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Utah Swim Trails USC After First Day Of Road Dual Meet
2/12/2021 6:16 PM | Men's Swimming & Diving
Utes fall behind after first half of events in LA.
LOS ANGELES- The Utah men's swim team opened the final dual meet of the 2021 season on Friday night and trail the USC Trojans 95-36 after the first half of events were competed at the Uytengsu Aquatics Center in Los Angeles.
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To start off the meet, the 200 medley relay team of Andrei Ungur, Andrew Britton, Ben Waterman, and Santi Conteras took second with a time of 1:27.46. In the next event, Rhys Winter had an impressive performance and placed second in the 1650 free with a time of 15:48.84 to lead the Utes.
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Picking up more podium spots, Ungur came in second in the 100 back (48.11), while JP Hynes followed in third place (49.32). Lex Hernandez-Nietling placed second in the 100 breast after a personal best time (54.83), Waterman took third in the 200 fly (1:47.22) and Conteras placed fifth in the 50 free (20.54) to lead all Utes in the respective events.Â
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In the 200 free, Chris Allen took fifth with a time of 1:39.04 to place as the top Ute. Behind Hernandez-Nietling in the 100 breast, Britton tallied a fourth-place finish (55.15).
Noah Carlson finished just behind Waterman in the 200 fly, coming in with a personal best time of 1:47.25 to finish fourth. Sam Lucas also posted a personal best after finishing with a time of 1:51.23 to place behind Lucas in fifth. For full results, click here.
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The men's swim team will continue with the second half of events Saturday at 12 p.m. MT in Los Angeles to close out the dual meet.
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To start off the meet, the 200 medley relay team of Andrei Ungur, Andrew Britton, Ben Waterman, and Santi Conteras took second with a time of 1:27.46. In the next event, Rhys Winter had an impressive performance and placed second in the 1650 free with a time of 15:48.84 to lead the Utes.
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Picking up more podium spots, Ungur came in second in the 100 back (48.11), while JP Hynes followed in third place (49.32). Lex Hernandez-Nietling placed second in the 100 breast after a personal best time (54.83), Waterman took third in the 200 fly (1:47.22) and Conteras placed fifth in the 50 free (20.54) to lead all Utes in the respective events.Â
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In the 200 free, Chris Allen took fifth with a time of 1:39.04 to place as the top Ute. Behind Hernandez-Nietling in the 100 breast, Britton tallied a fourth-place finish (55.15).
Noah Carlson finished just behind Waterman in the 200 fly, coming in with a personal best time of 1:47.25 to finish fourth. Sam Lucas also posted a personal best after finishing with a time of 1:51.23 to place behind Lucas in fifth. For full results, click here.
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The men's swim team will continue with the second half of events Saturday at 12 p.m. MT in Los Angeles to close out the dual meet.
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