LOS ANGELES - Utah Women's Swim and Dive fought valiantly but could not overcome No. 7 USC on Saturday, falling 143-111
The Utes captured five of the 14 events but the Trojan's depth helped them pull away in the final margin.
Mandy Gebhart continued her solid weekend, winning the 1000 free in 10:17.60, with teammate
Sara McClendon placing second in 10:18.52. McClendon was also the runner-up in the 500 free (5:00.27).
Utah also found success in the 100 back with
Sarah Lott (55.13) nudging out
Audrey Reimer (56.09) for the win. Reimer did get her victory in the 200 back with a time of 2:00.66.
Other triumphs for Utah included
Christina Pick in the 400 IM (4:31.15) and the 200 free relay team of Lott,
Leyre Casarin,
Kayla Miller and
Maddie Woznick (1:35.17). Pick also took third in the 200 fly (2:05.73), while Casarin had Utah's top times in the 50 (23.68) and 100 (51.55) free events.
Charity Pittard had another strong day, placing second in the both the 100 (1:03.55) and 200 (2:15.43) breast. Fellow freshman
Kyla Yetter took third in the 200 free (1:53.29) and
Emma Lawless notched Utah's top time in the 100 fly (56.12).
The Utes are back in action on Fri., Oct. 25 vs. Arizona State. The men will also be competing against the Sun Devils with everything set to begin at 2 p.m. in Ute Natatorium.