Utah Men's Swimming Wraps with No. 10 USC

Saturday, February 23

Los Angeles, CA

1:00 PM

University of Utah

USC

2/20/2019 9:56 AM | Men's Swimming & Diving

Last meet before Pac-12 Championships

SALT LAKE CITY - Utah travels to No. 10 USC this Saturday for its final meet of the regular season. Action begins at 12 p.m. PT from the Uytengsu Aquatics Center in Los Angeles

Last Time Out
Utah held its Senior Day festivities during the annual Deseret First Duel and beat BYU, 181-119 back on Jan. 26. It was a fitting start as senior Daniel McArthur began the day swimming the lead lap of the victorious 200 medley relay. He went on to win the 100 back in 48.77, the 200 back in 1:48.81 and the 200 IM in 1:51.65.

Classmate Chris Taber took the 200 fly in 1:52.25 and fellow senior Austin Phillips won the 200 free (1:40.77). He then swam the anchor leg of the winning 400 free relay, teaming with Felix Chiun, Liam O'Haimhirgin and David Fridlander to capture the final event of the day in 3:00.32.

Nick Becker won a pair of events for Utah, claiming the top spot in the 500 free (4:38.52) and the 1000 free (9:35.28). Harrison Wayner was the best performer in the 200 breast with a time of 2:04.56.

Toppling the Trojans
The Utah men's swimming team capped its 2018 regular season with a 141-121 victory over No. 8 USC

The upperclassmen set the tone as Jack Burton, Ben Scott and Paul Ungur teamed with Rodolfo Moreira to win the 200 medley relay in 1:28.81, a new pool record. In the process, Ungur swam the leadoff leg, a 50 back, in 21.37 seconds to set a new pool record.

Two more pool records were set when Rahiti De Vos captured the 500 free in 4:26.14 and Cole Avery won the 200 IM in 1:50.01

The 1000 free was captured by another Ute, Matteo Sogne, in 9:22.69, and Liam O'Haimhirgin won the 50 free in 20.38. The day ended with Ungur putting an exclamation mark on the meet in the 400 free relay with O'Haimhirgin, Austin Phillips and Felix Chiun. The quartet won the event with a time of 2:56.17

Swimming and Diving Captures CSCAA Academic Awards
The College Swimming Coaches Association of America honored both Utah Swimming and Diving squads as Scholar All-America Teams.

The Utah women had a 3.19 grade point average during the fall to earn its 12th-straight CSCAA team academic award. The men's team had a 3.23 GPA during the fall, its best total for a semester since spring '15. It has earned a CSCAA award 11 of the last 12 semesters.

Looking Ahead
The Utah men will now prepare for the Pac-12 Championships, Mar. 6-9 at the Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way, Wash.