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10/27/2009 12:00 AM | Men's Swimming & Diving
Oct. 27, 2009
THIS WEEK
The University of Utah men's and women's swimming and diving team host two meets this weekend. Pacific-10 power Arizona State comes to the Ute Natatorium Friday, Oct. 30 at 6 p.m. and Mountain West Conference rival UNLV comes to Utah Saturday, Oct. 31 at 1 p.m..
LAST WEEK
Both of the Utah teams finished behind Denver last Saturday, with the men's team falling, 163-137, and the women's team dropping a 162-134 decision. The Ute women defeated the North Texas Mean Green, 174-126.
The Utah men finished first in six events overall. John Baque (Olympia, Wash.) led the team, finishing first in both the 100 (57.71) and 200 breast (2:09.03). Bjorn Gunnarsson (Norrkoping, Sweden) finished first in the 50 free with a personal best of 21.61. He finished second in the 100 free in 48.27, also a personal best.
Maiya Otsuka (Littleton, Colo.) finished first in the 100 breast (1:07.84) and in the 200 breast (2:25.57). Hannah Caron (Raleigh, N.C.) also finished first in two events, the 200 fly (2:05.97) and the 100 fly (56.20). The Utah women also swept the top spots in the 100 free. Kristina Evans (Salt Lake City, Utah) and Natalie Edge (South Jordan, Utah) finished in first and second, respectively, in 52.81 and 52.89 in the event.
LAST MEETING
The Utah women's swimming and diving team won 12 out of 16 events, defeating the UNLV Rebels 179-121. Edge came away with wins in the 50 free (24.06) and the 100 free (51.76). Annie VanLeeuewen (West Valley City, Utah) earned first in the 100 breast, finishing with a time of 1:05.81. Caron finished first in the 200 fly (2:05.45). The Utah women hold a 6-4 advantage in the series since joining the MWC.
The Utah men were only able to finish first in one event against the Rebels last season. In the 100 breast event, Baque finished second (57.41), less than a half a second behind the first-place finisher. The Utah men are 2-8 against UNLV since joining the MWC, last getting a win in 2003.
The Utah women's team has not competed against Arizona State since the 1998-99 season, as it fell to the Sun Devils, 160-74. This will be the second time that head coach Greg Winslow has faced off against his former team. In the last meeting in 2007, the Utah men's team lost to ASU, 184-110.
QUOTING COACH WINSLOW
"It will be good to see Arizona State this week. I helped recruit a lot of the athletes on the team. It will be nice to see them and see some of the coaches I worked with down there."
"We'll be relying on those that won last week to continue to do well. We'll be looking to the freshmen that won, particularly Ryan Hansen and Bryan Michaels, to continue to step up for us. We have only begun to see what Karson Applin can do in the pool."
"I was really impressed with Kristina Evans last week. We will need her to continue to compete at that level to stay with our opponents this week."
SCOUTING THE OPPOSITION
The UNLV men were voted as the preseason favorite to win the MWC for 2009-10. UNLV returns almost every member of its five 2009 record-setting MWC relays as well as returning five individual champions, including distance swimmer Kier Maitland, the 2009 MWC Swimmer of the Year.
The UNLV women were picked to finish second overall in the MWC. The Rebels return two individual champions in Marva Harpak, the 2009 MWC 200 free champion and Ana Dangalakova, the MWC 200 back champion.
At the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships in 2009, ASU finished 18th on the men's side and 17th on the women's. The Sun Devils return NCAA Honorable Mention All-American in Jess Perazzo, who was honored for her part in the 200 and 400 free relay.
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