BYU vs Air Force vs Colorado Mesa
- January 19-20, 2024
- Provo, Utah
- SCY (25 yards)
- Results
Courtesy: BYU Athletics
PROVO, Utah — BYU women’s swim and dive churned out five more event wins on its way to defeating Colorado Mesa and Air Force by nearly 200 points at the Richards Building Pool on Saturday.
The Cougars totaled 766 points across two days of competition while Colorado Mesa scored 594 and Air Force 579.
“We didn’t know what we were going to get from our swimmers after two hard weeks of training, but they stepped it up and swam well,” said BYU head swimming coach Shari Skabelund. “I’m so proud of our women for how well they competed.”
Emma Marusakova led all BYU women at the meet with 61 points scored followed by Regan Geldmacher’s 44. Addison Richards and Victoria Schreiber tallied 37 points apiece while 32 points were scored by swimmers Abril Arias and Mackenzie Lung as well as diver Alexia Jackson.
After winning the 200 individual medley and 200 back on Friday, Marusakova tacked on a victory in the 100 fly at 56.83 on Saturday. Regan Geldmacher and Mackenzie Lung each won their second events of the weekend as well. Geldmacher won the 200 free at 1:52.76 while Lung did so in the 100 breast at 1:03.96.
BYU then finished the meet off strong as Tatum Cooley, Julia Bartell, Lily Flint and Halli Williams swam 3:28.03 to win the 400 free relay and secure 32 more points to the Cougar cause.
The women’s 1-meter diving competition went to the Cougars as Jackson upped her entry score by over 32 points to win at 284.05. Brooklyn Larson added nearly 13 points to her entry score on the way to a 266.55 runner-up finish. Sophia DeBergh, Hailey Johnson and Aubryn Ordyna cemented BYU’s dominance in the event as the trio finished in third through fifth places.
“We had a really good, consistent meet with a lot of good dives from a lot of different athletes,” said BYU head diving coach Tyce Routson. “We’re working our way towards being ready for Big 12 Championships.”
After two weeks off, BYU will compete again at the Richards Building Pool in a Senior Day showdown versus rival Utah on Feb. 9-10.
PROVO, Utah —BYU men’s swim and dive churned out eight more event wins on its way to defeating Colorado Mesa and Air Force by nearly 300 points at the Richards Building Pool on Saturday.
“We didn’t know what we were going to get from our swimmers after two hard weeks of training, but they stepped it up and swam well,” said BYU head swimming coach Shari Skabelund. “Our men just keep finding all kinds of angles and ways to get better.”
The Cougars totaled 921 points across two days of competition while Colorado Mesa scored 623 and Air Force 375.
Abraham Barragan led all BYU men with 53 points and was one of three to clear the 50. Darwin Anderson and Brad Prolo added 52 and 50, respectively. Jordan Tiffany’s 48 points and Joshua Reed’s 44 rounded out the Cougars’ top-five scorers.
BYU bookended the day with relay wins that secured back-to-back meets of relay sweeps. Tiffany, Prolo, Tanner Edwards and Luigi Riva teamed up to go 1:30.12 in the 200 medley relay. The meet ended with the 400 free relay squad of Abraham Zimmerman, Diego Camacho Salgado, Reed and Riva edging CMU at the wall to finish 3:01.19.
Tiffany tacked on two more event wins as he clocked 48.36 and 48.45 in the 100 fly and 100 back, respectively. The Cougars dominated the 100 fly with Prolo, Tony Puertas, Carson Hamblin and Tanner Edwards filling second through fifth places.
Reed’s second win of the meet came as he narrowly beat out teammate Payton Plumb with a time of 1:41.36. Prolo picked up 16 more points for BYU with a 55.14 win in the 100 breast while Darwin Anderson did the same at 16:14.21 in the 1650 free.
BYU men’s diving finished in places first through third with three personal bests set in the 3-meter (six dives) competition. Mickey Strauss tallied 352.60 points to win the event. Chase Hindmarsh (33.65) and Russell Haws (324.20) finished second and third, respectively, each with a personal best. Carter Davis recorded a personal best 304.30 and took seventh.
“We had a really good, consistent meet with a lot of good dives from a lot of different athletes,” said BYU head diving coach Tyce Routson. “We’re working our way towards being ready for Big 12 Championships.”
After two weeks off, BYU will compete again at the Richards Building Pool in a Senior Day showdown versus rival Utah on Feb. 9-10.
Courtesy: Colorado Mesa Athletics
PROVO, Utah— The Colorado Mesa University men’s and women’s swimming diving team combined for four more wins and five other second place finishes as the Mavericks maintained their second place position in the final standings of the BYU Tri Meet, which pit the Mavs against the host Cougars and another NCAA Division I opponent in Air Force this weekend here at the Richards Building Pool.
After opening the meet with a Friday evening win in the 400-yard medley relay, the Maverick women claimed three more wins on Saturday as the Mavs claimed the 200 medley relay before Benedict Nagy and Agata Naskret were victorious in the 400 individual medley and 100 back, respectively.
Those wins helped the Mavs finish with 594 team points as they finished 15 ahead of Air Force, which totaled 579. BYU won the meet with 766.
On the men’s side, the Mavs tallied 623 points, well ahead of Air Force’s total of 375. BYU again won the team race with 921 points.
The wins over Air Force were the second of the season for the Mavs, who had also defeated the Falcons in duals during the season-opening Intermountain Shootout.
