The Utah women’s swimming and diving won four events but fell short against #12 USC, 138.5-112.5, this Saturday afternoon at the Ute Natatorium.
“Obviously it was a pretty lopsided meet,” said Utah head coach Joe Dykstra. “Im proud of the way some of our girls raced especially the freshman. They really stepped up and showed us some stuff in their first real college dual meet. We were pretty significantly short handed today. We have a lot of people out sick, it was not our full length lineup and that was apparent. But I am proud of the way people stepped up to do more races than they would need to or different races that they would need to when we are in full strength.”
The Utes opened up the meet with a third place finish in the 200 medley relay as the team of Megan Kawaguchi, Stina Colleou, Petra Soininen and Gillian St. John touched in at 1:45.71.
In the 1,000 free, Jordan Anderson took third with a time of 10:28.20 with Kat Wickham following in fourth (10:37.50).
Hailey Pabst touched in third in the 200 free with a time of 1:55.00. Darby Wayner took fifth in the event (1:56.44) with Maryssa McArthur in sixth (1:59.95).
Taking third in the 100 breast was Kawaguchi with a time of 57.69. Ashlyn Karosas took fifth (1:01.22) with Jenna Griffith in sixth (1:01.26).
Claiming second and third in the 100 breast was second-place Stina Colleou touching in at 1:04.67 with Genevieve Robertonson following in third (1:05.27). Julienne Tadena took seventh with a time of 1:07.75 and Sydney Bull took eighth (1:08.14).
Colleou took second in the 200 breast with a time of 2:20.39 with Robertson in third (2:21.59). Also in the event was Brianna Francis who took fourth (2:22.65) and Tadena in eighth (2:29.78).
In the 200 fly, Isabelle Kearns touched in second with a time of 2:01.78. Paolina Carnevale took fourth in the event (2:12.26) with Maddie Velez in sixth (2:15.37).
Dorien Butter took third in the 100 free with a time of 53.08. Tying for fourth was Rhianna Williams and USC’s Evan Swenson touching in at 53.16.
Taking fourth in the 200 back was Kawaguchi with a time of 2:07.32 followed by Hailey Pabst in fifth (2:08.22) and Jenna Griffith in sixth (2:15.72).
Anderson took first in the 500 free with a time of 5:03.98 with Wickham in second (5:19.37) and McArthur in third (5:26.87). Velez took fourth in the event (5:30.90).
In the 100 fly, claiming the top spot was Jenna Marsh with a time of 57.54. Soininen took second (57.63) with Bull in third (1:00.04) and Karosas in fourth (1:01.33).
Taking first in the 200 IM was Francis with a time of 2:07.97. Taking second in the event was Anderson (2:09.17) with Kearns in third (2:14.15) and Karosas in fourth (2:16.35).
To finish the meet, team of St.John, Butter, Wayner and Williams teamed together to take first in the 400 free relay with a time of 3:33.29. In second was team of Marsh, Tadena, Pabst and McArthur with a time of 3:38.71.
The Utes will host their annual Alumni meet next weekend on Oct. 10 at 9:30 a.m. MT. The team will then travel on Oct.15 to Berkeley, Calif. where they will take on Cal at 5 p.m. PT.
