Visiting SMU Downs Utah, Mustangs Sweep Utes in Final Home Meet of Season

SMU v. Utah

• January 31, 2026
• Don Reddish Pool, Salt Lake City, UT
• SCY (25 yards)
• Results

Courtesy of SMU Athletics

DALLAS (SMU) – SMU Men’s Swimming and Diving picked up a dual-meet victory against Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah, finishing with ten event wins and a final score of 173-127.

EVENT WINS
200 Free – Francis Brennan, 1:35.69
100 Back – Jack Berube, 46.98
100 Breast – Kristaps Mikelsons, 55.21
50 Free – Sage Sungail, 20.16
100 Free – Francis Brennan, 44.40
200 Back – Jack Berube, 1:43.95
200 Breast – Joe Umhofer, 1:59.41
3-Meter Diving – Grant Cates, 313.43
200 IM – Jack Moore, 1:48.17
200 Free Relay – Benjamin Chateigner / Sage Sungail / Harold Lockhart / Eli Likins, 1:20.35

FINAL TEAM SCORES
SMU: 173
Utah: 127

Notable Results

200 Medley Relay
The relay squad of Jack Berube / Kristaps Mikelsons / Sage Sungail / Harold Lockhart threw down a time of 1:28.22 to claim second on the 200 medley relay podium.

Placing third, Thad Austin, Trey Clervi, Nico Sobenes and Benjamin Chateigner recorded a time of 1:28.46. The final SMU relay team of Andy Baklanov, Ben Longeway, Cameron Thompson and Eli Likins finished in 1:30.32 to place fifth.

1000 Free 
In the 1000 free, senior Jack Forrest posted a 9:26.55, earning fourth place. Leonardo Pelaez finished in 9:31.32, placing fifth. To finish sixth, Mark Van Eybergen touched the wall in 9:38.58.

200 Free
Francis Brennan gave the Mustangs their first victory of the meet, recording a 1:35.69 in the 200 free.

Aubrey Jaya put up a time of 1:38.99, finishing sixth overall. Ending seventh, Aidan Arie nabbed a time of 1:41.19.

100 Back 
Jack Berube took home a win in the 100 back, logging a time of 46.98.

Claiming third, freshman Thad Austin finished in 48.44. Andy Baklanov followed closely behind, placing fourth with a time of 48.71.

1-Meter Diving 
Senior John Dymond scored a mark of 306.08, claiming second place for SMU. RJ Snyder joined Dymond on the podium, recording a score of 289.73 to place third. With a mark of 276.15, Grant Cates finished fourth for the Mustangs.

100 Breast
Kristaps Mikelsons swam the 100 breast in 55.21, winning the event.

Asher Good claimed a spot on the podium, recording a 55.46. Joe Umhofer finished in 55.59 and placed fourth overall. Freshman Trey Clervi touched the wall in 55.98, finishing sixth. In an exhibition, Ewan Longeran recorded a time of 57.35.

200 Fly
Nico Sobenes threw down a time of 1:49.20 in the 200 fly, securing second for the Mustangs. Claiming third was Ben Longeway, recording a time of 1:49.36. Zach Power and Ryan Peckham finished directly after Longeway, posting times of 1:49.55 and 1:49.59, respectively.

50 Free
Captain Sage Sungail took the win in the 50 free, logging a time of 20.16.

Following Sungail was Benjamin Chateigner in second. Freshman George Gonzalez also earned points for the Mustangs, securing fifth. The Mustangs had four athletes swim in exhibitions: Eli Likins, Harold Lockhart, Cameron Thompson and Able Temiz.

100 Free
Francis Brennan claimed his second victory of the meet, finishing with a time of 44.40.

Sage Sungail posted a time of 44.50 to finish second. Benjamin Chateigner threw down a time of 44.77, placing fourth overall. In an exhibition, Harold Lockhart touched the wall in 44.85. Four other Mustangs competed in exhibitions: George Gonzalez (44.28), Eli Likins (44.88), Jack Moore (45.24) and Able Temiz (46.79).

