Idaho vs Utah Tech (Women)
- Saturday, January 21, 2023
- Moscow, Idaho
- SCY (25 yards)
- Results
- Team Score: Idaho 155.5, Utah Tech 137.5
Courtesy: Idaho Athletics
MOSCOW, Idaho – Idaho women’s swimming and diving won eight events on its way to a 155.5-137.5 win over Utah Tech on Saturday afternoon at the UI Swim Center.
“Today was a really good performance – we swam fast,” Sowa said. “Utah Tech brought out the best in us and they swam great too. We want to keep carrying that forward as we try to put these girls back together and really enter into our rest phase leading into WAC.”
The Vandals (5-4) won five individual events, one relay and both diving events to clinch a win in Moscow for their last home meet of the season.
Freshman Grace Ruble and Sophomore Ella Haskins led the way for the Vandals, winning two individual events each. Ruble won the 200-yard breaststroke with a time of 2:19.80 and took first in the 200-yard IM, clocking in at 2:04.20. Haskins put in dominant efforts in the 50-yard free and 100 free to secure 18 points for the home team. She finished at 23.41 seconds in the 50 free and 51.61 seconds in the 100 free.
Senior Rylie Jones raced her way to a first-place finish in the 200-yard freestyle, edging out Utah Tech’s Ikea Losey by .11 seconds with a 1:53.57 finishing time.
Hailey Faith was Idaho’s top scorer in both the 1-meter and 3-meter dives. She opened the meet scoring a 294.60 in the 3-meter and then posted a 260.92 in the 1-meter.
After the meet, head coach Mark Sowa honored Idaho’s 12 seniors.
“It’s tough to talk about that group of 12 without getting a lump in my throat and tears in my eyes,” Sowa said. “They are amazing competitors but they are even better people. They have represented this university with a lot of dignity and a lot of integrity, and I am incredibly lucky to have worked with them. It was nice to send them out with a W.”
The Idaho divers travel to Flagstaff, AZ in two weeks for the two-day (Feb. 3-4) annual Lumberjack Diving Invitational while the swimmers will head over to Pullman to face Washington State on Feb. 3 to close out their regular season schedule.
Fans can stay up-to-date on all things Idaho swim & dive by visiting GoVandals.com or by following the team on Twitter and Instagram, @vandalswim_dive.
Courtesy: Utah Tech Athletics
Utah Tech combined to break three school records and collected eight total event victories in a Saturday dual meet at Idaho.
Junior Pia Murray accounted for three of the Trailblazers’ seven individual event wins, along with two of the school records, and was part of UT’s meet-opening triumph in the 200-yard medley relay. Junior Eleonore Rembert got off to a great start with a 26.07 (#2 all-time at UT) in the 50 back, while junior Skyler Lyon, Murray and freshman Ikea Losey brought the win home in a time of 1:42.33 (#2 all-time at UT).
Murray posted her first individual win in the 100 back with a record time of 53.91, while Rembert followed in second at 55.08 (#6 all-time at UT). The Blazers would later sweep the top-three spots in the 200 back, led by Murray at 1:58.34 (#5 all-time at UT), while Rembert touched the wall next at 2:03.34, and sophomore Ally Boynton placed third at 2:04.67.
Murray would then break her own school record in the 100 fly with an event winning time of 54.25.
Freshman Reese Hazan would finish second behind Murray in the 100 fly at 56.10 (#5 all-time at UT), which came on the heels of her shattering her own school record in the 200 fly by nearly four seconds with a 1:59.52 to claim victory in that event.
In addition, fellow freshman Lily Magda won 1,000 free with a time of 10:22.59 (#2 all-time at UT), followed by sophomore Paulina Sansores in second at 10:29.54 (#5 all-time at UT). Sansores would later claim victory in the 500 free at 5:07.18, as did Lyon in the 100 breast at 1:03.30 (#8 all-time at UT).
The Trailblazers then closed the meet with a runner-up finish in the 400 free relay with a time of 3:29.28 (#5 all-time at UT). Idaho wound up outscoring the UT 155.5-137.5 to claim the over meet victory.
Utah Tech will host Northern Arizona to close out its 2022-23 regular season dual schedule next Saturday, Jan. 28. The meet will be held at the UT HPC Pool and will begin at 11:30 a.m.
