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Third Day of MWC Championships Leaves Utah Women In Fifth
2/26/2010 12:00 AM | Men's Swimming & Diving
Feb. 26, 2010
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. - The Utah women's swimming and diving team fell to fifth place with 258 points during the third day of the 2010 Mountain West Conference Championships at the OCCC Aquatic Center. The Ute women's team is close behind fourth-place UNLV (275 points). The Utah men remain in sixth place (262 points) behind current leader UNLV (293 points).
Utah's Hannah Caron (Raleigh, N.C.) took first place in the 100 fly with a time of 54.01, beating runner-up Kristy Ferrell of BYU by 1.26 seconds. Utah freshman Sarah Boylen (South Bend, Ind.) finished eighth in the event with a time of 56.78.
In the 200 free, Natalie Edge (South Jordan, Utah) finished fifth with an NCAA `A' cut time of 1:49.68, while Danielle Caldwell (Phoenix, Ariz.) clocked a time of 1:53.31 for 16th position.
"Natalie [Edge] swam well tonight and Hannah [Caron] had a great race in the 100 fly," said Utah Head Coach Greg Winslow. "Hannah swam smart and aggressive and it was a lot of fun to watch her control the event from the beginning to the end."
Beth Gunderson (Portland, Ore.) set a new personal best in the 100 back with a time of 56.61. Gunderson's time gave her 12th place and she finished 2.5 seconds behind the race winner, Colorado State's Breanne Fuller. Utah's Maiya Otsuka (Littleton, Colo.) performed well in the 400 IM, finishing in ninth place with an NCAA `B' cut time of 4:23.22.
Utah put together strong performances by Gunderson, Otsuka, Caron and Edge to secure fourth place in the 400 medley relay with a time of 3:44.20 in the final race of the night.
On the men's side, Utah's David Pursley (Edmonton, Canada) finished fourth in the 400 IM at a time of 3:59.56 while Eric Bonicelli (Overland Park, Kan.) clocked a personal-best time of 4:02.82 to earn seventh place. Utah's Eric Murray (Woodstock, Ga.) and Will Leonhart (Fruita, Colo.) took 15th and 16th places in the same event, respectively. Murray posted a time of 4:06.01 and Leonhart touched the wall at 4:07.52.
Sophomore Major Robinson (Missoula, Mont.) set a new personal best in the 100 back to finish seventh in a time of 49.90. Robinson also helped the Ute relay of John Baque (Olympia, Wash.), Karson Applin (Houston, Texas) and Bjorn Gunnarsson (Norrkoping, Sweden) earn a fifth-place position over BYU in the 400 IM relay with a time of 3:18.52.
"David [Pursley] did an amazing job tonight," said Winslow. "He swam the third-fastest time in our school's history and his performance in the 400 IM was a great way to end his senior year."
Baque and Applin also competed in the 100 breast where they landed the 10th and 13th positions in the race with respective times of 56.11 and 58.37.
On the platforms, Chuen Li Foo (Hong Kong, China) secured a seventh-place position in the men's 3-meter dive with a final score of 287.65. Brandon Stoppelmoor (Olathe, Kan.) ended the night in 13th with an NCAA `B' cut score of 221.55.
"We are really excited for tomorrow and hope to improve the men's team's position to pass TCU and that our women's team can move past UNLV," explained Winslow. "Tomorrow should be a good day for us. We will be strong in the events listed. We did a great job today in our relays and our competitiveness will continue to show tomorrow."
BYU currently leads the women's standings with 484 points and is followed by Wyoming (448), SDSU (400), UNLV (275), Utah (258), Colorado (237), TCU (165), New Mexico (153) and Air Force (88).
The men's standings are led by UNLV, who has 555 points, and is followed by BYU (491.5), Air Force (423.5), Wyoming (389), TCU (318) and Utah (262).
The final day of competition will take place tomorrow in Oklahoma City.
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