Utes Finish Fifth at Pac-12 Men's Swim Championships

Saturday, March 7

Federal Way, WA

7:30 PM

University of Utah

Pac-12 Championships - Day 4

Utes Finish Fifth at Pac-12 Men's Swim Championships

3/7/2020 9:53 PM | Men's Swimming & Diving

Day 4 - M Swim Results

Four individuals and one relay notch top-10 finishes

FEDERAL WAY, Wash. - Utah finished strong at the Pac-12 Men's Swim Championships on Saturday evening, highlighted by five top-10 finishes.

Rahiti De Vos had the best individual performance of the night, taking seventh in the 1650 free with the second-fastest swim in Utah history (14:57.07). Tyler Klawiter finished eighth with a time of 15:03.75 and Jackson Cunningham placed 15^th with the eighth-fastest swim by a Ute (15:20.60)

Liam O'Haimhirgin reached the championship final of the 100 free, placing eighth after posting a 42.64 during prelims. His brother Finn recorded the fourth-fastest swim in Utah history, taking 12^th in 43.27

In the 200 breast, Jaek Horner had the second-fastest time in Utah history during prelims (1:56.52) en route to capturing the "B" final. Andrew Britton is right behind him in the record books with a time of 1:57.89, good for third. After last night's record-setting performance, he would place 12^th overall. Nathan Ramey took runner-up in the "C" final.

Ben Waterman had an impressive swim in the 200 fly with the second-fastest time in Utah history at 1:44.91. Cole Giandinoto now sits seventh in the Utah record books with a time of 1:46.23 that was good for the runner-up spot in the "C" final. He was joined in that heat by Max Hernandez-Nietling.

Robert King turned in a 1:45.91 during the prelims of the 200 back, good for seventh place in Utah history, and David Fridlander would take third in the "C" final. The four-day event closed with the 400 free relay as the O'Haimhirgin's, Felix Chiun and Santiago Contreras placed fifth overall.