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10:00 AM
Men's Swimming & Diving
vs Alumni Meet
Saturday, January 7
Salt Lake City, Utah
11 a.m.
University of Utah
133
vs
192
Harvard (M)
Utah Swimming and Diving Defeats Denver
1/7/2017 7:23 PM | Men's Swimming & Diving
Utes beat Pioneers but men’s team falls to Harvard
SALT LAKE CITY – The University of Utah men's and women's swimming and diving teams defeated Denver this afternoon at Ute Natatorium. The men also competed against visiting Harvard but fell.
"I am really proud of the team today," said Utah head coach Joe Dysktra. "You could tell it is January 7 because everybody is coming out of winter training camp so was a lot of tired swimming. I challenged the team to not be concerned with the times but to be concerned with their competitive spirit, how much they could put into the end of each race. I was really proud of that.
We were very short handed today for a variety of reasons; no Jack Burton, no Ben Scott, no Liam O'Haimhirgin, no Hailey Pabst, no Brianna Francis and the list goes on. However, we still found a way to knock off a really good Denver program. We fell short against Harvard but we were thrilled with the way we competed against them. That is a top-20 team and we feel good about what we did today."
The Ute women turned in a strong performance today winning seven events while the men captured four individual events,
In the 100 breast, Stina Colleou claimed the top spot (1:04.54) with McKenna Gassaway placed second (1:04.69) in the event. Jordan Anderson took first in the 200 fly touching in at 2:05.34 while Genevieve Robertson was first in the 200 breast (2:19.42). Julienne Tadena touched in first in the 100 IM coming away with a time of 57.80. She also took second in the 100 free (52.65).
Over on the men's side, Paul Unger started the day by taking first in the 100 back touching in at 49.14. Another first place finish was put up by freshman Rahiti De Vos in the 500 free. He came away with a time of 4:35.34. De Vos also took second in the 200 free (1:40.74)
In diving, Amanda Casillas took first in the one-meter event tallying a total score of 266.25. Lauren Hall was first in the three-meter event coming out with a total score of 283.95.
Josiah Purss took first on both the one-meter and three-meter events. On the one-meter, he came away with a total score of 363.90 and on the three-meter, he tallied a total score of 314.48. Daniel Theriault also took second on the one-meter (266.25) and three-meter (278.78).
The Utes also garnered a number of runner-up finishes starting with Sarah Lott placing second in the 200 free touching in at 1:54.39. In the 100 back, Mallori Allen was second (57.60) with Megan Kawaguchi following (58.45) behind her.
Allen also took second in the 200 back (2:05.67) while Gillian St. John (2nd, 50 free, 23.87), Anderson (2nd, 500 free, 5:07.12) and Darby Wayner (2nd, 100 fly, 58.11) capped a strong day for the Ute women.
In the 1,000 free, Matteo Sogne was second touching in at 9:31.85. Luis Macias also took second in the 200 fly (1:52.05) as well as Ethan Dillard in the 100 IM (51.06) to cap a solid day for the men
Utah finished on a high note as the team of Dorien Butter, Sarah Lott, Anderson and St. John teamed together to take first in the 400 medley relay. They came away with a top time of 3:29.07. On the men's side in relay action, the team of Unger, Keanu Interone, Colten Montgomery and Mckay King took second in the 200 medley coming away with a time of 1:30.94.
Next weekend, the diving team will compete in the UCLA Invitational. The women's swim team will also travel to Westwood for a meet the same day (Jan. 13) against the Bruins.
One week from today, the men and women will take on USC at the Uytengsu Aquatics Center in Los Angeles, Calif.
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