University of Utah
Oregon State
Utah Swimming & Diving at OSU Saturday
2/1/2018 1:49 PM | Women's Swimming & Diving
Swimming & diving in final road meet of conference season
This is the last road meet of the season for Utah before hosting Washington State on Senior Day, Sat., Feb. 10 at 11 a.m.
Last Time Out
The Utes dominated rival BYU, 210-90, behind multiple wins from Jordan Anderson, Dorien Butter and Genny Robertson.
Butter started things off by winning the 200 free (1:51.09) and added a victory in the 100 free (51.61). Anderson was the big winner with three top results in the 200 back (2:05.78), 200 IM (2:07.65) and 200 fly (2:05.02).
Robertson won the 100 breast (1:04.23), 200 breast (2:19.38) and swam the second leg of the victorious 200 medley relay. Robertson teamed with Emma Broome, Gillian St. John and Jenna Marsh to win the event with a time of 1:43.84.
Broome also won the 100 fly (57.97) and was second in the 100 back, while St. John won the 50 free (24.01) and was second in the 100. Marsh also picked up a fourth-place finish in the 100 breast.
Other individual winners for Utah included Sara McClendon in the 1000 free (10:25.85), Mandy Gebhart in the 500 free (5:06.98) and Emma Ruchala in the three-meter dive (291.68).
Utes Best Beavers in 2016
Utah women's swimming won ten events as it captured a 157-96 win against Oregon State in the Ute Natatorium to open the 2016-17 season.
Jordan Anderson won two events for the Utes, capturing the 200 fly (2:05.16) as well as the 500 free, touching in at 5:07.70.
Kat Wickham took first in the 1,000 free with a time of 10:33.79. Sarah Lott won the 200 free (1:52.51) and later took second in the 100 free (51.94). Also in the 100 free, Dorien Butter claimed the top spot touching in at 51.39. She took second in the 200 free (1:52.94).
In the 50 free, Darby Wayner took second (24.07) and would then take first in the 100 fly (56.32).
In relay action, a team of Megan Kawaguchi, Mariah Gassaway, and Gillian St.John took first in the 200 medley relay with a time of 1:43.82. Kawaguchi also took second in the 100 back (57.74).
Cassidy Stein (1,000 free and 200 back), Mallori Allen (100 back and 200 back), Gassaway (100 breast), and Isabella Kearns (200 fly) all had top-five finishes in their respected events.
Scholarly Swimmers
The College Swimming Coaches Association of America selected Utah as a Scholar All-America Team. The Utah women had a 3.49 grade point average during the fall semester. This was the highest GPA recorded by the Utes since the CSCAA starting handing out team awards in 2010. This is also the 10th-straight semester the Utes have earned a team academic award.
