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Falcons sweep Senior weekend

11/8/2026 3:25:00 PM

MIDLAND, Texas (November 8, 2026) – The University of Texas Permian Basin men's and women's swimming & diving teams wrapped up a busy weekend of back-to-back home meets on back-to-back days with Senior Day on Saturday. The Falcons hosted both Adams State University and McMurry University throughout the weekend, culminating with a double dual meet on Saturday that saw the Falcons sweep all four team results on the day.


UTPB Relay Dual Meet vs. Adams State – Friday, November 6
This was a special meet. It was a relay dual meet, meaning no individual races or diving. A relay meet is a specialized competition where every event consists of team relay races rather than individual swims.

The UTPB men's and women's team's limited ASU to just 64 combined points for the meet. The UTPB men won 118-24 while the women won 116-40.

Women's Results:
The UTPB "A" team won all 10 races.

Event 1: Women's 300 Butterfly Relay (3x100): UTPB "A" team (3:13.38; Irene Neumeier, Jordyn Sims, Rowan McWhorter) defeats UTPB "B" team (3:22.89; Sarahie Barcenas, Mackenzie Gingerich, Claire Thomas).

Event 3: Women's 300 Backstroke Relay (3x100): UTPB "A" team (3:07.75; Ava McCormack, Lara Lutz, Kat Tilley) wins; UTPB "B" team (3:18.12; Gia Delgado, Lu-Lu Van Winkle, Lyla Micklos) just out-touches ASU "A" team (3:18.27) in a close race for second place.

Event 5: Women's 300 Breaststroke Relay (3x100): UTPB "A" team (3:40.39; Rachel Sims, Madi Neuman, Avery Momotiuk) wins.

Event 7: Women's 800 Freestyle Relay: UTPB "A" team (8:41.63; Mackenzie Gingerich, Olivia Leuschner, Claire Thomas, Lyla Micklos) takes a late lead on the last swimmer and then pulls away to win over the ASU "A" team (9:07.87).

Event 9: Women's 500 Freestyle Relay (50/100/150/200): UTPB "A" team (5:08.95; Lu-Lu Van Winkle, Kat Tilley, Ava McCormack, Rowan McWhorter) wins uncontested.

Event 11: Women's 400 Medley Relay (4x100 IM): UTPB "A" team (4:17.23; Lara Lutz, Madi Neuman, Rachel Sims, Lyla Micklos) defeats ASU "A" team (4:28.90).

Event 13: Women's 200 Freestyle Relay: UTPB "A" team (1:43.44; Kat Tilley, Mackenzie Gingerich, Jordyn Sims, Sarahie Barcenas) defeats both ASU "A" (1:46.66) and "B" (2:02.47) teams.

Event 15: Women's 1500 Freestyle Relay (3x500): UTPB "A" team (18:51.34; Gia Delgado, Claire Thomas, Olivia Leuschner) wins uncontested.

Event 17: Women's 400 Medley Relay: UTPB "A" team (4:28.66; Avery Momotiuk, Irene Neumeier, Madi Neuman, Rowan McWhorter) defeats ASU "A" team (4:49.07).

Event 19: Women's 400 Freestyle Relay: UTPB "A" team (3:56.94; Sarahie Barcenas, Olivia Leuschner, Lara Lutz, Ava McCormack) defeats ASU "A" team (4:05.36).

Men's Results:
The UTPB men won eight of 10 races, including six wins from the "A" team and two from the "B" team.

Event 2: Men's 300 Butterfly Relay (3x100): UTPB "A" team (2:38.28; Colin Doyle, Tommy Betancour, David Charles) defeats both the UTPB "B" team (2:41.47; Dylan Channell, Javier Brenes-Quesada, Massimo Alarcon) and the ASU "A" team (2:47.28).

Event 4: Men's 300 Backstroke Relay (3x100): UTPB "B" team (2:38.58; Sean Greene, Caden Angelle, Nico Turner) defeats both the ASU "A" team (2:41.87) and the UTPB "A" team (2:44.62; Jacob Domingo, Cooper Workman, Zane Garner).

Event 6: Men's 300 Breaststroke Relay (3x100): After a close start between all three teams, the ASU "A" team (3:04.10) overtakes both the UTPB "A" team (3:07.77; Brannan Espericueta, Tanner Antley, Nick Williams) and the UTPB "B" team (3:09.23; Paul Neubauer, Ashton Cook, Carlos Albidrez) during the second half of the race.

Event 8: Men's 800 Freestyle Relay: ASU "A" team (7:26.71) defeats the UTPB "A" team (7:36.64; Chase Alderman, Zach Garza, Mattson Uhlenhopp, Carter Leach).

