Utah vs BYU (Diving)
- Friday, January 27, 2023
- Salt Lake City, Utah
- Diving
- Results
- Dual continued Saturday with swimming
Courtesy: Utah Athletics
SALT LAKE CITY – Elias Petersen smashed the school record in the 1m and Holly Waxman tallied the second-highest score in Utah history in the 3m as the University of Utah swimming and diving team got off to a flying start in their meet against the BYU Cougars, which began on Friday night at the Ute Natatorium.
“That was intense,” said diving coach Richard Marschner. “It’s a lot of fun to have this diving-only, nighttime, finals-feel atmosphere. It gets us ready for the Pac-12 Championships where we’re making finals and that intensity and excitement. Being able to deal with that energy positively was very nice. It was fun because both teams brought out the best in each other.”
Petersen’s score of 394.05 eclipsed the previous mark of 391.10, set by Jacob Crayne in 2014, counted as an NCAA Championships qualifying score and allowed Petersen to win the event. It also goes down as only the second score of 390 or better by a Ute in the 1m since the program’s inception.
Also recording a personal-best in the 1m was Luke McDivitt. He put up a mark of 348.20, four points better than his previous career-high and that moved up him to seventh in the program record book. McDivitt, who took third, surpassed the NCAA qualifying standard, as did Ben Smyth, who finished fifth and logged 301.85 points. Jenner Pennock placed seventh and Jake Suchowski ended the night in ninth.
Waxman very nearly made it a night in which the Utes set two program-bests, but her 348.90 was still good enough for second all-time and first place on Friday evening. It was also one of three NCAA qualifying scores posted by the Utes in the 3m, as Waxman was joined by Kathryn Grant and her mark of 313.65, which put her in third, and fourth-place finisher Lizzy DeCecco, whose point total was 288.30. In fifth place was Lexi Mills and Sydney Kowalski landed in seventh.
Looking Ahead
The meet will continue on Saturday, as both the Utah swimming and diving teams will be in action against BYU and that meet is scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. The Utes will also be holding their Senior Day ceremonies on Saturday and they will start at 10:45 a.m.
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Courtesy: BYU Athletics
PROVO, Utah — The first day of action against the University of Utah came to an end Friday evening as the divers took the pool at the Ute Natatorium.
The men’s team was led by Mickey Strauss, who finished with a second-place score of 385.80 in the 1-meter dive, narrowly trailing the Utes’ Elias Peterson. Cody Dreesen had a solid performance as well for the Cougars, scoring a 303.55 to come in fourth place.
Chase Hindmarsh (288.35, sixth place), Nathan Marshall (268.15, eighth place) and Carter Davis (246.05, tenth place) rounded out the rest of the rankings, with Davis setting a new personal best for the event.
Alexia Jackson finished with the highest ranking for the women’s team in the 3-meter dive, scoring a 326.25 to place second in the event. Brooklyn Larson (270.65, sixth place) and Sophia DeBergh (249.65, eighth place) also competed in the event, with DeBergh setting a new personal best in the competition.
Tomorrow’s matchup with the Utes will see both the swimmers and divers in action, as the Cougars look to come away with the victory. Events will begin at 11:00 a.m. and results can be followed on the BYU Swim and Dive social media pages on Instagram and Twitter. A recap of the events will be posted to the byucougars.com website as soon as they are received.
