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Utah Women Move Up In Competition At the Princeton Invite
12/6/2008 12:00 AM | Men's Swimming & Diving
Dec. 6, 2008
PRINCETON, N.J. - The Utah men's and women's swimming and diving teams continued competition at the Princeton Invitational Saturday. The Utah women moved up in the meet, finishing second after the night's events with 574 points and the University of Florida remains ahead of them with 815 points. The Utah men remain in third place with 360.5 points, behind Florida with 691.5 points and Princeton with 655 points.
"We saw some fantastic performances tonight," said Utah head coach Greg Winslow, "Overall, the team has been impressive. They are all excited about how they are competing and are looking forward for the rest of the year and the Mountain West Conference Championships."
The men's team made up some ground on Saturday, doubling their points from the previous day. Leading the way was Michel DeCarolis (Therwil, Switzerland), who won the 100 breast event with a time of 55.39. The time was second-best in school history. John Baque (Olympia, Wash.) took fourth in the same event with a time of 56.10, which is the fifth-best time in school history.
The men's relay teams had a great day as well. The 200 medley relay team comprised of Major Robinson (Missoula, Mont.), DeCarolis, Adam Oliver (Colorado Springs, Colo.), and George Evans (Salt Lake City, Utah) finished in third with a time of 1:32.53. The 800 free relay team of Robinson, Simon Oberholzer (Schaffhausen, Switzerland), Marco Ferraro (Freberdorf, Switzerland) and Oliver finished in second with a time of 6:38.51. The time is the second-best time in Utah school history, behind the best time by .05 seconds.
Ferraro and Robinson also scored points for the Utes. Ferraro finished third in the 200 free with a time of 1:38.59. Robinson placed fourth in the 100 back with his time of 50.20. Both times are in the top 10 in Utah school history.
The Utah women's team continued to have a great meet as well. Beth Gunderson (Portland, Ore.), Annie VanLeeuwen (West Valley City, Utah), Whitney Lopus (Scottsdale, Ariz.), and Natalie Edge (South Jordan, Utah) started the meet off with a first-place finish in the 200 medley relay with a time of 1:42.87.
The 800 free relay team of Lopus, Edge, VanLeeuwen and Hannah Caron (Raleigh, N.C.) set school and conference records with their time of 7:13.62. The time is currently third in the country for this season.
Lopus continued to have a great meet, putting up an amazing time in the 100 fly of 53.19. The time is the best in Utah school history, MWC history, and Princeton pool history. It's currently in the top 10 best times of the year in the country. In that same race, Hannah Caron (Raleigh, N.C.) finished second with an equally impressive time of 53.58 and Jen Fredsall (Kearns, Utah) finished fifth with a time of 55.97.
Edge also continues to be impressive, finishing second in the 200 free with her time of 1:49.58, which is the third-best in school history. Another top finisher was VanLeeuwen in the 100 breast. She finished third with a time of 1:03.07.
"Annie had a great 100 breast stroke tonight. It was a pleasant surprise," Winslow said.Swimming continues tomorrow at Princeton. The events for Sunday include the 200 breast, the 200 fly, the 100 free and the mile swim.
"The women are strong in the fly events, and our 100 free swimmers are some of our best. The men should compete well in the 200 breast as we saw tonight and the mile, where our endurance will be a big factor" said Winslow, "Tomorrow should be our best day. We should be able to make up a little bit of ground."
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