{"id":185578,"date":"2026-02-20T03:51:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T03:51:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/185578\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T03:51:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T03:51:07","slug":"grovers-fourth-place-finish-highlights-day-two-at-mw-championships-sjsu-athletics-official-athletics-website","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/185578\/","title":{"rendered":"Grover’s Fourth Place Finish Highlights Day Two at MW Championships – SJSU Athletics – Official Athletics Website"},"content":{"rendered":"

Day 2\ufe0f\u20e3 finished at the Mountain West Championships
Hear from @sagehopkins<\/a> #AllSpartans<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/y5aYjBOSP3<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 SJSU Swimming&Diving (@SJSUSwim) February 20, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n

HOUSTON\u2014Freshman Lillie Grover<\/a> had the top Spartan finish of the day as the San Jos\u00e9 State women\u2019s swimming and diving team finished day two of the Credit Union 1 Mountain West Championships.<\/p>\n

Grover finished fourth in the 100 butterfly at 52.91, the second-fastest time in school history.
\nAva Bautista<\/a> finished 18th in the 100 fly with a season-best 54.11.
\nEla Freiman<\/a> finished eighth in the 400 IM at 4:20.31.
\nGenevieve George<\/a> won the consolation final of the 400 IM with a season-best 4:17.28, the third-fastest time in school history.
\nStephanie Sifferman<\/a> won the 200 free C-Final at 1:49.72.
\nDiver Elinor Windram<\/a> finished 13th in 3-meter diving at 263.85.
\nThe 200 free relay of Nikki Lahey<\/a>, Lais e Silva<\/a>, Dalton Sickon<\/a> and Keira Vail<\/a>, finished in seventh place at 1:31.06, the third-fastest time in school history.
UP NEXT \u2013 Day three of the championships begins on Friday with preliminaries in the 200 butterfly, 100 backstroke and the 100 breaststroke starting at 10:30 a.m. CT\/8:30 a.m. PT. Finals begin at 6 p.m. CT\/4 p.m. PT. All races will be shown live on the Mountain West Network.<\/p>\n

Day 2 – Continuing the hard work at the championships. #AllSpartans<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/FHjx6Nem8A<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 SJSU Swimming&Diving (@SJSUSwim) February 20, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n

100 Butterfly \u2013 Finals
4. Lillie Grover<\/a> \u00a0 \u00a052.91
18. Ava Bautista<\/a> \u00a0 \u00a054.11
400 IM Finals
8. Ela Freiman<\/a> \u00a0 \u00a04:20.31
9. Genevieve George<\/a> \u00a0 \u00a04:17.28
200 Free Finals
17. Stephanie Sifferman<\/a> \u00a0 \u00a01:49.72
3-Meter Diving Consolation Finals
13. Elinor Windram<\/a> \u00a0 \u00a0263.85
200 Free Relay
7. San Jos\u00e9 State (Lahey, e Silva, Sickon, Vail) \u00a0 \u00a01:31.06
Preliminaries
100 Fly
Luna Balbuena<\/a> \u00a0 \u00a055.69
Andreea Dragoi<\/a> \u00a0 \u00a057.09
Jayne Harcarufka<\/a> \u00a0 \u00a057.18
200 Free\u00a0
Keira Vail<\/a> \u00a0 \u00a01:52.32
Noemi Bravo-Guzman<\/a> \u00a0 \u00a01:53.04
Nikki Lahey<\/a> \u00a0 \u00a01:53.65
Dalton Sickon<\/a> \u00a0 \u00a01:54.08
Jayne Harcarufka<\/a> \u00a0 \u00a01:56.53
3-Meter Diving
Madeline Kwok<\/a> \u00a0 \u00a0234.60
Aubrianna Crutchfield<\/a> \u00a0 \u00a0181.95<\/p>\n

#AllSpartans<\/p>\n