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11/17/2004 12:00 AM | Men's Swimming & Diving
Nov. 17, 2004
THIS WEEK:
The University of Utah swimming and diving teams travel to Bloomington, Ind., to compete in the Indiana University Invitational. The meet will take place Nov. 19-21 at the Counsilman-Billingsley Aquatic Center. Teams competing in the meet include: Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Cincinnati, Utah, Kentucky, Toledo and Miami of Ohio.
DENVER RECAP:
SALT LAKE CITY - Both the men's and women's team beat Denver after a two-day non-conference meet. The men's team defeated the Pioneers 213-121 to notch its first win of the season to improve to 1-2 overall and remain at 0-1 in the MWC. The women won by a score of 188-144 to pick up their fourth win and improve to 4-0 overall and 2-0 MWC.
For the Utes, Marta Stepanczuk finished first in both the 500 free and the 1650 free, with times of 5:02.19 and 17.03.20 respectively. Ariane Kich finished first in the 100 breast with a time of 1:06.44, and Amy Barefield swam a 24.07 to claim first in the 50 free. In the 200 free relay, Utah's team of Alison McInturff, Barefield, Meghan Demchuk and Jamie Trapp finished first with a time of 1:38.12. In third place was the team of Amber Walker, Leah Jensen, Michelle Blair and Maddie Stapley.
Evan Castro finished first in the 100 breast with a time of 57.29, while Cody Rempfer out swam the competition by 5.58 seconds in the 200 fly to claim first place with a time of 1:49.46. Andrew Brown and Sebastian Bedaw claimed second (1:55.04) and third place (1:55.66) respectively in the 200 fly to help Utah sweep the top-three spots in the event. Jonathan Larsen continued his streak of wins in the 50 free with a time of 21.17 to remain undefeated on the season.
In the diving competitions, sophomore Kelsey Patterson continued her undefeated streak with wins in the 1-meter and 3-meter events. Patterson scored a 230.55 in the 1-meter event and 223.95 in the 3-meter event. Sterling Richards finished first in the 3-meter and second in the 1-meter event with scores of 267.98 and 272.92 respectively. Damien Brown picked up his first win of the season in the 1-meter event with a score of 276.60.
QUOTING HEAD COACH MIKE LITZINGER:
"I am very excited to take our team to the Indiana Invitational. It is an opportunity to swim a prelims/finals format against some of the premier teams in the country. Both of our squads will need to compete at a high level to succeed at this meet, and I am confident that we will have a solid showing.
"Traditionally, most teams peak for a competition like this, but we as a coaching staff and team made the decision to continue to train hard through it. Our goals lie in front of us, in the heart of the MWC season, at the Conference Championship and ultimately the NCAAs"
MAKING A SPLASH:
Junior Sterling Richards was named MWC Diver of the Week Nov. 10 after winning the 1-meter and 3-meter events against UNLV.
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