200 Back 
Jack Berube completed his sweep of the backstroke events, picking up the win in the 200 back with a time of 1:43.95.

Freshman Andy Baklanov claimed second in the event after touching the wall in 1:45.21. Fourth place was earned by Asher Good with a time of 1:46.86. Coming in seventh, Thad Austin logged a time of 1:50.03.

200 Breast
Joe Umhofer recorded a winning time of 1:59.41 in the 200 breast.

Nabbing second, Mikelsons threw down a time of 2:00.87. Ewan Lonergan and Trey Clervi also swam for the Mustangs, finishing sixth with a 2:04.61 and eighth with a 2:11.17, respectively.

3-Meter Diving 
Grant Cates finished first on 3-meter, scoring a mark of 313.43. John Dymond earned his second podium finish of the meet, finishing second with a score of 307.43. RJ Snyder placed fourth overall after logging a 249.08 mark.

500 Free
Jack Forrest posted a time of 4:27.20, finishing second.

Aubrey Jaya also claimed points for the Mustangs after placing fourth with a time of 4:34.22. Leonardo Pelaez recorded a time of 4:38.50 to finish sixth and Mark Van Eybergen touched the wall in 4:39.71 to claim seventh.

100 Fly
Arie placed fourth after throwing down a time of 49.48. Tying for fifth were Nico Sobenes and Cameron Thompson, who both logged times of 49.54. Ryan Peckham followed closely behind, earning seventh with a time of 49.66. In exhibitions, Ben Longeway and Zach Power recorded times of 49.23 and 49.27, respectively.

200 IM
The Mustangs swept the 200 IM podium, being led by Jack Moore with his time of 1:48.17.

Andy Baklanov nabbed second place after touching the wall in 1:48.86. Securing the sweep, Asher Good threw down a time of 1:49.64. Kristaps Mikelsons finished fourth, logging a time of 1:50.17. In exhibitions, Ben Longeway and Joe Umhofer recorded times of 1:51.05 and 1:56.82, respectively.

200 Free Relay
SMU’s record-holding squad of Benjamin Chateigner, Sage Sungail, Harold Lockhart and Eli Likins took the final victory in Salt Lake City, posting a 200 free relay time of 1:20.35.

George Gonzalez, Cameron Thompson, Francis Brennan and Jack Berube placed fourth in the event after touching the wall in 1:21.94.

UP NEXT
The Mustangs have completed their regular season. On Feb. 15-21, SMU will travel to Atlanta, Georgia, to compete at the ACC Championships.

Courtesy of Utah Athletics

SALT LAKE CITY – The University of Utah swim and dive program wrapped up the home portion of its schedule with on Saturday as both the men’s and women’s teams fell to SMU in Don Reddish Pool at Ute Natatorium.

The women’s team earned four gold medals in a narrow 161-133 defeat while the men’s side took home seven first-place results in a 173-127 result.

“We got challenged really well, which we needed,” head coach Jonas Persson said. “Some people stepped up, some people had a harder time, but that’s normal in the season where we are at. I think we learned a lot about what we can improve on next week against BYU and heading into the conference championships. Overall, we have a lot of positives from today.”

Hayley Smith led the Utah women with 18 points on the day thanks to wins in the 500 and 100 Free and Erin Palmer added 13 points on a first-place result in the 100 Breast and a second-place finish in the 100 Free. On the men’s side, Nick Chirafisi also won gold in the 500 and 1000 Free to lead the way with 18 points while Evan VanBrocklin added 14 points thanks to a gold in the 200 Fly and a bronze in the 100 Free.

On the diving boards, Utah was led by senior captains Elias Petersen and Kathryn Grant. Grant took gold on both the 1-meter and 3-meter springboards while Petersen won on 1-meter for the fourth time this season.

