MEET NOTES: Utah To Host Oregon State, Utah Next Weekend

Utah Swimming and Diving Host Oregon State Friday and BYU Saturday

Both to take place at Ute Natatorium. 

UP NEXT

The University of Utah women’s squad will host Oregon State this Friday, Feb. 6 2015 at the Ute Natatorium. The meet is set to begin at 5 p.m. This meet will serve as senior day for the women. Both the men and the women’s squad will then host BYU the next day, Sat. Feb. 7 at 11 a.m.

The seniors that will be honored during the meet on Friday are Amanda Barrett, Guiliana Gigliotti, Maddie Jamora, Melissa Paahk and diver Jasmine Matkovic.

LAST TIME OUT

The Utah men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams split with Denver on Fri. Jan. 23, as the No. 21-ranked Ute men’s squad defeated Denver, 178-120, but the women fell to No. 23-ranked Denver, 156-144.

This was the first time the men’s squad has defeated Denver since 2006. The men opened up the meet with first place finish in the 400 medley relay as the team of Kristian Kron, Jack Burton, Alex Fernandes and Nick Soedel with a time of 3:21.89. Soedel also picked up wins in the 200 free (1:38.63) and in the 100 free (44.41).

Kron took home wins in the 200 back (1:49.42), 100 back (50.62) as well as in the 400 IM (4:00.13). Fernandes took the top spots in both the 100 fly (49.11) and the 50 free (21.13).

Jacob Crayne took first in the men’s three-meter with a score of 356.18 ,while taking second in the one-meter event with a score of 301.28.

The women’s squad picked up seven first place finishes. Taking home two wins was Stina Colleou in the 100 breast (1:05.12) and in the 200 breast with a time of 2:19.46.

Petra Soininen took top honors in the 200 fly (2:03.77), while Maddie Jamora later took first in the 50 free (23.83). Soininen would later take second din the 100 fly with a time of 56.14.

Lauren Hall took home her first collegiate win in the one-meter with a score of 281.48, which also served as her personal best in the event. Following her was Amanda Casillas in second (269.18).

UTAH RANKINGS

The Utah men’s team is ranked No. 21 according to the College Swimming Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) last poll, which was released on Jan. 22, 2015. The Utah women’s squad is not currently ranked heading into this weekend’s meet.

Utah Notes

The Utah men’s team is 8-0 overall and 2-0 in Pac-12 meets, while the women’s team is 3-6 overall and 0-4 against Pac-12 competition.

The Utah men have non-conference wins over Air Force (259-113), Colorado Mesa (297-67 and 179-101), BYU (236-136), UNLV (192-102) and Denver (156-144) with a Pac-12 win over Arizona (187-113), while the women’s squad have picked up non-conference victories over Colorado Mesa (314-60), BYU (291-83) and UNLV (208-91).

OREGON STATE NOTES

The Oregon State Beavers are coming off a win where they took on the University of Idaho Vandals, 151-111. The team took first place finishes in nine events.

Leading the Beavers was Sammy Harrison and Czsarina Isleta who each had three first place finishes. Harrison finished first in the 1,000 free (10:01.14), 200 free (1:51.87) and in the 500 free with a time of 4:57.94. Isleta took first in the 100 breast (1:03.99), 200 breast (2:17.72) as well as in the 200 IM (2:07.90).

BYU NOTES

BYU hosted Grand Canyon last Saturday, Jan. 31 for their last home meet of the season where both the men and women came out on top. The men finished with a score of 159-103 while the women finished with a score of 131.5-130.5.

The men’s 200-yard medley relay team picked up BYU’s first win of the meet. Rainer Ng, Michael King, McKay King and Mitchell Allphin finished in 1:30.43.

Adding to the Cougars wins was Vanessa Moffat who touched in first in the 1,000 free with a time of 10:42.29. In the 100 breast, Riley Buer took top honors with a time of 1:06.19 with Anna Dahl taking second in the event (1:06.34).

PREVIOUS MEETING

The women’s team took on Oregon State Oct. 11, 2014, where they came out on top, 165-95. This was Joe Dykstra’s first meet as Utah’s head coach.

Petra Soininen picked up two individual wins in the 100 fly (56.20) and in the 200 fly(2:03.22). Stina Colleou also picked up wins in the 100 breast (1:04.38) and the 200 breast (2:17.82).

Last season, the Utes defeated rival BYU at Richard’s Building pool. The men finished with a score of 175-125, with the women with a score of 172-128. There were three new pool records recorded during this meet. Nick Soedel broke the pool record in the 50 free (19.91) and the 100 free (43.90), which were set in 2006 and 2007, respectively. Also breaking a 10-year pool record was Bence Kiraly in the 400 IM (3:56.64). Kiraly also won the 1,000 free (9:43.40) and was second in the 200 fly (1:50.59).

Selin Ozturk touched in first in the 1,000 free with a time of 10:32.03 while Colleou took first in the 100 breast (1:04.67). Another first place finish for the women was by Soininen in the 200 fly (2:03.59). She came up short in the 100 fly (56.36) where BYU’s Kim Doroghian took first (56.24).

Brianna Francis also took home a win for the Utes by touching in first in the 200 breast with a time of 2:19.37.

WHAT THE COACHES ARE SAYING

Utah Head Coach Joe Dykstra

“This should be a very exciting weekend at the Ute Natatorium.  Starting with a Pac-12 Women’s dual with Oregon State, we will have our work cut out for us.  OSU has a reigning Pac-12 champion and while not one of the deepest teams in the league, they have some very good front line talent and a coach who I have an inordinate amount of respect for. Saturday we have our annual rivalry meet with BYU, who have been getting better and better all season and will give us a really tough match-up.  We also will be recognizing our 5 seniors on the women’s team as this will be their last competition at home.  I am so proud of all of their accomplishments and am looking forward to them having this moment of recognition.”

Utah Head Diving Coach Richard Marschner

“This is always a fun and intense meet for us.  The rivalry against BYU gives this a different feel than most meets and the big crowd makes it an exciting meet to dive in.  I know the team is really looking forward to it.”

UP NEXT

Following this weekend, the women’s squad will compete against Washington State on Friday, Feb.13 then take on Idaho the next day, Feb. 14. The men will take the week off but will return to competition Feb. 20-21 where they will take on USC at home.

The women’s Pac-12 Championships are set to begin Feb.25-28 while the men’s are set to begin Mar.4-7.