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Swim & Dive Adds to Medal Count Thanks to Waxman, McDivitt
2/25/2023 12:00 AM | Men's Swimming & Diving, Women's Swimming & Diving
Waxman becomes Utah's first female diver to earn two medals at Pac-12 Championships
FEDERAL WAY, Wash. – Holly Waxman became the first Utah female diver to ever medal twice at the Pac-12 Championships, placing third in the women's 3m, and Luke McDivitt collected some hardware of his own in the men's platform on Friday as the University of Utah swimming and diving team battled their way through day three of the Pac-12 Diving and Women's Swimming Championships, which were held at the Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center.
Utah's divers have now achieved at least one top three finish in each of the first five events at the conference championships, the most podium finishes the program has ever achieved in a single year.
"I couldn't be happier with how the team is doing this week," said diving coach Richard Marschner. "The Pac-12 is as deep and strong as it has been in a while and we're standing strong and performing exceptionally well."
ON THE BOARDS
Waxman, who a day earlier had taken third in the women's 1m, found herself in possession of another bronze medal by day's end. She placed seventh in the preliminary round with a score of 287.10, but increased her score all the way to 322.65 in the final, allowing her to jump up to third and making her the first female diver in program history to collect two medals at the conference championships. Kathryn Grant also earned a spot in the final and took seventh.
"Holly and Kathryn are proving to be quite the one-two punch for us as they both went through to the finals again," said Marschner. "It has been fun to watch the team light it up at night and perform when the stakes are the highest. Holly nailed her reverse 2.5 as that is her best dive. She really gained confidence from that and finished strong to close the gap going into the final and had a great inward to finish it off and earn the podium spot."
McDivitt was able to clinch his own third-place finish in the platform with his score of 350.40, a improvement of more than 20 points compared to his preliminary mark of 329.45. This is McDivitt's second Pac-12 medal to go with his platform championship in 2021. Jenner Pennock collected an eighth-place finish in the same event with 272.45 points.
"The men finished their meet with a great platform event," said Marschner, "as we once again put two up in the A final with Jenner and Luke. Luke put together a strong list in finals to get back on the podium for tower and he looked really steady throughout."
IN THE POOL
Kayla Miller started the day off with a bang in the 100 breaststroke, setting a personal best of 1:02.13 in the prelims that improves on the mark she set at the 2022 Pac-12 Championship. That time also goes into ninth-place in the school record book. Her time of 1:02.22 in the final landed her in 16th. Following closely behind Miller was freshman Anelise Hedges, who earned 19th with a time of 1:02.27 in the prelims and 1:01.80 in the final, the latter of which placed her sixth all-time in program history.
Joining Miller and Hedges, both Norah Hay and Katie Hale earned themselves a spot in Utah's top ten in the 100 backstroke. Hay claimed sixth all-time with her preliminary time of 53.89 followed by her final mark of 53.76 to place her 15th. Finishing just one spot below Hay, Hale claimed 9th place in Utah's record books with her prelim time of 54.19, then clocked in at 55.55 in the final race. Summer Stanfield swam into 12th in the 400 individual medley final, touching 4:14.11.
LOOKING AHEAD
Medals will be awarded on Saturday in the 1650 freestyle, the 200 backstroke, the 100 free, 200 breast, 200 fly and women's platform.
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Utah's divers have now achieved at least one top three finish in each of the first five events at the conference championships, the most podium finishes the program has ever achieved in a single year.
"I couldn't be happier with how the team is doing this week," said diving coach Richard Marschner. "The Pac-12 is as deep and strong as it has been in a while and we're standing strong and performing exceptionally well."
ON THE BOARDS
Waxman, who a day earlier had taken third in the women's 1m, found herself in possession of another bronze medal by day's end. She placed seventh in the preliminary round with a score of 287.10, but increased her score all the way to 322.65 in the final, allowing her to jump up to third and making her the first female diver in program history to collect two medals at the conference championships. Kathryn Grant also earned a spot in the final and took seventh.
"Holly and Kathryn are proving to be quite the one-two punch for us as they both went through to the finals again," said Marschner. "It has been fun to watch the team light it up at night and perform when the stakes are the highest. Holly nailed her reverse 2.5 as that is her best dive. She really gained confidence from that and finished strong to close the gap going into the final and had a great inward to finish it off and earn the podium spot."
McDivitt was able to clinch his own third-place finish in the platform with his score of 350.40, a improvement of more than 20 points compared to his preliminary mark of 329.45. This is McDivitt's second Pac-12 medal to go with his platform championship in 2021. Jenner Pennock collected an eighth-place finish in the same event with 272.45 points.
"The men finished their meet with a great platform event," said Marschner, "as we once again put two up in the A final with Jenner and Luke. Luke put together a strong list in finals to get back on the podium for tower and he looked really steady throughout."
IN THE POOL
Kayla Miller started the day off with a bang in the 100 breaststroke, setting a personal best of 1:02.13 in the prelims that improves on the mark she set at the 2022 Pac-12 Championship. That time also goes into ninth-place in the school record book. Her time of 1:02.22 in the final landed her in 16th. Following closely behind Miller was freshman Anelise Hedges, who earned 19th with a time of 1:02.27 in the prelims and 1:01.80 in the final, the latter of which placed her sixth all-time in program history.
Joining Miller and Hedges, both Norah Hay and Katie Hale earned themselves a spot in Utah's top ten in the 100 backstroke. Hay claimed sixth all-time with her preliminary time of 53.89 followed by her final mark of 53.76 to place her 15th. Finishing just one spot below Hay, Hale claimed 9th place in Utah's record books with her prelim time of 54.19, then clocked in at 55.55 in the final race. Summer Stanfield swam into 12th in the 400 individual medley final, touching 4:14.11.
LOOKING AHEAD
Medals will be awarded on Saturday in the 1650 freestyle, the 200 backstroke, the 100 free, 200 breast, 200 fly and women's platform.
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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