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11/9/2011 12:00 AM | Men's Swimming & Diving
Nov. 9, 2011
This Week
The Utah men's team will head to Cadet Natatorium in Colorado Springs, Colo., on Thursday to take on Air Force for the second time this season at 6 p.m. The following day, the Ute men's and women's teams will come together to race against Colorado School of Mines at CSM Natatorium at 5 p.m. The teams will then compete against Seattle, Florida Atlantic (W), Colorado School of Mines (M) and Denver at El Pomar Natatorium at 5 p.m. on Saturday.
Last Week
The Ute women beat UNLV 164-136 while the men fell 128.5-165.5 last Saturday at Ute Natatorium.
Several swimmers stepped up and put on big performances to contribute points to the Utes.
Austin Fiascone won the 100 back with a time of 51.60, just milliseconds shy of his personal best, and beat out UNLV's 100 fly honorable mention All-American selection Cody Roberts for the top spot in the meet.
An exact tie in the 50 free gave Nick Soedel the partial win (21.00).
Danielle Caldwell took first in the 200 back with a time of 2:05.32 while Nicole Ligeza took top honors in the 200 IM (2:08.37).
Hannah Caron grabbed wins in the 100 free (53.25) and the 200 fly (2:08.90) and Traycie Swartz won the 50 free (23.85) and the 100 back (56.82).
Samantha Zuch also won two races including the 100 breast (1:05.89) and the 500 free (5:07.50).
Diving had another strong showing as Jasmine Matkovic and Ellis Walters took the top two spots in the 3-meter dive (284.40 and 268.87) while Walters placed second in the 1-meter dive (260.55) and Matkovic was third (238.80).
Nelson Foo was first in the men's 1-meter (298.12) followed by Caleb Herrick (273.60) and Brandon Stoppelmoor (220.80). Herrick was first in the 3-meter dive (310.05) with Stoppelmoor and Foo in second and third (290.25 and 289.42).
Quoting Coach Winslow
"Air Force is a really deep team and is well coached. This meet will be a good measuring stick to see how we've improved," said Utah head coach Greg Winslow. "It is always a challenge to swim in USAFA because of the altitude."
"At Colorado School of Mines, we will get to see kids doing different things and swim in races that maybe aren't their best."
"The back-to-back-to-back meets will help us to prepare for the conference meet, which is run in the same way. This will be a good final look at our kinds in racing form before we get into hardcore training. This is an exciting year and I am proud of where our team is."
Last Meeting
The Utah men faced Air Force in their first meet of the 2011-12 season at the Intermountain Shootout. The Utes came out on top with a 190-164 victory.
Scouting the Opposition
The Air Force men's team lost standout swimmer and MWC 200 fly champion Benjamin Gunn to graduation, but it return three of five all-MWC swimmers including Corydon Bultler, Paul Leonhardt and Tim Marinelli.
Colorado School of Mines returns All-American Andrew Zerwick. Zerwick placed second in the 200 back at the NCAA Championships in 2011 while also placing 13th in the 100 back to earn the honors.
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