Upcoming Event: Women's Swimming & Diving versus Alumni Meet on October 11, 2025 at 10:00 AM
10:00 AM
Women's Swimming & Diving
vs Alumni Meet
Saturday, October 7
Salt Lake City, UT
10 a.m.
University of Utah
156
vs
144
LSU
Tigers Turned Away by Utah Swim & Dive
10/7/2023 3:16 PM | Men's Swimming & Diving, Women's Swimming & Diving
Utah women earn 157-132 victory, men’s squad triumphs, 156-144
SALT LAKE CITY – The University of Utah swimming and diving team racked up 16 victories, including six of the final seven events, to come away with a pair of victories over the LSU Tigers, winning 157-132 on the women's side and 156-144 in the men's competition on Saturday afternoon at the Ute Natatorium in Salt Lake City.
"I feel really good about how we performed today," said head coach Jonas Persson. "It was a great meet. It wasn't a perfect meet. We certainly have a lot of things we can do better, but overall, the way we competed today, the way we approached the meet, the way the team came together and the culture and the atmosphere, the unselfish approach to the win, that was impressive today."
In the Pool
The squad's long list of victors started with freshman Claire Dafoe, who made her team's first trip of the day to the winner's circle with a time of 10:25.22, good enough for first place in the women's 1000 free and she later pocketed another victory, thanks to a mark of 5:03.41 in the women's 500 free.
Utah's second win of the day came courtesy of Jakub Walter and his time of 1:39.46 in the men's 200 free and Erin Palmer nabbed the top spot in the women's 100 breast, clocking in at 1:03.05. The Utes' next two victories on the swimming side were both by Evan VanBrocklin, first in the 200 fly, where he finished in 1:49.78, and again in the 100 free, where he touched in 45.26. Summer Stanfield kept the home team's momentum intact by besting the field in the 200 back in 2:00.34 and Krystal Lieu collected another first-place finish in the 200 breast with a time of 2:22.59.
An Ethan Smith triumph in the men's 100 fly sparked Utah's red-hot finish and, after Kathryn Grant and Elias Petersen put the day's last two diving events in Utah's column, Stanfield and VanBrocklin gave the Utes a sweep of the 200 individual medley. Palmer, Maddie Woznick, Reagan Cathcart and Lily Milner recorded Utah's final win of the afternoon, clocking in at 3:23.99 in the women's 400 free relay.
On the Boards
The Utes dominated the day's diving competitions, with Petersen posting the top score in the men's 1m and 3m, while Holly Waxman earned the top spot in the women's 1m and Grant bested the field in the women's 3m.
Waxman got her day started by piling up 306.75 points in the 1m to narrowly edge LSU's Montserrat Lavenant and rise to the top of the leaderboard. Grant joined Waxman in posting an NCAA Automatic Qualifying mark in the 1m at 286.13. Another auto score was crafted by Petersen in the men's 1m, where his total of 325.88 outpaced all four competitors.
The women's 3m was Grant's time to shine and she did just that, registering over 30 more points than her closest pursuer for a sum of 292.58, her second automatic qualifying performance of the afternoon. Petersen completed a Utah sweep on the boards with his second auto mark of the afternoon, picking up 372.98 points to place first again.
"The diving was fantastic today," said head diving coach Richard Marschner. "LSU's a top 10 or top five team in diving. They have multiple NCAA qualifiers and we stepped up and rose to the challenge. Elias got severely injured in warmups and came back to win both events, which he probably had no business doing. Kathryn stepped up big time on her worst event against three NCAA qualifiers and got the win for us when we really needed it with a few things not going our way. Holly proved why she's an All-American on the 1m, stepped up there and beat out a really tough group of girls. Overall, thrilled with the meet and really looking forward to building on this momentum."
Looking Ahead
Utah's divers will be competing against Arizona on Oct. 10, while Utah's swimmers will have their next chance to compete on Oct. 21 at the MPSF Open Water Swimming Championships.
Follow the Utes!
For fans of the Utah men's/women's swimming and diving programs, follow the Utes on Twitter (@UTAHswimdive), Instagram (@utahswimdive) and Facebook (@UtahUtesSwimDive).
"I feel really good about how we performed today," said head coach Jonas Persson. "It was a great meet. It wasn't a perfect meet. We certainly have a lot of things we can do better, but overall, the way we competed today, the way we approached the meet, the way the team came together and the culture and the atmosphere, the unselfish approach to the win, that was impressive today."
In the Pool
The squad's long list of victors started with freshman Claire Dafoe, who made her team's first trip of the day to the winner's circle with a time of 10:25.22, good enough for first place in the women's 1000 free and she later pocketed another victory, thanks to a mark of 5:03.41 in the women's 500 free.
Utah's second win of the day came courtesy of Jakub Walter and his time of 1:39.46 in the men's 200 free and Erin Palmer nabbed the top spot in the women's 100 breast, clocking in at 1:03.05. The Utes' next two victories on the swimming side were both by Evan VanBrocklin, first in the 200 fly, where he finished in 1:49.78, and again in the 100 free, where he touched in 45.26. Summer Stanfield kept the home team's momentum intact by besting the field in the 200 back in 2:00.34 and Krystal Lieu collected another first-place finish in the 200 breast with a time of 2:22.59.
An Ethan Smith triumph in the men's 100 fly sparked Utah's red-hot finish and, after Kathryn Grant and Elias Petersen put the day's last two diving events in Utah's column, Stanfield and VanBrocklin gave the Utes a sweep of the 200 individual medley. Palmer, Maddie Woznick, Reagan Cathcart and Lily Milner recorded Utah's final win of the afternoon, clocking in at 3:23.99 in the women's 400 free relay.
On the Boards
The Utes dominated the day's diving competitions, with Petersen posting the top score in the men's 1m and 3m, while Holly Waxman earned the top spot in the women's 1m and Grant bested the field in the women's 3m.
Waxman got her day started by piling up 306.75 points in the 1m to narrowly edge LSU's Montserrat Lavenant and rise to the top of the leaderboard. Grant joined Waxman in posting an NCAA Automatic Qualifying mark in the 1m at 286.13. Another auto score was crafted by Petersen in the men's 1m, where his total of 325.88 outpaced all four competitors.
The women's 3m was Grant's time to shine and she did just that, registering over 30 more points than her closest pursuer for a sum of 292.58, her second automatic qualifying performance of the afternoon. Petersen completed a Utah sweep on the boards with his second auto mark of the afternoon, picking up 372.98 points to place first again.
"The diving was fantastic today," said head diving coach Richard Marschner. "LSU's a top 10 or top five team in diving. They have multiple NCAA qualifiers and we stepped up and rose to the challenge. Elias got severely injured in warmups and came back to win both events, which he probably had no business doing. Kathryn stepped up big time on her worst event against three NCAA qualifiers and got the win for us when we really needed it with a few things not going our way. Holly proved why she's an All-American on the 1m, stepped up there and beat out a really tough group of girls. Overall, thrilled with the meet and really looking forward to building on this momentum."
Looking Ahead
Utah's divers will be competing against Arizona on Oct. 10, while Utah's swimmers will have their next chance to compete on Oct. 21 at the MPSF Open Water Swimming Championships.
Follow the Utes!
For fans of the Utah men's/women's swimming and diving programs, follow the Utes on Twitter (@UTAHswimdive), Instagram (@utahswimdive) and Facebook (@UtahUtesSwimDive).
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