Utes Wrap Strong Week in Texas

Saturday, November 22

Dallas, TX

All Day

University of Utah

SMU Invitational

11/22/2025 8:34 PM | Men's Swimming & Diving, Women's Swimming & Diving

11 top times, 17 A-finals berths highlight Saturday in Dallas

DALLAS – The University of Utah swimming team closed out an impressive four days at the SMU Invitational in strong fashion on Saturday as nine Utes posted top-five finishes inside the Robson & Lindley Aquatics Center.

"We had a pretty good last day," head coach Jonas Persson said. "I think most were pretty tired this morning but we were ale to push through and had a lot of people make it back to final and contribute with personal bests and top-10 times, so I'm very happy with how we were able to finish off a three-and-a-half day meet."

In the final day of competition, 17 Utes reached A-finals and 11 either set or improved upon top-10 times.

"Both our women's and men's teams are in good spirits and looking forward to what's coming next," Persson added.

Prelims

Teagan Steinmetz logged a season-best 2:01.02 to place second in the women's 200 IM, followed closely by Ella Derby in fourth with a 2:01.89. Rylee McColley (13th, 2:07.52) and Veronica Gourley (15th, 2:08.14) qualified for B-finals.
Finn Winkler was the first to touch the wall in the men's 200 IM, clocking a 1:44.35, the second-fastest mark in Utah history. Durgan McKean, the program record holder in the event, placed third with a 1:45.80, while Strahinja Maslo finished ninth with a personal-best 1:46.22, the 10th-best time by a Utah Ute.
Erin Palmer improved on her top-10 time in the 100 Free, finishing sixth with a 49.48. Isabella Riso and Maela McKallip reached B-finals, finishing 10th and 11th, respectively. On the men's side, Tim Rogersson logged the sixth-fastest time in program history with a 43.34, finishing 10th.
Jakub Walter finished first in the 200 Fly, moving up to third in the top-10 list with a time of 1:44.45. Evan VanBrocklin (4th, 1:45.88) and Nicholas Kjaerulff (6th, 1:47.18) also reached A-finals. Sophia Cerimele led the Utah women in the event, finishing 11th with a 2:04.79.
Megan Legarth and Kindsey Joyce reached A-finals in the 200 Back, clocking times of 2:01.09 and 2:01.20, respectively. Stephanie Oiesen placed ninth with a 2:01.69, followed closely by Laci Sterkenburg in 10th with a 2:02.44
On the men's side, Brandon Miller led the way with a 1:43.92 to finish seventh. Nash Hale logged a 1:44.06 – the eighth-fastest mark in school history – to place eighth, while Matthew Sexton came in 10th with the 10th-quickest time by a Ute all-time, a 1:45.32.

Finals

Chirafisi improved on his top-10 time in the men's 1650 Free, finishing in fourth with a 15:00.54. Jones Lambert placed fifth with a 15:10.19 and Owen Carlsen placed eighth with a time of 15:21.46.
Derby finished second in the 200 IM, logging the seventh-quickest time in program history with a 1:59.91. Steinmetz placed sixth with a 2:01.68. On the men's side, Winkler touched the wall on 1:43.93 to improve on his second-place time in the record book and place second while McKean placed sixth. Maslo's 1:45.78 in B-finals was the eighth-quickest time by a Ute.
VanBrocklin touched the wall in 1:44.23 in a time trial, the third-fastest time in program history.
Palmer improved on her 100 Free top time once again, placing fifth in the A-finals with personal-best 49.18. Riso and McKallip placed one-two in B-finals.
Rogersson logged his second 43.34 of the day, finishing second in B-finals in the men's 100 Free.
Three Utes finished in the top eight in the men's 200 Fly. VanBrocklin finished second in 1:43.60, with Walter right behind in third at 1:43.96. Kjaerulff came in eighth with a 1:48.76.
Legarth and Joyce both improved on their prelim times, finishing in 1:59.53 and 2:00.25 in the 200 Back, placing third and sixth, respectively. On the men's side, Miller (4th, 1:42.44), Hale (6th, 1:44.92) and Sexton (7th, 1:44.92) posted strong times in A-finals while Winston Sundeen won B-finals with a 1:44.63.

Up Next
Utah is back in action at the Big Al Invitational in Princeton, N.J., on Dec. 4.

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