Event 10: Men's 500 Freestyle Relay (50/100/150/200): UTPB "A" team (4:19.59; Logan Fultz, Mauro Sanchez-Lopez, Dylan Schrock, Daniel Parsley) wins uncontested.

Event 12: Men's 400 Medley Relay: UTPB "A" team (3:31.19; Zane Garner, Sean Greene, Colin Doyle, Jacob Domingo) wins, followed by the UTPB "B" team (3:40.25; Nico Turner, Chase Alderman, Dylan Channell, David Charles) in a very close finish over the ASU "A" team (3:40.62) for second place.

Event 14: Men's 200 Freestyle Relay: UTPB "A" team (1:28.41; Brannan Espericueta, Tommy Betancour, Dylan Schrock, Logan Fultz) wins, followed by the ASU "A" team (1:30.69) in second place and the UTPB "B" team (1:31.34; Cooper Workman, Massimo Alarcon, Caden Angelle, Tanner Antley) in a close race over the UTPB "D" team (1:31.96; Mauro Sanchez-Lopez, Mattson Uhlenhopp, Paul Neubauer, Ashton Cook) for third place.

Event 16: Men's 1500 Freestyle Relay (3x500): UTPB "A" team (15:24.60; Daniel Parsley, Jacob Domingo, Dylan Channell) wins uncontested.

Event 18: Men's 400 Medley Relay: (4x100 IM): UTPB "B" team (3:43.69; Sean Greene, Tanner Antley, Chase Alderman, Ashton Cook; first place) and ASU "A" team (3:49.20; close finish to take second place) both overtake the UTPB "A" team (3:49.40; Colin Doyle, Paul Neubauer, Brannan Espericueta, Carlos Albidrez; third place) late in the race.

Event 20: Men's 400 Freestyle Relay: UTPB "A" team (3:14.54; Zane Garner, Cooper Workman, Dylan Channell, Logan Fultz) defeats the UTPB "B" team (3:23.03; David Charles, Mauro Sanchez-Lopez, Javier Brenes-Quesada, Tommy Betancour) in second, the ASU "A" team (3:27.88) in third and UTPB "C" team (3:30.73; CJ Hightower, Zach Garza, Mattson Uhlenhopp, Massimo Alarcon) in fourth.
 

UTPB Double Dual Meet vs. Adams State & McMurry – Saturday, November 7
In a more traditional double dual meet, UTPB swept the competition. The UTPB men won 227-50 over McMurry and 201-62 over Adams State while the UTPB women were victorious 219-32 over McMurry and 198-60 over Adams State.

Women's Results:
The UTPB women won 12 of 14 swimming events, led by Kat Tilley with two individual wins. In addition, Ava McCormack, Lyla Micklos and Rowan McWhorter each had one win to go along with a second-place finish while Avery Momotiuk and Madi Neuman both had a win to go along with a third-place finish.

Event 1: Women's 200 Medley Relay: The UTPB "A" team (1:51.44; Ava McCormack, Avery Momotiuk, Rowan McWhorter, Kat Tilley) wins ahead of the UTPB "B" team (1:56.08; Lara Lutz, Madi Neuman, Jordyn Sims, Lyla Micklos) in second place.

Event 3: Women's 1000 Freestyle: Olivia Leuschner (12:35.99) wins by a big margin (over 25 seconds); Gia Delgado (13:01.54) finishes second.

Event 5: Women's 200 Freestyle: Lara Lutz (2:10.87) finishes third.

Event 7: Women's 100 Backstroke: Kat Tilley (1:00.94) wins her first individual race of the day; Avery Momotiuk (1:04.47) takes third and Jordyn Sims (1:08.21) finishes fourth.

Event 9: Women's 100 Breaststroke: Madi Neuman (1:11.07) wins ahead of Rowan McWhorter (1:13.19) in second place.

Event 11: Women's 200 Butterfly: Claire Thomas (2:39.30) wins uncontested.

Event 13: Women's 50 Freestyle: Ava McCormack (25.52) finishes first, followed by Lyla Micklos (25.68) in second and Mackenzie Gingerich (26.95) in third as UTPB sweeps the top-three spots.

Event 15: Women's 1-Meter Dive: Camilla Aguilar (256.15) first, Rachel Sims (196.94) second.

Event 17: Women's 100 Freestyle: Kat Tilley (54.44) earns her second individual win of the meet.

Event 19: Women's 200 Backstroke: Ava McCormack (2:20.82) finishes second, followed by Mackenzie Gingerich (2:22.93) in third.

Event 21: Women's 200 Breaststroke: Avery Momotiuk (2:37.45) wins.

Event 23: Women's 500 Freestyle: Lyla Micklos (5:22.78) wins by a big margin (over 40 seconds) and laps her competition; Irene Neumeier (6:08.38) comes up third.

