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Friday, January 30
Provo, Utah
6:00 PM
University of Utah
at
BYU
Utah Swimming Drops Meet at BYU
1/30/2004 12:00 AM | Men's Swimming & Diving
Jan. 30, 2004
PROVO, Utah - The University of Utah men's and women's swimming and diving team lost to Brigham Young on Friday night. The women won six out of 13 events, but fell 127-110, giving them a shared regular season Mountain West Conference championship for the first time in school history. The Ute men only managed to win one event and lost 144-95 to the 20th ranked Cougars. "The women won a share of the regular season championship, which is unprecedented. The guys completed a wonderful turnaround this season to finish the season 7-1," comments Head Coach Michael Litzinger. "I'm extremely proud of both teams."
Utah finishes 9-2 overall (6-1 in MWC competition), for the season and earns a share of its first MWC championship in school history. Utah fell behind early by 32 points because of diving competition but managed to win six of the 13 events. Marta Stepanczuk won the 1000 free (10:22.53), Amy Barefield won the 50 free (24.37), Jamie Trapp added a victory in the 200 IM (2:10.57), Meghan Demchuk finished on top in the 200 fly (2:09.28), Alison McInturff won the 100 free (52.93) and Marissa Martin won the 200 breast (2:05.25). "We out swam BYU tonight, but it is a swimming and diving meet and the Cougars did an outstanding job of rising to the challenge to win," adds Litzinger.
The Ute men lost to the 20th ranked Cougars, finishing the season 7-1 overall (3-1 in MWC competition). Evan Castro was the lone winner for Utah as he finished first in the 100 breast, with his season best time of 56.60. "We ran into a very good team this weekend. There were a lot of close events but we just didn't win the touches. BYU swam a great meet," states Litzinger. "Now it is time for both teams to focus on the conference championships."
Utah will not swim in competition again until the conference championships. The 2004 Mountain West Conference Swimming and Diving Championships will be held Feb. 18-21, in Oklahoma City.
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