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Saturday, January 26
Colorado Springs, Colo.
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Utah Swimming Earns Split Against Air Force
1/26/2008 12:00 AM | Men's Swimming & Diving
Jan. 26, 2008
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - The Utah women's swimming and diving team recovered from Friday's loss to beat Air Force on Saturday. The Ute women performed well against the Falcons to win 174-118. The men's team lost to Air Force by a score of 167-131.
The women moved to 6-4 overall and 5-2 in Mountain West Conference competition. The 200 medley relay team of Beth Gunderson, Adrienne Coburn, Michelle Blair and Kristina Evans opened up the meet winning with a time of 1:50.25. Janna Willsey followed up with a win in the 1000 free in a time of 11:20.29. Caitlin Tidwell won the 100 breast (1:07.64) and 200 breast (2:29.81), while freshman Maiya Otsuka added a victory in the 200 fly (2:10.56).
The Utes continued to roll as Jennifer Fredsall won the 50 free (24.78) and Natalie Edge won the 500 free (5:17.64). Shannon McQueen won the 100 fly with a time of 59.23. Anna Braszkiewicz won both the diving boards, winning the one-meter diving scoring 271.27 points and the three-meter diving with a score of 241.94. She along with teammate Kwan Ling Yu have already qualified for the NCAA Zone Regionals.
"Our women swam some races that they typically don't," says head coach Greg Winslow. "We did that so that they would expand their comfort zone and challenge themselves and they responded quite well today."
For the men, Utah is now 0-6 overall and 0-4 in MWC competition. Marco Ferraro won the 1000 free by over ten seconds, as he finished in a time of 9:52.59. Ferraro followed that up win a victory in the 500 free swimming a time of 4:45.71. Andrew Brown swam a first-place time in the 200 fly, winning in 1:54.72. George Evans added a victory in the 100 free as he swam a time of 46.75.
Adam Oliver won the 400 IM with his time of 4:13.65. To round out the afternoon the 400 free relay team of Evans, Ferraro, Tanner Folster and Garret Beaman won with a time of 3:04.85.
"The men had a great back half of the meet," adds Winslow. "They fought the whole time and showed that by winning the top four spots in the final event which was the 400 free relay. We just need to be more confident and hopefully can focus on that as we look forward to BYU."
Next up for Utah is in-state rival BYU in Provo, Utah. The meet will be January 31, at 6:00 p.m.
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