Reimer Sets Record as Utes Finish Seventh at Pac-12 Championships

Saturday, March 2

Federal Way, WA

7:30 PM

University of Utah

Pac-12 Championships

Reimer Sets Record as Utes Finish Seventh at Pac-12 Championships

3/2/2019 11:08 PM | Women's Swimming & Diving

Meet Results (PDF)

Freshman makes her mark in 200 back

FEDERAL WAY, Wash. - Freshman Audrey Reimer set a new school record in the 200 back as the Utah women's swimming and diving team finished seventh at the 2019 Pac-12 Championships.

Reimer tied teammate Sarah Lott's school record in the prelims and then set a new mark in the evening's finals (1:55.36) as she finished 10^th overall. Lott took 12^th (1:55.79) while Emma Lawless and Mandy Gebhart also impressed during the prelims. Lawless swam a 1:57.22, the fourth-fastest mark in Utah history and Gebhart did it 1:58.43, good for eighth place all-time.

Another freshman, Aryanna Fernandes, took 11^th in the 200 fly with the second-fastest time in Utah history (1:57.48). Jordan Anderson hit the NCAA B qualifying standard in 1:58.90 while Christina Pick placed 20^th overall with a time of two minutes even.

Genny Robertson had the top time for Utah in the 200 breast, 2:13.83, with classmate Darby Wayner also reaching the "C" final with a time of 2:16.45. Another senior, Gillian St. John, made the "C" final of the 100 free and finished with a time of 49.95.

Sara McClendon had the top time for Utah in the 1650 free with Mandy Gebhart also finishing in the top 20 and Sophia Morici notching a PR (17:04.06). In the final diving event of the weekend, Emma Ruchala took 16^th in the platform.

The last swimming event of the championships was the 400 free relay and the group of Ianire Casarin, St. John, Fernandes and Lott took seventh in 3:20.81.

Seventh place would be where the Utes would finish overall as a team with 531.5 points as No. 1 Stanford captured its fourth Pac-12 title in the last six years.