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Arizona State Tunes Up With Wins Against Utah

Arizona State captured a pair of victories against Utah in Salt Lake City on Friday night. 

Arizona State Press Release

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – After a competitive intrasquad meet two weeks ago, ASU men's and women's swimming opened the regular season with similar fire, as the women defeated Utah, 159.9-138.5 and the men emerged on top, 168-132.
 
"I thought that both teams competed well today after a tough week of training. We still have a long way to go to be the team we want to be, but overall this is a great start to our season," said head coach Bob Bowman.
 
Bowman noted that a strong performance in the 4x100 relay helped capture the victory on the women's side, as the pair of ASU teams on each side finished first and second.
 
In the final event, freshmen Claire Fisch and Katherine Wagner and senior Kat Simonovic and Alysha Bush touched the wall first (3:24.12) in the 400-yard free relay. For the men, junior Patrick Park, seniors Richard Bohus and Thomaz Martins, and freshman Cameron Craig completed a similar feat (3:01.44).
 
Overall, the Devils won 16 of 24 individual events (8 men, 8 women), also adding a win in the men's 200 medley relay.
 
Freshmen Kendall Dawson and Chloe Isleta recorded two wins apiece in their first collegiate competition, Dawson in the 500 and 100-yard free, and Isleta in the 100 and 200-yard back.
 
"Our senior captains Kat Simonovic and Alysha Bush led the way for the women while on the men's side, Barkley Perry and Richard Bohus were the standouts. We were very strong in both relays and had a number of successes in terms of racing in the individual events."
 
Simonovic won the 200-yard free (1:50.91) while Bush took first in the 50 (23.48) and 100-yard (51.20) free. Fellow senior Bohus finished first in the 100-yard back (48.65) and 100-yard free (45.38) while Perry won the 200-yard free (1:40.37) and 200-yard back (1:49.97).
 
"We will recover tonight and look forward to racing at BYU in the morning."
 
The Devils finish their road trip in the state of Utah at BYU on Saturday morning, a meet starting at 11 am(MT)/10 am(AZ).

Utah Press Release

SALT LAKE CITY- Utah swimming and diving won 13 events tonight but dropped a Pac-12 dual meet to Arizona State this evening at Ute Natatorium. The men’s team was defeated 168-132 and the women’s side fell 159.5-138.5. 

“It’s difficult to lose a close meet,” said head coach Joe Dykstra. “The women put up a really good fight against a really good team. It came down to the end and we just couldn't get the job done on the relays. I am proud of a lot of swims we had on the women’s side. We are pretty dinged up with a lot of nagging injuries and we are short several people so I feel good about moving further into the season.”

“On the men’s side, we came out absolutely flat. We didn't really get into the groove of the meet until the second half. By then, we had dug ourselves too deep of a hole. I think tomorrow we have to come out with better energy and better execution during the first segment of events. That is what I talked to the team about tonight. There on the end, we were racing really well and putting ourselves into a competitive situation.” 

The Utes started the meet by winning the 200 medley relay. The team consisting of Shayla Archer, Stina Colleou, Kristine Pataray and Gillian St. John touched in at 1:43.48 and was closely followed by Megan Kawaguchi, Mckenna Gassaway, Darby Wayner and Jenna Marsh (1:43.95).

Gassaway would later take first in the 100 breast touching in at 1:04.39. Colleou followed in second (1:04.46). The Norwegian senior then took first in the 200 breast (2:17.93). 

Sophomore Jordan Anderson took first in the 200 fly (2:04.57) while Darby Wayner was first in the 100 fly (56.33). 

Cassidy Stein and Mallori Allen tied for second in the 200 back with identical times of 2:06.33. Kat Wickham also earned a second-place finish in the 500 free (5:05.19). 

In diving, Amanda Casillas was first on the one-meter (286.05) and the three-meter (319.95) for the Utes.

On the men’s side, Jack Burton had multiple wins, capturing the 100 breast with a time of 55.83, as well as the 200 breast (2:04.32). 

Other wins were compiled by newcomer Rahiti De Vos in the 500 free (4:31.84) and Nolan Rogers in the 400 IM (4:03.89). 

De Vos also took second in the 200 free touching in at 1:41.21. Brandon Shreeve (1,000 free, 9:36.72), Chris Taber (200 fly, 1:51.19), Colten Montgomery (50 free, 21.08) and Liam O’Haimhirgin (100 free, 46.23) picked up second-place finishes as well for the home side. 

On the boards, Josiah Purss took first in both the one-meter and the three-meter events. In the one meter, he came away with a score of 346.13 while in the three meter, he scored 360.23. 

The Utes return to the Ute Natatorium tomorrow morning at 10 a.m. to take on Arizona. 

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