“I just want to say thank you to Elias and Kat, they’re pillars of the program, you can always count on them, and I’m just thankful to have been their coach,” head diving coach Richard Marschner said following the Senior Day meet. “We’re going to build on today’s meet and that’s what I’m excited to see. I would rather us have a day like today now than later, and I think we’re going to be better off at Zones and NCAAs because of that.”

In the Pool
The Utes came out on top in eight events Saturday to cap off the home slate.

• VanBrocklin won gold in the men’s 200 Fly, clocking a 1:46.59. The senior also took bronze in the 100 Free with a 44.69.
• Tim Rogersson earned his first collegiate win in the 50 Free, touching the wall in 21.06.
• Utah swept both the men’s and women’s 1000 Free. Smith, Ellie Broughton and Taylor Tomey placed one-two-three on the women’s side and Chirafisi, Owen Carlsen and Quinn Jones followed that up with a podium sweep themselves.
• Smith picked up her second gold of the day in the women’s 500 Free, going 4:58.21. Chirafisi took gold for the second time in the men’s race, touching in 4:26.19, while Nolan Arnholt’s 4:31.10 was good enough for bronze.
• The Utah men swept the 100 Fly. Nolan Dunkel took gold at 48.10, Jackson Kehler won silver with a 48.36, and Sebastian Wrona placed third with a 49.41.
• Palmer placed second in the 100 Free, touching in 50.13.
• Arnholt placed second in the men’s 200 Free with a 1:37.74 and was joined on the podium by Rogersson, who took third at 1:38.44. Isabella Riso took third in the women’s race, touching the wall in 1:51.86.
• Dunkel placed second in the men’s 100 Back at 47.28, while Kindsey Joyce took silver in the women’s race with a 56.61.
• Durgan McKean won silver in the men’s 100 Breast, touching the wall in 55.36.
• Teagan Steinmetz took silver in the 200 Breast at 2:16.75, beating out Broughton’s 2:23.77 third-place time. Strahinja Maslo placed third in the men’s race at 2:03.34.
• Similarly, Megan Legarth and Stephanie Oiesen placed second and third in the women’s 200 Back, clocking 2:04.09 and 2:04.33, respectively. Brandon Miller won bronze in the men’s race, recording a 1:46.14.
• Steinmetz also took silver in the women’s 200 IM, touching the wall in 2:05.39.
• Paige Korbely finished second in the 100 Fly, logging a personal-best 56.13.
• Sophia Cerimele came in third in the women’s 200 Fly, logging a 2:06.41.
• The men’s 200 Medley relay team of Dunkel, Caleb Gallagher, Kehler and Davis Stachelek took gold with a 1:27.77.

On the Boards
Led by its senior captains, Utah won gold in three of the four diving events.

• Petersen won on the men’s 1-meter springboard with a 325.13 total. Grant came out on top in the women’s competition, taking gold with a 295.28 total
• The women of Utah swept the 3-meter springboard competition. Grant won gold again with a 281.48 list score, Emilia Nilsson Garip took second with a 278.33, and Cierra Cole won bronze with a collegiate-best 273.08.
• Petersen logged his second podium of the day on the 3-meter, scoring 292.73 to place third.

Super Seniors
Utah Swim and Dive honored its ten graduating seniors with a senior day ceremony on Saturday morning. The 2026 class – Elias Petersen, Evan VanBrocklin, Davis Stachelek, Jackson Kehler, Brandon Miller, Sydney Even, Julia Bartell, Megan Legarth, Kathryn Grant and Erin Palmer – have contributed 25 top-10 marks in the program record book, including 10 school records.

“It’s special that I’ve had this group for four years, it’s the first senior class that has gone through all four years with me,” Persson said. “They’re going to be missed, but I’m most excited to see what they’re going to do next. I’m thankful for what they’ve contributed to this program. It’s a great group of guys and girls.”

Up Next
Utah is back in action on Friday, Feb. 6, at 5 p.m. when they make the short drive south for the rivalry meet against BYU. Both the men’s and women’s teams outscored BYU when the two sides last saw one another at the Big 12 West Championship earlier this month.