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Photo courtesy of Nevada Athletics. Senior Donna dePolo competes in a swim competition. Nevada won the silver medal in the 2021 Mountain West Conference championship.
Nevada’s swim and dive team lost the gold medal by one-tenth of a second to UNLV in the Mountain West Conference championship. The Wolf Pack won the silver medal overall and claimed more than 30 individual and team awards.
Swim’s competition was held in Las Vegas from Feb. 17-20, while the dive team traveled to Colorado Springs from Feb. 18-20.
In the first swim event for the Pack, Josien Wijkhuijs, Donna dePolo, Julia Adamczyk and Colette Berkenfield finished third in the 200-yard medley relay race with 1:39.22 as their final time. Later, the 800-yard freestyle relay team of Mariana Vignoli, Caitlyn McHugh, Julia Adamczyk and Emma Brady finished in fourth place with a time of 7:19.86. The two events gave the Pack 106 points to end the day tied at third with the Wyoming Cowboys.