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10:00 AM
Women's Swimming & Diving
vs Alumni Meet
Monday, October 9
Salt Lake City, UT
3:30 PM
University of Utah
114
vs
186
California
Freshmen Excel in Opening Meet vs. No 2 Cal
10/9/2017 6:59 PM | Women's Swimming & Diving
SALT LAKE CITY - Utah women's swimming and diving team received some strong performances from its newcomers but fell short to No. 2 Cal in the 2017-18 opener. The Utes were able to win four events, but were topped by the Golden Bears, 186-114.
"We had some good moments today, and I'm really proud of the freshmen," head coach Joe Dykstra said. "They came into this meet with no fear and just went for it. They were aces.
Our upperclassmen, especially our seniors, are a little banged up, so we held them out. I thought that we raced hard. We made some mistakes with our turns and strategic aspects but we'll clean that up before next Friday."
In her first collegiate meet, Sara McClendon won the 1000 free touching in at 10:13.16, with classmate Mandy Gebhart following in second with a time of 10:23.22. McClendon also captured the 500 free with a time of 5:00.36, tallying wins in two different events.
Another freshman, Emma Broome was able to get a victory for the Utes in the 100 back, finishing with a time of 56.36.
Utah closed the meet with a win in the 400 free relay. Broome and transfer Ianire Casarin teamed with returnees Dorien Butter and Gillian St. John to capture the event with a time of 3:28.08.
The Utes will be back in action next Friday, Oct. 20th, against No. 1 Stanford. The meet will be held at the Utah Natatorium and is set to start at 2 p.m.
"We had some good moments today, and I'm really proud of the freshmen," head coach Joe Dykstra said. "They came into this meet with no fear and just went for it. They were aces.
Our upperclassmen, especially our seniors, are a little banged up, so we held them out. I thought that we raced hard. We made some mistakes with our turns and strategic aspects but we'll clean that up before next Friday."
In her first collegiate meet, Sara McClendon won the 1000 free touching in at 10:13.16, with classmate Mandy Gebhart following in second with a time of 10:23.22. McClendon also captured the 500 free with a time of 5:00.36, tallying wins in two different events.
Another freshman, Emma Broome was able to get a victory for the Utes in the 100 back, finishing with a time of 56.36.
Utah closed the meet with a win in the 400 free relay. Broome and transfer Ianire Casarin teamed with returnees Dorien Butter and Gillian St. John to capture the event with a time of 3:28.08.
The Utes will be back in action next Friday, Oct. 20th, against No. 1 Stanford. The meet will be held at the Utah Natatorium and is set to start at 2 p.m.
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