Utes Cap Strong Second Day at Georgia Tech Invite

Friday, November 22

Atlanta, GA

10:00 PM

University of Utah

Georgia Tech Invitational

Photo by: Steve C. Wilson

Utes Cap Strong Second Day at Georgia Tech Invite

11/23/2019 9:33 PM | Men's Swimming & Diving, Women's Swimming & Diving

Meet Results (PDF)

Britton breaks school record in 100 breast, Pttard shines in the pool

ATLANTA - Andrew Britton broke the school record in the 100 breast and Charity Pittard had a pair of impressive performances as Utah Swim & Dive capped a strong second day at the Georgia Tech Invite.

Britton capped the evening by setting a school record in the 100 breast with a NCAA "B" time of 53.27. Brody Lewis was one of two Utes in the "B" final, placing 14^th overall. Three Utes reached the "A" finals of the 400 IM with Jackson Cunningham placing fourth. Nathan Ramey swam the 10^th-fastest time in Utah history to place sixth and Jaek Horner took 10^th.

In the 100 back, David Fridlander took third with a NCAA "B" time of 47.75 while JP Hynes was the runner-up in the "B" final. Cooper DeRyk swam the fourth-fastest time in Utah history during the "A" finals of the 100 fly. His NCAA "B" time of 46.81 placed him sixth overall. Ben Waterman recorded the sixth-fastest time in Utah history and placed eighth overall. Felix Chiun finished second in the "B" final, competing along with Colten Montgomery

Liam O'Haimhirgin qualified for the "A" final of the 200 free after swimming a 1:37.34 in prelims. His brother Finn won the "B" final with the seventh-fastest time in Utah history (1:36.66). Robert King was right behind him, taking second in the "B" final.

On the boards, Tony Chen placed fourth in the 1m with a score of 322.45. For the relays, Fridlander, Britton, DeRyk and O'Haimhirgin finished third in the 200 medley while Santiago Contreras, King, Cole Giandinoto and Chris Allen placed fifth in the 800 free. On the women's side, Audrey Reimer, Mariah Gassaway, Emma Lawless and Leyre Casarin finished sixth in the 200 medley.

Pittard impressed for the Utes, starting by taking sixth in the 400 IM. She swam the second-fastest time in Utah history (4:13.41) and hit a NCAA "B" qualifying mark. She also took eighth in the 100 breast with the fifth-fastest time in Utah history during the prelims (1:01.91). Mandy Gebhart and Christina Pick reached the "B" finals of the 400 IM while Gassaway and Abbie Hurst did the same in the 100 breast.

Audrey Reimer placed ninth in the 100 back with a NCAA "B" time of 53.65 while Emma Broome and Lawless reached the "B" finals of the 100 fly.

Day two of the Georgia Tech Invitational is tomorrow and you can watch all the events on the Atlantic Coast Conference's streaming service, ACCNX. with the prelims starting at 10 a.m. ET (Click Here) and the finals beginning at 5:30 p.m. ET (Click Here). Live results can be found here