Utah Swim Kicks off CSCAA National Invite

Thursday, March 13

Ocala, Fla.

University of Utah

CSCAA National Invitational Championship

Photo by: Axe Tang/Utah Athletics

3/13/2025 7:14 PM | Men's Swimming & Diving, Women's Swimming & Diving

Utes finish first night with two golds, two silvers

OCALA, Fla. – The University of Utah's swim program opened the CSCAA National Invite with four medals in Ocala, Florida in the FAST Facility on Thursday night.

"I think we had a decent finals session," said head coach Jonas Persson. "Overall, I'm pleased with our swims and how we handled ourselves and competed. We're learning a lot about ourselves, like how to go from Conference to another championship meet just a week later. It's really good for our young team to get this experience in, so I'm pleased with our performance today."

Top of the Lane

Jones Lambert dropped six seconds in the men's 500-yard freestyle to earn the gold with a time of 4:18.02.
Nick Chirafisi wasn't far behind, taking the silver in the same race, clocking in at 4:21.52.
In the men's 200-yard IM, Strahinja Maslo finished in the top five at 1:47.64.
Grabbing Utah's second silver, Erin Palmer finished the 50-yard breaststroke at 27.85.
Palmer turned around and brought Utah a gold with a 22.38 in the 50-yard freestyle.

Swimmers Swimming

Quinn Jones earned a place in the A-final of the 500-free, finishing in sixth at 4:24.05.
In the B-final of the 500-free, Jakub Walter touched in first at 4:24.03, taking eleventh overall.
Owen Carlsen finished his race at 4:27.34 for the 14^th spot in the 500-free.
In the 200 IM A-final, Durgan McKean clocked 1:49.80 for ninth-place.
Kelson Flynn touched in right after McKean, sitting in tenth with a 1:50.59.
Placing 18^th, Rylee McColley swam a 28.73 in the 50-breast.

Looking Ahead
Utah continues their end-of-season meet on Friday morning with prelims starting at 7:30 a.m. MT in Ocala, Fla. at the FAST Facility.

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