CMU’s efforts were led by Ben Sampson, who claimed his second event win of the meet in the 400 IM.
Naskret, Maddi Moran, Kiara Borchardt and Elli Williams started the day with the medley relay win in a time of 1:43.98.
Nagy then claimed the 400 IM in 4:31.67 while teammate Sophia Bains was second in 4:33.23.
Borchardt then took second in the 100 fly with a time of 57.19 seconds before fellow Maverick sophomore Ada Qunell claimed another runner-up finish in the 200 free (1:54.19).
Moran then paced the Maverick women in the 100 breast with a fourth place time of 1:06.67 before Naskret won the 100 back in 55.98 seconds.
Qunell, Williams, Olivia Hansson and Lauren White then finished the meet with a third place time of 3:29.72 in the 400 free relay.
Sampson’s winning 400 IM time of 4:01.41 was more than 4 ½ seconds quicker than his nearest opposition in Air Force’s James Winterfield and highlighted the Maverick men’s effort of the day. He also had two runner-up finishes, taking second in the 100 back at 48.73 before teaming with Aziz Ghaffari, Jameson McEnaney and Andrew Scoggin for a 400 free relay time of 3:01.72.
Elsewhere, the Mavs took third in the 200 medley relay as Scoggin, Max Ayres, Dejan Urbanek and Kuba Kiszczak finished third in the 200 medley relay at 1:31.95 while Ghaffari took fifth in the 200 free at 1:42.97.
Ayres also had a fifth place time of 57.57 in the 100 breast before Scoggin took fourth in the 100 back at 50.00.
The Mavs also had a pair of top five finishes in the 1650 free as Jacob Troescher took fourth in 16:38.62 while Urbanek was fifth in 16:56.86.
On the diving boards, Isaiah Cheeks set NCAA qualifying scores in both events, placing third in the men’s 1-meter on Friday evening with 288.35 points before taking fifth in the 3-meter competition with 310.00 points. Freshman Jax Juarros was fourth in the 3-meter with 315.30 points while fellow freshman Ty Mitton took fourth on the 1-meter in the 283.85 points.
Meanwhile, Jenna Hurley placed fourth in the women’s 3-meter event on Friday before Kenya Meyer was sixth in Saturday’s 1-meter to lead the Maverick women’s divers.
CMU’s divers will compete in two weeks at the Air Force Diving Invite while the Maverick swimmers will next compete in the Feb. 13-17 RMAC Championships, which CMU will host at the El Pomar Natatorium.
Courtesy: Air Force Athletics
PROVO- Following two days of competition at BYU, the Falcons placed third among the three teams with Air Force notching 579 points.
The highlight of the weekend included sophomore Katie Andrist, who set the Richards Building Pool with a 17:27.12 in the 1650 Freestyle.
“Katie Andrist really stepped up and had a great mile for this point of the season,” said head swimming coach Colleen Murphy. “Breaking the pool record was a great confidence builder.”
Andrist broke Regan Geldmacher’s record set in 2022, besting the previous-best time of 17:42.11.
Among the Falcons to also notch race wins included Abigail Hardy, who raced to the top spot in the 200 Butterfly. The sophomore ended the race with a time of 2:06.38. Lauren Arnold (2:07.21) and Alex Clark (2:07.29) finished second and third, respectively.
Maeve Linscott powered through to finish second in the 100 Breaststroke with a time of 1:06.36.
In the 400 Freestyle Relay, the team of Ryan Mills, Alex Clark, Kara Gavin and Abby Turner raced to a very narrow second place, as their time of 3:28.75 was short by just .72 seconds.
On the boards, Jaymie Yow was the Falcons most consistent placer, scoring 207.90 in the 1-Meter Dive, as well as 194.10 in the 3-Meter Dive.
“While we finished a close third place in this meet, overall we had some great swims and are showing massive improvements on meet strategy, times, and preparation,” said Murphy. “Each meet is prepping us for the end of the season and or team keeps getting faster. We are in an amazing place as we head into our last few meets and conference championships.”
Next, Air Force will honor its first-class cadets when the Falcons host Senior Night on Friday, January 26. The meet is scheduled to begin at 5:00 pm MT.
PROVO- Air Force concluded its time on the campus of BYU with a third-place finish among the host Cougars as well as Colorado Mesa. The Falcons ended the two-day meet with 375 points.
“I’m really proud of how the guys fought,” said head swimming coach Rob Clayton. “We were a little short-handed, but the guys did really well.”
The Falcons found some individual success over the two days, including James Winterfield slotting in second in the 400 IM after touching out at 4:05.96. The sophomore also finished third in both the 200 IM (1:50.57) and 200 Backstroke (1:52.33). Winterfield also added a fourth-place finish in the 200 Freestyle (1:42.77).
“James was outstanding,” Clayton added.
Anthony Sebastian managed a time of 2:05.76 in the 200 Breaststroke to finish fifth. The sophomore was also sixth in the 400 IM (4:16.55).
C4C Joe Christ crafted a strong swim in the 500 Freestyle, closing the race with a time of 4:40.64 to earn a fourth-place standing.
On the boards, Alex Kenyon was Air Force’s highest finisher in the 1-Meter Dive, scoring 269.20 to place eighth. Gavin Wixom’s ninth-place total of 255.90 in the 3-Meter Dive was the Falcons top placement in the event.
Next, Air Force will honor its seniors on Friday, January 26, with the meet scheduled to begin at 5:00 pm MT.