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Men's Swimming & Diving
vs Alumni Meet
Tuesday, October 9
Stanford, CA
3:00 PM
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Utes Prepare for Opening Week Gauntlet
10/8/2018 10:55 AM | Men's Swimming & Diving
Utah at No. 4 Stanford, No. 2 Cal before hosting Colorado Mesa
SALT LAKE CITY - Utah Swimming and Diving starts the season with a gauntlet of events. The 2018-19 campaign begins with a meet at No. 4 Stanford on Tuesday and continues with a trip down the road to No. 2 Cal on Wednesday. The Utes are back home on Thursday at 4 p.m. with the men taking on Colorado Mesa.
UTES AT NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS
Liam O'Haimhirgin, Rodolfo Moreira and Austin Phillips helped make up the largest contingent of Utes to qualify to the NCAA Championships during head coach Joe Dykstra's tenure.
O'Haimhirgin competed in the 50, 100 and 200 free events while Moreira and Phillips represented the Utes in three relays; the 200 free, 200 medley and 400 medley.
Moreira. O'Haimhirgin and Phillips set a new program standard in the 200 free relay and Moreira swam the anchor leg in the record-setting 200 medley relay. That quartet became the first Utah relay team to earn All-American status since 1975.
In Utah annals, O'Haimhirgin ranks second in the 100 free after placing fourth at the Pac-12 Championships with a time of 42.36. He ranks fourth in both the 50 free (19.70) and 200 free (1:34.72). Phillips is the school record holder in the 200 free.
UTES ROLL AT BYU RELAYS
Utah Swimming and Diving geared up for the regular season with a convincing display at the BYU Relays on Sept. 21. The Utes captured 12 of 15 events in their only exhibition meet.
Daniel McArthur paired with Austin Phillips, Felix Chiun and Ethan Dillard in the 400 IM relay (3:27.66). Chiun also swam lead in the 400 free relay with Rodolfo Moreira, newcomer Luke Yost and Rahiti De Vos, clocking in at 3:02.03. He then teamed with Clay Stoddard, Phillips and De Vos to take the 500 crescendo relay in 4:01.86.
LAST MEET-ING
Last season against Stanford, Chris Taber took first in the 200 fly, finishing with a final time of 1:50.76. The Utes also chalked up a win in the 100 free, with Felix Chiun hitting the wall with a time of 46.15. In the 200 free, Rodolfo Moreira, Liam O'Haimhirgin, and Chiun clocked in with a final time of 1:23.91.
Against the Golden Bears, Chiun 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.
UTES IN THE CLASSROOM
Utah earned a 3.11 grade point average this spring and was named a CSCAA Scholar All-America Team. It also had six student-athletes named to the Pac-12 All-Academic First Team, most in the conference.
First Team CSCAA honorees included Daniel Theriault for a second time, and newcomers Brody Lewis, Matteo Sogne and Jeremy Young. Austin Phillips and Chris Taber, two-time selections, joined Rahiti De Vos on the second team
UTAH NAMES POOL AFTER DON REDDISH
Utah Athletics honored one of its pillars prior to the season as the pool at Ute Natatorium was dedicated to former coach Don Reddish.
During his 37 years at the helm of the program, Reddish captured 19 conference titles and was president of the College Swimming Coaches Association of America. Compiling a dual-meet record of 267-84-6 (.701), Reddish coached championship teams in the 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s and 1990s.
His influence, still felt today, is evident at Ute Natatorium, a building he literally laid the groundwork for 50 years ago. His name is also on the award given to the athletic department's most outstanding coach in sports other than football, basketball and gymnastics.
Reddish's coaching career began by accident. Following a stint in the service during World War II, he had remaining college credits to finish. The athletic director at the time, Ike Armstrong, called to offer a position in the department finding jobs around campus for football players during the era prior to scholarships.
Reddish took the part-time job and never looked back. With the exception of two years he served in the Korean War, he coached the Utes until his retirement at the age of 68 in 1990.
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