Athletics – Official Athletics Website"},"content":{"rendered":"

Day 1 of the Mountain West Championships complete.
School records broken.
Hear from @sagehopkins<\/a> #AllSpartans<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/W7gShH70qK<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 SJSU Swimming&Diving (@SJSUSwim) February 19, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n

HOUSTON\u2014Two San Jos\u00e9 State records were broken, including Ela Freiman<\/a> in the 200 IM, on the first day of the Credit Union 1 Mountain West Championships in Houston.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Freiman finished fourth in the 200 IM in a time of 1:58.99, breaking her own record of 1:59.59, set in November in the same pool. She is the only Spartan to break the 2-minute barrier in the 200 IM.
\nGenevieve George<\/a> finished seventh in the 200 IM at 2:00.76.
\nDalton Sickon<\/a> matched her season-best time of 23.05 to finish 15th in the 50 free.
\nLais e Silva<\/a> finished 24th in the 50 free at 23.33.
\nDiver Elinor Windram<\/a> finished 13th in 1-meter, recording her season-best score.
\nThe 400 medley relay team ended the evening by breaking a 12-year-old record. The relay team of George, Vilma Lindberg<\/a>, Grover and Sickon finished in 3:38.91, breaking the record of 3:38.98 set by Michaela McLean<\/a>, Darcie Anderson<\/a>, Ashlyn Acosta<\/a> and Alysha Bush<\/a> in 2014.
\nThe Spartans finished the day in 9th place in the team standings.<\/p>\n

Spartans working hard on the first day of the championships! \ud83d\udd25#AllSpartans<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/u3mIq7Z8wD<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 SJSU Swimming&Diving (@SJSUSwim) February 19, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n

UP NEXT \u2013 The second day of the championships begins Thursday with prelims in the 100 fly, 400 IM and 200 free, along with 3-meter diving at 10:30 a.m. CT\/8:30 a.m. PT. Finals begin at 6 p.m. CT\/4 p.m. PT, finishing with the 200 free relay.<\/p>\n

200 IM Finals
4. Ela Freiman<\/a> \u00a0 \u00a01:58.69
7. Genevieve George<\/a> \u00a0 \u00a02:00.76<\/p>\n

50 Free Finals
15. Dalton Sickon<\/a> \u00a0 \u00a023.05
24. Lais e Silva<\/a> \u00a0 \u00a023.33<\/p>\n

1-meter Diving Consolation Finals
13. Elinor Windram<\/a> \u00a0 \u00a0255.65<\/p>\n

400 Medley Relay
8. San Jos\u00e9 State (George, Lindberg, Grover, Sickon) \u00a0 \u00a03:38.91<\/p>\n

200 IM Prelims
Vilma Lindberg<\/a> \u00a0 \u00a02:05.10
Luna Balbuena<\/a> \u00a0 \u00a02:05.71
Ashley Jackson<\/a> \u00a0 \u00a02:06.94
Sahara Dalbik<\/a> \u00a0 \u00a02:11.17<\/p>\n

50 Free Prelims
25. Nikki Lahey<\/a> \u00a0 \u00a023.39
32. Keira Vail<\/a> \u00a0 \u00a023.62
44. Ava Bautista<\/a> \u00a0 \u00a024.79
47. Andreea Dragoi<\/a> \u00a0 \u00a026.41<\/p>\n

1-meter Diving Prelims
Madeline Kwok<\/a> \u00a0 \u00a0216.90
Aubrianna Crutchfield<\/a> \u00a0 \u00a0172.15
#AllSpartans<\/p>\n

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