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Monday, December 22

Salt Lake City, UT

11:00 AM

University of Utah

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Hawaii

Utah men’s swim and dive intra squad meet at Ute Natatorium in Salt Lake City, Utah on Thursday, October 10, 2025.
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12/22/2025 2:01 PM | Men's Swimming & Diving, Women's Swimming & Diving

Utes stay perfect at home thanks to dominating performance Monday

SALT LAKE CITY – The University of Utah swim and dive program wrapped up the 2025 portion of its schedule on Monday with a pair of wins inside Ute Natatorium.

The men's team improved to a perfect 4-0 record in dual meets with a 165-59 victory behind six event sweeps, while the women of Utah claimed their second win of the campaign, beating the Rainbow Wahine, 126-98.

"I thought today was a really good meet," head coach Jonas Persson said. "We weren't predicted to win on the women's side and we did, which was really nice, and the men did their job and exceeded as well. I'm really happy with how we ended off our winter break training and am pleased with where we're at – we obviously have things to work on, but overall I think we are in a great spot."

Erin Palmer paced all Utah swimmers with 18 points thanks to wins in the 50 Free and 100 Breast, while Isabella Riso and Megan Legarth came away with nine points apiece. Nolan Arnholt, Nick Chirafisi, Caleb Gallagher, Strahinja Maslo, Winston Sundeen and Evan VanBrocklin tied for the team lead on the men's side with nine points, each taking home a gold medal.

Utah claimed eight of 12 podium spots on the springboards. Callie Eaglestone swept the women's competition with Kathryn Grant finishing just behind her in second on both boards, and Emilia Nilsson Garip made her season debut with a third-place finish. Elias Petersen logged a pair of top-two results for the men's side.

"I'm really proud of our performance at this meet," head diving coach Richard Marschner said. "It's really hard to keep focus at this time of year and they dove really, really well. We had a lot of personal bests or close to it, which was a really nice way to end the semester and head into break."

In the Pool
The Utes came out victorious in 13 of 20 swimming events on Monday, with the men's side taking eight titles compared to five gold medals by the Utah women.

The men swept the 200 Free with Chirafisi claiming the top spot at 1:39.49. Jakub Walter finished second with a 1:41.23, followed closely by Tim Rogersson in third with 1:41.90. Isabella Riso won the women's race with a 1:54.71 while Taylor Tomey took third at 1:55.78.
Legarth and Sundeen both won in the 100 Back with times of 57.18 and 50.04, respectively. The Utah men swept the race with Brandon Miller finishing second and Nash Hale placing third.
Palmer logged a 1:03.16 to take first in the 100 Breast, narrowly beating Teagan Steinmetz's second-place result. Gallagher (57.38) beat out Durgan McKean (2nd, 57.94) and Cole Bettis (3rd, 58.33) in the men's competition.
Palmer also clocked a 23.20 in the women's 50 Free to take gold.
The Utes got another sweep in the men's 100 Fly as VanBrocklin, Nolan Dunkel and Jackson Kehler claimed the top three spots.
Arnholt's 4:35.65 was enough to win the men's 500 Free, beating out Owen Carlsen's 4:36.51 second-place time. Jones Lambert finished third at 4:41.85 to round out the Utah sweep.
Steinmetz logged a 2:06.71 to win the women's 200 IM, while Ella Derby came in second at 2:09.01. The Utah men logged their sixth sweep of the day as Strahinja Maslo, Kelson Flynn and Bettis came in one-two-three.
In both of the day's relays, Utah's men came out on top. Dunkel, Gallagher, Kehler and Davis Stachelek clocked a 1:29.36 in the 200 Medley relay while Dunkel, Ethan Moore, VanBrocklin and Rogersson touched the wall in 1:22.60 in the 200 Free relay.

On the Boards
Splitting competition between Sunday and Monday, the Utes won on three of four springboard events.

On Sunday, Eaglestone won the women's 3-meter with a personal best with a 326.10 list score, improving on her own eighth-place mark in the record book. Grant took second with a 316.20.
Petersen and Alex Just finished second and third, respectively, on the 1-meter springboard Sunday. Petersen logged a 327.60, finishing just two points off the lead, while Just earned a personal-best 302.03, his first zone score on the event this season.
The Utah women swept the 1-meter springboard to kick off Monday's meet, with Eaglestone and Grant again taking the top two spots. Eaglestone won with a 290.70, her second-best mark of the season, while Grant took second with a 286.28. Nilsson Garip made her season debut, placing third with a 275.63.
Petersen won on the men's 3-meter springboard for the third time this season with a 361.88 list score. Attila Bernatsky placed fourth with a 279.53, one spot ahead of Just's 271.35.

Up Next
Utah Swim and Dive resumes competition once the calendar turns over to 2026. The men's swim team is set to take on Denver in Colorado on Jan. 9, while the women's team will square off with UCLA, Iowa and UCSB in Los Angeles for a quad meet on Jan. 10. Diving will head also head to the City of Angels for the UCLA Diving Invite from Jan. 9-11.

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