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All Day
Men's Swimming & Diving
at SMU Invitational
The University of Utah Athletics
Saturday, October 14
Salt Lake City, Utah
2:00 PM
University of Utah
111.5
vs
188.5
California
Players Mentioned
Sprint Free/Fly
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Diving
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Distance Free
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Sprint Free/Fly/Back
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Utes Fall In Season Opener To No. 1 Cal
10/14/2017 5:21 PM | Men's Swimming & Diving
SALT LAKE CITY – Senior Nathan Makarewicz was able to give the Utes a strong individual performance on the boards, but Utah fell short in a meet against No. 1 Cal, 188.5-111.5.
"Today could have gone better," head coach Joe Dykstra said. "We had some standout individual performances but I'm a little disappointed we were not better as a team. We have big aspirations for this year, but obviously, Cal is ranked number one for a reason.
We showed that we could race with them, we just did not show that we could beat them consistently. That's the next step for our program. We cannot be happy with being close. We need to get wins. We got four of them today and next year when we go to Berkley hopefully we can get six or seven."
Makarewicz was able to take first in two separate events, finishing with a final score of 336.83 in the 1-meter dive, and a score of 329.03 in the 3-meter dive.
In the pool, Paul Ungur got things started for Utah, winning the 100 back with a time of 47.83.
Freshman Felix Chiun also placed second in a competitive 100 free, clocking in at 45.38. Daniel McArthur was also able to complete a second-place finish in the 200 IM, finishing in 1:53.56.
The final win of the day came for the Utes came in the 500 free, as Brandon Shreeve clocked in with a final time of 4:34.88.
The University of Utah swimming and diving team will be back in action on Friday, Oct. 20th, against No. 3 Stanford. The meet will be held at the Utah Natatorium and is set to start at 2 p.m.
"Today could have gone better," head coach Joe Dykstra said. "We had some standout individual performances but I'm a little disappointed we were not better as a team. We have big aspirations for this year, but obviously, Cal is ranked number one for a reason.
We showed that we could race with them, we just did not show that we could beat them consistently. That's the next step for our program. We cannot be happy with being close. We need to get wins. We got four of them today and next year when we go to Berkley hopefully we can get six or seven."
Makarewicz was able to take first in two separate events, finishing with a final score of 336.83 in the 1-meter dive, and a score of 329.03 in the 3-meter dive.
In the pool, Paul Ungur got things started for Utah, winning the 100 back with a time of 47.83.
Freshman Felix Chiun also placed second in a competitive 100 free, clocking in at 45.38. Daniel McArthur was also able to complete a second-place finish in the 200 IM, finishing in 1:53.56.
The final win of the day came for the Utes came in the 500 free, as Brandon Shreeve clocked in with a final time of 4:34.88.
The University of Utah swimming and diving team will be back in action on Friday, Oct. 20th, against No. 3 Stanford. The meet will be held at the Utah Natatorium and is set to start at 2 p.m.
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