Utes Cruise to Halloween Win

Friday, October 31

Salt Lake City, UT

1:00 PM

University of Utah

228

Colorado Mesa

Photo by: Doribel Buenrostro/Utah Athletics

10/31/2025 4:50 PM | Men's Swimming & Diving, Women's Swimming & Diving

Results (PDF)

Utah wins 26 of 32 events as both sides come out on top

SALT LAKE CITY – The University of Utah swim and dive program started the home slate on a high note as both the men's and women's teams came out victorious against Colorado Mesa on Friday afternoon at the Don Reddish Pool inside Ute Natatorium.

The Utes avoided any scary results as the women topped CMU, 192-108, while the men's side cruised to a 228-72 victory. The Utes came out on top in 26 of 32 events.

"The team stepped up well from last week," head coach Jonas Persson said. "We still have stuff to work on, but it was certainly a step up and nice to get a win. Colorado Mesa is a very competitive Division II team, very well coached, and I'm happy that we were able to beat them."

Evan VanBrocklin led the men's side with 18 points thanks to wins in both the 100 and 200 Free and took gold in the 200 Free Relay alongside Davis Stachelek, Ethan Moore and Sebastian Wrona. Caleb Gallagher, Nash Hale, Strahinja Maslo, Brandon Miller and Jakub Walter all contributed 13 points in the victory.

On the women's side, Erin Palmer and Megan Legarth led the way with a team-high 18 points. Palmer logged wins in the 100 Free, 100 Breast and 200 Free Relay and Legarth took gold in both the 100 and 200 Back. The duo also teamed with Veronica Gourley and Julia Bartell to win the 400 Medley Relay.

"It was nice to race at home," Persson added. "We had a very good turnout which is always nice."

On the diving board, Utah came out on top in both the 1-meter and 3-meter springboard on the men's and women's side. Elias Petersen made his season debut and took both golds on the men's side, while Callie Eaglestone and Kathryn Grant each logged a win in their first competition of the season.

"We had a happy Halloween, we had some treats and some tricks today," head diving coach Richard Marschner said. "We're just working the process of being great come February, so I'm really happy with the corrections that we made and what we're doing on a day-to-day basis. We're going to keep doing that and be great when we need to be."

In the Pool
Men's

Evan VanBrocklin won the 100 and 200 Free; Utah swept the podium in both events.
Nash Hale won the 100 Back and took second in the 200 Back behind teammate Brandon Miller.
Caleb Gallagher won the 100 Breast and finished second in the 200 Breast.
Nolan Dunkel and Jackson Kehler took gold and silver in the 100 Butterfly while Jakub Walter and Nicholas Kjaerulff finished one-two in the 200 Butterfly.
Owen Carlsen, Nick Chirafisi and Quinn Jones swept the 1000 Free; Chirafisi also won the 500 Free.
Strahinja Maslo, Miller and Kelson Flynn swept the 400 IM.

Women's

Legarth won the 100 Back with a 56.95 and the 200 Back with a 2:04.61.
Palmer took gold in the 100 Breast with a 1:02.74 and won the 100 Free with a 51.33.
Rylee McColley and Teagan Steinmetz finished one-two in the 200 Breaststroke.
Steinmetz also won the 400 IM just ahead of Ellie Broughton.
Isabella Riso won the 200 Free for her first win of the season.
Sydney Even also logged her first win of the year, finishing first in the 200 Butterfly and came in second in the 100 Butterfly.
Palmer, Bartell, Riso and Maela McKallip closed the meet with a win in the 200 Free Relay.

On the Boards

Elias Petersen made his season debut, winning on both the men's 1-meter and 3-meter springboards.
Attila Bernatsky, who earned Big 12 Men's Diver of the Week honors on Thursday, finished second on the 3-meter and fourth on the 1-meter.
The Utes swept the podium on the women's 1-meter as Callie Eaglestone (287.63), Kathryn Grant (284.33) and Cierra Cole (240.30) won gold, silver and bronze, respectively.
Grant won the women's 3-meter while Eaglestone logged a second-place finish.

Up Next
Utah heads back on the road, traveling to Las Vegas on Saturday, Nov. 8 for a dual meet with UNLV. Racing will begin at 11 a.m.

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