Utes Wrap Up Competition at Ohio State Invitational

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Utes Wrap Up Competition at Ohio State Invitational

11/20/2016 6:22 PM | Men's Swimming & Diving

COLUMBUS, OH- The University of Utah men's swimming and diving team finished second at this weekend's Ohio State Invitational with the women placing seventh.

For the men, the host Buckeyes took first with a total score of 1233. Following the Utes were Kentucky (629.5), Penn State (488.5) and Iowa (375.5). Pittsburgh took sixth (317) with Stanford (108) and Kenyon College (92) rounding it out

The women's standings were topped by Stanford with 1080 points and Kentucky in second (615). Ohio State (609), Yale (385), Iowa (375) and Pittsburgh (342) followed. The Utes beat out Penn State (198.5), Washington State (147.5) and Kenyon College (15).

Jack Burton took first in the 200 breast touching in at 1:56.67. He remains undefeated in this event as well the 100 breast this season. Stina Colleou took second for the women coming away with a time of 2:09.90.

On the platform event for diving, Amanda Casillas took second tallying a total score of 238.10. Daniel Theriault was eighth (293.15).

In the 100 free, Liam O'Haimhirgin finished in a tie for fourth. He came away with a time of 44.21. McKay King took ninth (45.10). For the women, Jenna Marsh finished 11th with a time of 50.59 and Sarah Lott was 15th (50.67).

In the men's 1,650 free, Matteo Sogne finished fifth with a time of 15:24.84 with Brody Lewis following in sixth (14:28.48). Freshman Rahiti De Vos took ninth in the event (15:37.04). For the women's team, Jordan Anderson took 14th with a time of 16:41.44 and Kat Wickham was 18th (16:49.55).

In the 200 fly, Ben Scott finished fifth with a time of 1:47.21. Chris Taber took seventh (1:48.46) with Luis Macias following in eighth (1:48.82). Isabella Kearns was 24th for the women (2:02.98).

Paul Unger was ninth in the 200 back touching in at 1:47.14. Austin Phillips (1:46.97) and Cole Avery (1:48.78) finished in the top-15 for the event. On the other side, Maddie Peterson took 37th (2:04.76) and Christina Pick was 38th (2:05.57).

A team of Unger, O'Haimhirgin, Colten Montgomery and King took sixth in the 400 free relay touching in at 3:00.01. The women's team of Dorien Butter, Lott, Darby Wayner, Gillian St. John took ninth in the relay (3:23.69).

The women take a break from competition while the men are back in action on Dec. 3 where they will take on Wyoming in Laramie.