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129
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172
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Men's Swim and Dive Fall to Arizona in Opener
10/4/2019 4:39 PM | Men's Swimming & Diving
SALT LAKE CITY - Utah Men's Swim and Dive dropped its season opener to Arizona today, 172-129.
"We opened really strong by winning the 200 medley relay," head coach Joe Dykstra said. "Liam O'Haimhirgin won the 100 free, Cooper DeRyk took the 50 free and David Fridlander performed well in his first competition since the Israeli Nationals. We are exceptionally young and there is going to be a learning curve as we red-shirt a couple of our key swimmers."
The aforementioned 200 medley relay consisted of Fridlander, DeRyk, O'Haimhirgin and Andrew Britton and took first in 1:30.14. Fridlander also won the 100 back in 55.12 and took second in the 200 back (1:52.14), DeRyk won the 50 free (21.04), O'Haimhirgin won the 100 free (46.23) and Britton was second in the 100 breast (57.26).
Fridlander, DeRyk, O'Haimhirgin and his brother Finn were second in the 400 free relay (3:02.70) to cap the meet.
Rahiti De Vos and Ben Waterman both turned in a pair of top times for the Utah men. De Vos was 2nd in the 500 free (4:38.66) and third in the 200 free (1:42.41) while Waterman won the 100 fly (50.12) and took second in the 200 fly (1:53.38). Other strong performances were turned in by Tyler Klawiter (2nd, 1000 free, 9:30.80), Brody Lewis (2nd, 200 breast, 2:07.87) and Jaek Horner (3rd, 200 IM, 1:56.46).
Tony Chen was the top diver, finishing second in the 3m and third in the 1m events
The Utes travel to California for a meet next weekend against UCSB on Saturday.
"Both teams are traveling to orange County next week for fall break," Dykstra added. "We expect a hard week of training and it will be a good bonding experience for everyone."
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"We opened really strong by winning the 200 medley relay," head coach Joe Dykstra said. "Liam O'Haimhirgin won the 100 free, Cooper DeRyk took the 50 free and David Fridlander performed well in his first competition since the Israeli Nationals. We are exceptionally young and there is going to be a learning curve as we red-shirt a couple of our key swimmers."
The aforementioned 200 medley relay consisted of Fridlander, DeRyk, O'Haimhirgin and Andrew Britton and took first in 1:30.14. Fridlander also won the 100 back in 55.12 and took second in the 200 back (1:52.14), DeRyk won the 50 free (21.04), O'Haimhirgin won the 100 free (46.23) and Britton was second in the 100 breast (57.26).
Fridlander, DeRyk, O'Haimhirgin and his brother Finn were second in the 400 free relay (3:02.70) to cap the meet.
Rahiti De Vos and Ben Waterman both turned in a pair of top times for the Utah men. De Vos was 2nd in the 500 free (4:38.66) and third in the 200 free (1:42.41) while Waterman won the 100 fly (50.12) and took second in the 200 fly (1:53.38). Other strong performances were turned in by Tyler Klawiter (2nd, 1000 free, 9:30.80), Brody Lewis (2nd, 200 breast, 2:07.87) and Jaek Horner (3rd, 200 IM, 1:56.46).
Tony Chen was the top diver, finishing second in the 3m and third in the 1m events
The Utes travel to California for a meet next weekend against UCSB on Saturday.
"Both teams are traveling to orange County next week for fall break," Dykstra added. "We expect a hard week of training and it will be a good bonding experience for everyone."
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