Event 25: Women's 100 Butterfly: Lara Lutz (1:04.02) earns the close win after each of the top-three swimmers (Jordyn Sims, second, 1:04.37; Madi Neuman, third, 1:04.38) finished within 0.36 seconds of each other.

Event 27: Women's 3-Meter Dive: Camilla Aguilar (251.61) first, sweeps diving events.

Event 29: Women's 200 IM: Rowan McWhorter (2:20.20) wins; Rachel Sims (2:29.25) takes third.

Event 31: Women's 400 Freestyle Relay: The UTPB "A" team (3:43.96; Kat Tilley, Jordyn Sims, Ava McCormack, Avery Momotiuk) takes the win in a close race over the UTPB "B" team (3:45.92; Lyla Micklos, Mackenzie Gingerich, Lara Lutz, Rowan McWhorter).

Men's Results:
The UTPB men won 10 of 14 swimming events, led by Sean Greene with two individual wins. In addition, Colin Doyle had one win to go along with a second-place finish, Dylan Schrock had a win to go along with a third-place finish, and Cooper Workman and Jacob Domingo both had a pair of second-place finishes.

Event 2: Men's 200 Medley Relay: The UTPB "B" team (1:35.71; Nico Turner, Paul Neubauer, Dylan Channell, Logan Fultz) wins ahead of the UTPB "A" team (1:36.75; Zane Garner, Chase Alderman, Tommy Betancour, Colin Doyle).

Event 4: Men's 1000 Freestyle: CJ Hightower (10:46.51) wins by over 20 seconds; Mattson Uhlenhopp (11:11.19) finishes third.

Event 6: Men's 200 Freestyle: Jacob Domingo (1:50.14) finishes second, followed by Mauro Sanchez-Lopez (1:53.14) in third.

Event 8: Men's 100 Backstroke: Colin Doyle (52.67) wins.

Event 10: Men's 100 Breaststroke: Paul Neubauer (1:00.59) finishes third and Daniel Parsley (1:01.89) finishes fourth.

Event 12: Men's 200 Butterfly: Zane Garner (2:03.01) puts together a really good time to win the race ahead of Zach Garza (2:08.29) in second and David Charles (2:08.54) third.

Event 14: Men's 50 Freestyle: Logan Fultz (22.17) finishes first, followed by Cooper Workman (23.00) in second and Tommy Betancour (23.01) in third as UTPB sweeps the top-three spots.

Event 16: Men's 1-Meter Dive: Daniel Henry (319.95) first.

Event 18: Men's 100 Freestyle: Sean Greene (46.66) earns his first win of the meet; Dylan Schrock (47.50) finishes third while Dylan Channell (48.68) takes fourth.

Event 20: Men's 200 Backstroke: Cooper Workman (2:00.47) is unable to pick it up on the last 50 yards and finishes in second place - just one a second behind the winner).

Event 22: Men's 200 Breaststroke: Nick Williams (2:22.89) closes strong to finish second, 0.47 seconds behind the winner (one of the closest finishes among the top-three swimmers of the meet - just 0.61 seconds separated the three simmers).

Event 24: Men's 500 Freestyle: Dylan Schrock (4:55.55) laps multiple other swimmers and wins by 15 seconds; Jacob Domingo (5:10.57) finishes second.

Event 26: Men's 100 Butterfly: Dylan Channell (53.32) just out-touches teammate Nico Turner (53.34) by 0.02 seconds to earn the win.

Event 28: Men's 3-Meter Dive: Daniel Henry (380.92) first.

Event 30: Men's 200 IM: Sean Greene (1:58.06) comes back to pass teammate Colin Doyle (1:58.18) during the last 50 yards and earn his second win of the meet by just 0.12 seconds; Chase Alderman (2:06.39) round outs the top-three.

Event 32: Men's 400 Freestyle Relay: The UTPB "A" team (3:14.36; Nico Turner, Logan Fultz, Brannan Espericueta, Dylan Schrock) holds off a big comeback effort from the ASU "A" team (3:14.44), winning by only 0.08 seconds.
 

Senior Day Recap:
Camilla Aguilar is a four-year team member and diver from Odessa, Texas. During the 2024-25 season she competed in the NCAA Division II Diving Qualification Meet in Indianapolis, Indiana. Her favorite memories from her time at UTPB include traveling for meets, getting to compete in different places, and making random memories along the way. A chemistry major, Camilla's plans after graduation are to continue her education at the Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine in the Caribbean.

