Upcoming Event: Men's Swimming & Diving versus SMU on January 31, 2026 at 10:00 AM
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Men's Swimming & Diving
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The University of Utah Athletics
Friday, October 25
Tucson, AZ
4 p.m. | 11 a.m
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University of Arizona
Utah Swim and Dive Heads to Arizona for Two-Day Event
10/22/2024 2:56 PM | Men's Swimming & Diving, Women's Swimming & Diving
Persson’s group to visit Tucson for first dual meet of the season
SALT LAKE CITY – After the University of Utah's swim team got a jump start of their season at the Intermountain Shootout in Colorado Springs, Colo., the University of Utah's dive program will join the swimmers and make the trip to University of Arizona for the first dual meet of the season on Friday and Saturday at the Hillenbrand Aquatic Center in Tucson, Ariz.
The Utes and the Wildcats met in the Ute Natatorium on Oct. 27 of the 2023 season, where the Utah ultimately fell. These two programs met again at the Pac-12 Conference Championships in February, where Utah finished seventh in the conference, just 11 points shy of Arizona in sixth.
In the Pool
On the Boards
New Year, New Staff
In addition to some new faces in the pool, Persson also added a new coach to his staff.
Former Auburn swimmer, Aly Tetzloff was hired to the Ute staff in May after a busy couple years at Florida Gulf Coast University. In her final year, she helped the Eagles post a perfect 5-0 record in conference, then collect nine medals at the ASUN Championships. Tetzloff joined the staff at FGCU after a phenomenal career in the pool for Auburn, achieving All-American status 14 times for the Tigers in a variety of disciplines. The Crown Point, Indiana native competed professionally as well, after competing in both the 2016 and 2020 U.S. Olympic Trials.
Head diving coach Richard Marschner is back for his 15th season with the Utes and brought assistant dive coach Gabrielle Logozzo back for her third season.
Associate swim coach and primary middle-distance coach Jos Smith is back for his seventh season, with assistant swim coach and Utah alum Brody Lewis starting his third season as the head of the breaststroke group. Jordan Taylor, assistant swim and sprint group coach is beginning his second season in Utah.
Big (XII) Changes
The Utes are in their debut season as members of the Big 12 Conference, after competing in the Pac-12 Conference for 13 years. The Big 12 is the fourth conference the Utes have competed in since the program's inception as members of the WAC in 1982. Their debut season as a program was marked with a 3-8-0 record, but then jumped to the men's squad taking fifth at Pac-12 Championships in 2011.
"I think our schedule for competing and our training schedule set us up well to have great success this year," said Persson. "Joining the Big 12 is certainly a big change, but it's a great change."
With the new conference, comes new rivals. The Utes will swim against two lone-star state rivals, University of Houston, the runners-up in the Big 12 Conference meet last year, and Texas Christian University. Still meeting old foes, Utah is scheduled to face-off with long-time rival BYU, but now at a conference level and previous conference rivals Arizona and Arizona State.
Looking Ahead
The Utes head back home to host their first dual meet of the season against UNLV on Nov. 1 in the Ute Natatorium.
Follow the Utes!
Fans can follow along on social media (Twitter: @UTAHswimdive | Instagram: @utahswimdive | Facebook: Facebook.com/UtahUtesSwimDive), and the official mobile app of Utah Athletics, Utah360 -- download here.
The Utes and the Wildcats met in the Ute Natatorium on Oct. 27 of the 2023 season, where the Utah ultimately fell. These two programs met again at the Pac-12 Conference Championships in February, where Utah finished seventh in the conference, just 11 points shy of Arizona in sixth.
In the Pool
- Sophomore Jakub Walter earned the Ute's first gold of the season with his 1:39.75 finish in the 200-yard freestyle and followed that performance up with a second-place finish in the 200-yard butterfly.
- Freshman Marshall Odom collected the first gold of his career in the 50-free with a 20.46.
- Junior Erin Palmer touched the wall at 1:02.75, grabbing the gold in the 100-yard breaststroke and third in the 100-yard free with 51.79.
- Graduate Parker McOmber took bronze in the 100-yard back with 50.36.
- Junior Chloe Thompson won the 1000-yard free after a standout swim of 10:23.57, giving her the gold from the second heat.
- Junior Evan VanBrocklin collected a second-place finish in the 100-yard butterfly with 48.75 and another silver in the 200-yard IM with 1:51.27.
- Freshman Rylee McColley earned a pair of second-place finishes, one in the 100-yard breast with 1:03.22 and one in the 50-breast.
- Senior Norah Hay took first in the 200-back with 2:00.74, second in the 200-breast coming in at 2:18.42 and third in the 100-yard back with 57.24.
On the Boards
- This will be the first meet of the season for the Utes in the dive well.
- Olympian, Utah Rookie of the Year and Pac-12 Diver of the Meet Emilia Nilsson Garip earned All-American status after a ninth-place finish on 1m at NCAA Championships in March.
- Junior Elias Petersen received silver on 3m, 9th on 1m, and 10th on platform at Conference Championships in February before traveling to Belgrade, Serbia for the European Aquatics Championships to collect a silver medal in mixed 3m synchro with Nilsson Garip in June.
- Senior Holly Waxman was the first female member of Utah Swim and Dive to earn All-American status in three different events at NCAA Championships.
New Year, New Staff
In addition to some new faces in the pool, Persson also added a new coach to his staff.
Former Auburn swimmer, Aly Tetzloff was hired to the Ute staff in May after a busy couple years at Florida Gulf Coast University. In her final year, she helped the Eagles post a perfect 5-0 record in conference, then collect nine medals at the ASUN Championships. Tetzloff joined the staff at FGCU after a phenomenal career in the pool for Auburn, achieving All-American status 14 times for the Tigers in a variety of disciplines. The Crown Point, Indiana native competed professionally as well, after competing in both the 2016 and 2020 U.S. Olympic Trials.
Head diving coach Richard Marschner is back for his 15th season with the Utes and brought assistant dive coach Gabrielle Logozzo back for her third season.
Associate swim coach and primary middle-distance coach Jos Smith is back for his seventh season, with assistant swim coach and Utah alum Brody Lewis starting his third season as the head of the breaststroke group. Jordan Taylor, assistant swim and sprint group coach is beginning his second season in Utah.
Big (XII) Changes
The Utes are in their debut season as members of the Big 12 Conference, after competing in the Pac-12 Conference for 13 years. The Big 12 is the fourth conference the Utes have competed in since the program's inception as members of the WAC in 1982. Their debut season as a program was marked with a 3-8-0 record, but then jumped to the men's squad taking fifth at Pac-12 Championships in 2011.
"I think our schedule for competing and our training schedule set us up well to have great success this year," said Persson. "Joining the Big 12 is certainly a big change, but it's a great change."
With the new conference, comes new rivals. The Utes will swim against two lone-star state rivals, University of Houston, the runners-up in the Big 12 Conference meet last year, and Texas Christian University. Still meeting old foes, Utah is scheduled to face-off with long-time rival BYU, but now at a conference level and previous conference rivals Arizona and Arizona State.
Looking Ahead
The Utes head back home to host their first dual meet of the season against UNLV on Nov. 1 in the Ute Natatorium.
Follow the Utes!
Fans can follow along on social media (Twitter: @UTAHswimdive | Instagram: @utahswimdive | Facebook: Facebook.com/UtahUtesSwimDive), and the official mobile app of Utah Athletics, Utah360 -- download here.
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