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Monday, October 9
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3:30 PM
University of Utah
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California
Utah Women's Swimming and Diving Set to Host Cal
10/6/2017 3:25 PM | Women's Swimming & Diving
SALT LAKE CITY – The University of Utah women's swimming and diving team will host the No. 2 Cal Bears this coming Monday, Oct. 9 at 3:30 p.m. in the Ute Natatorium.
"We are very excited to go up against second-ranked Cal on Monday," head coach Joe Dykstra said. "It is obviously a huge challenge to go up against a roster full of Olympians and National Team members but we are looking forward to the challenge of competing against the best of the best.
I felt great about how we looked in the relay exhibition against BYU so now we need to translate that over to a dual meet format with longer events."
UTAH NOTES
The Utes' first action of the season came back in September, with an exhibition meet against BYU. Both teams competed in a number of different relay competitions, with Utah coming on top, winning 13 out of the 15 events.
The women's team kicked things off with a victory in the 150 fly as Darby Wayner, Gillian St. John and Jenna Marsh timed in at 1:16.20.
The team consisting of Emma Broome, Mallori Allen and Rebecca Zeiger were also able to win the 150 back event (1:19.27). In the 150 breast relay, a team of Genevieve Robertson, Mariah Gassaway and Grace Horvath took first (1:30.15).
Utah also swept the 500 free, with Marsh, Dorien Butter, Inaire Casarin and Jordan Anderson representing the women's team. The final victory of the night occurred in the 400 IM relay, with Anderson, Wayner, Zeiger and Horvath coming out with a win.
SCOUTING THE OPPOSITION
Led by CSCAA National Swimmer of the Year Kathleen Baker, Cal finished as the national runner-up at the 2017 NCAA Championships - the ninth year in a row the Bears have placed among the top three. Baker captured three individual events - 100-yard back, 200-yard back and 200-yard IM - and set a pair of school records along the way. Cal also prevailed in the 200 free relay (for third year in a row) and the 200 medley relay.
Cal returns 18 members from its 2016-17 squad including six All-Americans - Baker, Amy Bilquist, Katie McLaughlin, Maddie Murphy, Noemie Thomas and Abbey Weitzeil – along with four more swimmers who also qualified for the national meet - Keaton Blovad, Chenoa Devine, Valerie Hull and Phoebe LaMay.
UP NEXT
The Utes will host No. 1 Stanford on Oct. 20, with the meet set to begin at 2 p.m. at the Ute Natatorium.
"We are very excited to go up against second-ranked Cal on Monday," head coach Joe Dykstra said. "It is obviously a huge challenge to go up against a roster full of Olympians and National Team members but we are looking forward to the challenge of competing against the best of the best.
I felt great about how we looked in the relay exhibition against BYU so now we need to translate that over to a dual meet format with longer events."
UTAH NOTES
The Utes' first action of the season came back in September, with an exhibition meet against BYU. Both teams competed in a number of different relay competitions, with Utah coming on top, winning 13 out of the 15 events.
The women's team kicked things off with a victory in the 150 fly as Darby Wayner, Gillian St. John and Jenna Marsh timed in at 1:16.20.
The team consisting of Emma Broome, Mallori Allen and Rebecca Zeiger were also able to win the 150 back event (1:19.27). In the 150 breast relay, a team of Genevieve Robertson, Mariah Gassaway and Grace Horvath took first (1:30.15).
Utah also swept the 500 free, with Marsh, Dorien Butter, Inaire Casarin and Jordan Anderson representing the women's team. The final victory of the night occurred in the 400 IM relay, with Anderson, Wayner, Zeiger and Horvath coming out with a win.
SCOUTING THE OPPOSITION
Led by CSCAA National Swimmer of the Year Kathleen Baker, Cal finished as the national runner-up at the 2017 NCAA Championships - the ninth year in a row the Bears have placed among the top three. Baker captured three individual events - 100-yard back, 200-yard back and 200-yard IM - and set a pair of school records along the way. Cal also prevailed in the 200 free relay (for third year in a row) and the 200 medley relay.
Cal returns 18 members from its 2016-17 squad including six All-Americans - Baker, Amy Bilquist, Katie McLaughlin, Maddie Murphy, Noemie Thomas and Abbey Weitzeil – along with four more swimmers who also qualified for the national meet - Keaton Blovad, Chenoa Devine, Valerie Hull and Phoebe LaMay.
UP NEXT
The Utes will host No. 1 Stanford on Oct. 20, with the meet set to begin at 2 p.m. at the Ute Natatorium.
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