Four Utes In Action at NCAA Championships

Thursday, March 28

Austin, TX

All Day

University of Utah

NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships

3/28/2019 2:32 PM | Men's Swimming & Diving

AUSTIN, Texas - Utah Swimming had four student-athletes in action on the first day of the NCAA Championships.

The first event of the day was the 200 free relay and the Ute quartet of Austin Phillips, Clay Stoddard, Rodolfo Moreira and Liam O'Haimhirgin finished in 1:18.24 to take 21st overall. The same grouping set the school record at the Pac-12 Championships with a time of 1:17.11 and took third place.

Phillips and O'Haimhirgin were back later in the 50 free. The senior Phillips finished 31^st with a time of 19.48 while O'Haimhirgin was 43^rd in 20.03 seconds. At the Pac-12 Championships, Phillips took fifth with the second-fastest time in Utah history at 19.43. O'Haimhirgin took 12^th in 19.74 to qualify for these NCAA Championships.

O'Haimhirgin is back tomorrow for the 200 free and the Utes will also compete in the 200 medley relay.

ESPN will provide live linear coverage for both Friday and Saturday finals on ESPNU, as well as digital coverage on ESPN3 for Wednesday and Thursday evening finals. All sessions not part of ESPN's broadcasts will be streamed live on the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships microsite at https://texassports.com/.