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Utah Swimming and Diving Hosts Quad Meet Saturday
11/4/2009 12:00 AM | Men's Swimming & Diving
Nov. 4, 2009
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THIS WEEK
The University of Utah women's swimming and diving team will host a quad meet with Boise State, Seattle and New Mexico on Saturday at Ute Natatorium at 1 pm. The men will also take on Seattle.
LAST WEEK
The Utah men finished first in 12 of 16 events against Arizona State, defeating the Sun Devils, 187-113. The Utes were led by senior John Baque (Olympia, Wash.), who finished first in the 100 (58.93) and 200 breast (2:08.31), the 200 IM (1:57.78) and helped the 400 medley relay team to a first-place finish (3:29.45).
The Utah women had three first-place finishes for the night in the 194-102 loss to the Sun Devils. Sophomore Hannah Caron (Raleigh, N.C.) finished first in the 100 fly (56.33) for the Utes while sophomore Natalie Edge (South Jordan, Utah) took the first-place spot in the 50 free (24.08). The final first-place finisher for the Utes was Ellis Walters (Indianapolis, Ind.) in the 1-meter dive with her score of 273.38.
Saturday against UNLV, the women's meet went back and forth, with Utah winning nine of the 16 events in the 149.5-148.5 victory over the Rebels. The top Utah swimmer of the meet was Caron, who finished first in the 200 fly (2:05.35), the 100 fly (57.45), the 200 IM (2:05.41) as well as being on the first-place 200 medley relay team (1:47.81).
On the men's side against UNLV, the Utes swept the top three spots in the 200 IM, with Baque finishing in first (1:58.93), senior David Pursley (Edmonton, Canada) was second (2:00.20) and freshman Bryan Michaels (Shoreline, Wash.) finished third (2:01.95). Sophomore Major Robinson (Missoula, Mont.) came from behind to take first in the 200 back (1:52.30) and also finished second in the 100 back (52.92). Despite the top finishes, the Utah men fell to UNLV, 170-124.
LAST MEETING
Last season, the Utah women defeated Boise State twice over a two-day period, 175-66 and 197-84. Edge, Caron and junior Maiya Otsuka (Littleton, Colo.) are the top returners from that meet for Utah. Edge finished first in the 50 free (23.59), Caron was first in the 100 free (51.23) and Otsuka got the top spot in the 100 breast (1:06.99) on the first day. Caron finished first in the 200 free (1:51.54) and the 200 IM (2:06.74) on the second day, with Otsuka repeating her first-place finish in the 100 breast (1:07.06) as well as finishing first in the 200 breast (2:22.20).
The Utah women defeated New Mexico 158-84 in their last meeting, with the Utes finishing first in 11 of 13 events during the meet.
This will be the first meeting for both Utah men and women against Seattle.
QUOTING HEAD COACH Greg Winslow
"Boise State is a much improved team this year. They have a young team with a lot of talent."
"New Mexico will have some tough sprint free swimmers. They also have a strong diving program that will challenge our young team."
"We have to get better at the details. We have to be aggressive from the start of a meet and have to swim with confidence. With those things in place, we'll see a lot more success."
"Maiya [Otsuka] could have a great weekend. I'm excited to see if Ellis [Walters] can perform even better without the pressure of qualifying for zones. Eric Murray is coming into his own this season and I'm excited to see what he's going to do against Seattle this weekend."
SCOUTING THE OPPOSITION
Boise State defeated a Pacific-10 Conference team for the first time, getting a win against Washington State, 178-116, on Oct. 17. Stephanie North will be tough in the sprint free events, getting wins in the 50 free (24.35) and 100 free (52.63) against WSU. Emily Irvin will also be tough in the breast events, taking both the 100 (1:05.81) and 200 breast (2:22.55) against the Cougars.
The New Mexico Lobos are 2-2 this season, getting wins over Air Force and Northern Colorado, but falling to San Diego State and Colorado State. The Lobo's diving team, led by Ashlee Erickson and Aubrey Bush, swept the top spots against Air Force, SDSU and CSU. Jennifer Patterson also got the win in the 100 fly (58.03) in the meet.
Seattle University split its last meet against University of the Pacific, with the men winning 127-79 and the women losing 111-94.
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