Record Books Rewritten against UNLV

Saturday, November 8

Las Vegas, NV

12:00 PM

University of Utah

178

UNLV

Photo by: Anna Fuder/Utah Athletics

11/8/2025 3:52 PM | Men's Swimming & Diving, Women's Swimming & Diving

Five Utes log top-10 times, 13 set personal bests in dual meet at UNLV

LAS VEGAS – Five Utes etched their names in the University of Utah swim program record book while 13 swimmers set personal bests on Saturday afternoon in Utah's dual meet against UNLV.

Finn Winkler, Nolan Dunkel, Caleb Gallagher, Erin Palmer and Rylee McColley each logged top-10 times in Las Vegas, the first Utes to do so this season. Winkler and Palmer each tallied a pair of top times, with Palmer doing so in the 50 and 100 Free and Winkler in the 100 Back and 200 IM.

As a team, Utah's men's squad stayed undefeated on the year with a 178-84 victory over the Rebels. The women's side dropped a tightly-contested battle, falling 144-108.

"I think both the men and women did a really nice job today, we stepped up big time on both sides," head coach Jonas Persson said. "Unfortunately it didn't go our way for the women, but we were pretty close, and the men got the job done and I'm happy about the win."

Winkler led the way for the Utes with 22 points on the afternoon, the most by any Utah swimmer through three meets this year. The sophomore finished first in the 100 Free and 200 IM and placed second in the 100 Back with a 47.27, the seventh-fastest time by a Ute. That mark trailed only Dunkel's 46.91, the fifth-fastest result in program history.

Gallagher and Nick Chirafisi each logged 18 points to help lead the Utes to victory with Gallagher winning the 100 and 200 Breast as well as the 200 Medley Relay. His 54.02 in the 100 Breast marked the ninth-fastest time in the event by a Ute.

On the women's side, Palmer and McColley led Utah with 18 points apiece while Teagan Steinmetz finished with 10 points. Palmer logged a 22.24 in the 50 Free, the second-fastest time in program history and the fastest by a Ute since she swam a 22.25 in the event last season, and her 49.72 in the 100 Free is the 10th-best mark. McColley's 2:12.17 finish in the 200 Breast marked a new personal best and is the fourth-fastest time in Utah history.

"We have some more preparation to do for our midseason meet in Dallas, but I am very optimistic that we can finish the Fall semester in a great way," Persson added. "We keep our focus on the conference championships and national championships and make sure we are getting better every day and every meet."

In the Pool
Men's

Nolan Arnholt logged 13 points on the day thanks to a win in the 1000 Free with a personal-best 9:15.14 and a second-place result in the 500 Free.
Chirafisi won in the 200 and 500 Free.
Dunkel also took third in the 100 Fly.
Nash Hale placed third in the 200 Back and the 200 Yard Medley relay, logging a 22.01 PB-split as the leadoff.
Jakub Walter won the 200 Fly with a 1:45.67 and placed third in the 500 Free.
Tim Rogersson won a pair of silver medals in the 100 Free and 200 Free.

Women's

McColley won gold in the 100 and 200 Breast and led the 200 Medley Relay team to a first-place finish.
Palmer finished first in the 50 and 100 Free and the 200 Medley and 400 Free Relays.
Steinmetz placed second in the 100 and 200 Breast and fourth in the 200 IM.
Syndey Even logged two podium finishes, placing second in the 200 Fly and third in the 100 Fly.
Hayley Smith took third in the 500 Free and second in the 1000 Free.
Megan Legarth set a personal-best 25.84 leading off the gold medal 200 Medley Relay team of McColley, Palmer and Veronica Gourley.

Up Next
Utah stays on the road next week for the first of two competitions down in Texas. The diving team heads to Austin for the Texas Diving Invitational from Nov. 13-15, before meeting up with the swim program in Dallas from Nov. 19-22 for the SMU Invitational.

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