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Men's Swimming & Diving
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Friday, November 12
Salt Lake City, Utah
5:00 PM
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Utah Swimming Leads Denver After Day 1
11/12/2004 12:00 AM | Men's Swimming & Diving
Nov. 12, 2004
SALT LAKE CITY - The University of Utah men's and women's swimming and diving teams lead the University of Denver Pioneers after the first day of competition. The men lead by a score of 104-63, while the women have a 96-70 edge. The second day of competition kicks off at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 13.
Both men's and women's team started the meet off with first-place finishes in the 200 medley relay. The women's team of Leah Jensen, Ariane Kich, Michelle Blair and Amy Barefield finished with a time of 1:48.16. The men's relay team of Andrew Cole, Evan Castro, Cody Rempfer and Jonathan Larsen finished with a time of 1:32.45
Senior Marta Stepanczuk took top honors in the 1650 free with a time of 17:03.20, while sophomore Rachael Curci came in second with a time of 17:23.33. Kich finished first in the 100 breast with a time of 1:06.44. Barefield swam a 24.07 to claim first in the 50 free.
Castro finished first in the 100 breast with a time of 57.29. Rempfer out swam the competition by 5.58 seconds in the 200 fly to claim first place with a time of 1:49.46. Andrew Brown and Sebastian Bedaw claimed second (1:55.04) and third place (1:55.66) respectively in the 200 fly to help Utah sweep the top-three spots in that event. Larsen continued his streak of wins in the 50 free with a time of 21.17, to remain undefeated on the season.
In the diving competitions, Kelsey Patterson won the 3-meter diving event to continue her undefeated streak. Patterson scored 223.95 for the victory. Damien Brown won the 1-meter event with a score of 276.60, and Sterling Richards finished second with a score of 272.92.
Utah finished the day with wins in the final event, the 300 free relay. The women's team of Meghan Demchuk, Blair, Alison McInturff and Barefield finished first with a time of 3:32.46. The men's team of Cole, Matan Ratz, David Maasberg and Larsen finished first for the men with a time of 3:06.22. The team of Castro, Rempfer, Matt Bailey and Nick Philpot finished second with a time of 3:08.93.
"Denver was ready for us," said Head Coach Michael Litzinger. "Our men were down early, but we won the last three events to take the lead. They are still searching for an identity, and we still need to improve and focus on our goals that we have set for the season.
"Both our teams are tired, but we aren't going to let up for a dual-meet. The women have set a goal to be MWC champions, and they just need to continue to improve and work towards achieving that goal."
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