Competing in their final home meeting of the 2022-23 season, the University of Utah swimming and diving team closed out the home roster in style by defeating the BYU Cougars on Saturday, reaching a 226-74 final at the female side and withdrawing. triumph by 163-137 in the men’s competition, which took place at the Ute Natatorium.
“It feels very good [to get this win]the Utah coach said. jonas persson. “On the women’s side, we had a lot of strong races. The girls took a big step forward and had a big momentum. The male side was much tougher. It was one race at a time, one event at a time. We had some bad luck, we had some good luck and, in the end, we were luckier and we swam better than them.”
Eight different swimmers from Utah had at least one win and summer stanfield Y Nora Hay he made multiple trips to the winner’s circle. Stanfield’s first success came in the 200 free which he finished in 1:52.03, then he led the field in the 100 fly with a time of 56.12 before winning the 200 individual medley in 2:03.74. Stanfield also started the day teaming up with Hay, hilja schimmel and Reagan cathcart to achieve the fastest time in the women’s 400 meter medley relay.
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Hay’s first individual victory came in the 100-meter backstroke, where he clocked 55.99. Soon after, she returned to the pool to take first place in the 200 in 1:59.40. Utah’s list of victors on the women’s side also included Marlene Sandbergwho bested his competition in the 1650 free to finish in 17:30.11, Alyssa Sorensenwith a time of 1:03.02 in the 100 breaststroke, Sadie Edwardswho touched in 2:07.41 in the 200 fly, Cathcart, who got the 50 free in 23.69, maddie woznickwho swam to the first of the 100 free in 52.43 and Charity Pittard, who won the 200 breaststroke in 2:17.89. Woznick, Cathcart, Katie Hale and Erin Palmer also teamed up to come out on top in the women’s 200m freestyle relay.
In the men’s events, Evan VanBrocklin he was present with a trio of victories, his first in the 200 butterfly, which he finished in 1:48.65. The Salt Lake City freshman was back on the podium thanks to a 4:33.65 in the 500 free and his day concluded when he hooked the 200 IM in 1:51.21.
The team’s first individual victory came courtesy of marko kovacic and his time of 1:38.82 in the 200 freestyle, followed by Andrey UngurFirst place effort of 48.95 in the back 100. Finn O’Haimhirgin he topped the field in the 100 free in 45.94 and Jaek Horner set the pace in the 200 breaststroke, clocking 2:03.49. The foursome of Ungur, Horner, Kovacic and O’Haimhirgin captured the 400 medley relay and Ungur, O’Haimhirgin, Horner and JP Hynes put the final points of the day on the board with a first-place effort in the 200 freestyle relay. .
After starting the match with the first place ends by holly man of wax Y Elias Peterson On Friday, the Utah divers picked up where they left off and began the women’s 1m. Once again, it was Waxman who emerged victorious, racking up 309.45 points for her second win in as many days. That score is also the highest ever for her and the second best in Utah history.
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