Chase Alderman is a four-year team member and Senior Captain from Spring, Texas. Last year Chase was a member of UTPB's school record 200 medley relay team, earned First-Team Academic All-RMAC honors, and was a member of UTPB's inaugural Chi Alpha Sigma class. He is also is a two-time member of the UTPB Dean's List, the RMAC Academic Honor Roll, and the College Sports Communicators Academic All-District® Team, and is a two-time recipient of the D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award. His favorite memories from his time at UTPB are the numerous team bonding events and breaking the 200 medley relay school record with Colin, Logan and Nico at the 2026 conference meet. A kinesiology Master's student who previously graduated with his undergraduate degree in exercise science from UTPB, Chase's plans after graduation are to continue to finish his Master's program and compete in his fifth year in swimming at UTPB next year.

Sarahie Barcenas is a two-year team member from Monahans, Texas. Sarahie made the Dean's List during both semesters last year and is set to graduate two years early from UTPB. Her favorite memory from her time at UTPB was traveling to Colorado for conference. She said, "It was my first time there, and waking up during the drive to snow-covered mountains and beautiful scenery made it an experience I'll never forget." A human performance major, Sarahie's plans after graduation are to continue her education, earn her doctorate in occupational therapy, and ultimately become an occupational therapist.

Tommy Betancour is a four-year team member from Corpus Christi, Texas. Last year Tommy earned First-Team Academic All-RMAC honors and was a member of UTPB's inaugural Chi Alpha Sigma class. He is also is a two-time member of the RMAC Academic Honor Roll and is a two-time recipient of the D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award. Tommy has made the President's List with a perfect 4.0 GPA during four of his semesters at UTPB. He has been inducted into Beta Gamma Sigma and is proud of having the best GPA on the UTPB men's swim team. He is also a peer mentor and student tutor, was a student scholar for UTIMCO during Summer 2025, and then during Summer 2026 he was an Oil and Gas Intern at University Lands, helping to fund the UT System. His favorite memory from UTPB is hanging out with his roommates all the time. A finance major, Tommy's plans after graduation are to find a stable job in finance or accounting where he can continue learning and growing professionally. Tommy says that he "wants to build a successful career, become financially independent, and ultimately create a comfortable life for himself and his future family."

David Charles is a four-year team member from Houston, Texas. His favorite memories from his time at UTPB include when the bus broke down and we played baseball, conversations in the dining hall for hours, hitting maxes in the weight room, and "get-out swims". A human performance major, David's plans after graduation are to be a High School Missionary and Youth Pastor in the Permian Basin.

Colin Doyle is a four-year team member and Senior Captain from San Antonio, Texas. Last year Colin was a part of breaking four UTPB school records, including the 100 butterfly, the 200 freestyle relay, the 200 medley relay, and the 400 medley relay. He also earned Second-Team All-RMAC honors in the 200 freestyle relay for the second year in a row, earned First-Team Academic All-RMAC honors, was named to the College Sports Communicators Academic All-District® Team, and was a member of UTPB's inaugural Chi Alpha Sigma class. He was previously named the RMAC Men's Swimmer of the Week in December 2024, is a two-time member of the RMAC Academic Honor Roll, and is a two-time recipient of the D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award. Colin has made both the President's List and the Dean's List during his time at UTPB, is a tutor and peer leader for the Success Center, was an HSI grant recipient for Mathematics research with a published paper, and was awarded the Presidential Scholarship for academic merit. His favorite memories from his time at UTPB include the conference meet his sophomore year and seeing the recreation of Stonehenge. A double major in mathematics and computer science, Colin's plans after graduation are to simply get a job.

Zane Garner is a four-year team member and Senior Captain from El Campo, Texas. Zane has made the Dean's List at UTPB and is a two-time member of the RMAC Academic Honor Roll. His favorite memories from his time at UTPB include going to the Abilene Zoo and attending the UT meet during Coach Brian's first year. A human performance major who also minored in business, Zane's plans after graduation are to pursue his Master's degree in kinesiology.

Rachel Sims is a two-year team member from Salina, Kansas. Rachel made high school State diving in 2021 and 2022, was an NJCAA All-American at Barton County Community College in 2023 and 2024, and was an NAIA All-American at Midland University in 2025. During her first year at UTPB, Rachel earned the 2026 D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award. She says that one of the things she has enjoyed the most about UTPB is having the opportunity to compete alongside with a dive team. She adds that "having people (in both swim and dive) to share the little moments with has made the experience special. My teammates are what make this journey memorable, and I am grateful for the friendships and memories we have created together." A human performance major, Rachel's plans after graduation are to go to graduate school and enroll in a Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) program.
 

Next Up
After hosting Trinity University last month, UTPB will wrap up its Fall season with its midseason meet at Trinity (Tiger Invitational) from November 20-22 in San Antonio, Texas.
 
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