FORT WORTH, Texas — Despite falling to TCU 200-172, BYU men’s swim and dive showed plenty of promise in dual meet action at the University Recreation Center on Friday.
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“We battled hard for every win in so many close races,” said BYU swimming head coach Shari Skabelund. “We are proud of how hard our athletes fought today and excited for all of the growth happening on this team.”
Luigi Riva, Brad Prolo and Jordan Tiffany combined to score 49 of BYU’s 134 points. Bryce Broadhead and Chase Hindmarsh combined for 18 points while Abraham Barragan pitched in eight.
Tiffany posted the program’s second-best all-time 100 fly time at the Intermountain Shootout on Sept. 30 and wasted no time breaking that record on Friday. The junior from Pleasant Grove, Utah clocked 45.86 to win the event by nearly two seconds over the Horned Frogs’ Piotr Sadlowski. Tiffany’s time is good for No. 2 nationally behind only Ilya Kharun of top-ranked Arizona State.
The program’s previous men’s 100 fly record was set at 46.40 by Javier Nicolas Matta in 2022.
Tiffany also contributed to relay wins for the Cougars in the 400 medley and free relays. The squad of Tiffany, Prolo, Jacob Ballard and Riva recorded the nation’s ninth-best 400 MR time at 3:12.36. Tiffany, Joshua Reed, Camacho Salgado and Riva then finished in 2:57.37 to take first in the 400 FR and surpass Penn State for No. 8 nationally.
Individually, Prolo recorded wins in the 200 fly and 200 breast as well. Prolo controlled the 200 fly to the tune of a 4-second win at 1:45.15. In the 200 breast, Prolo registered a personal best at 1:58.04, and now ranks 10th over No. 3 Florida’s Aleksas Savickas.
Riva’s commanding presence in the relays was complemented by Friday evening wins in both 50 and 100 free. The junior from Milan, Italy finished the 50 free in 20.30 then narrowly eclipsed Sadlowski by 0.17 seconds with a 44.77 win in the 100.
BYU true freshman Bryce Broadhead showed promise in the 200 back as he cut nearly five seconds off his entry time to win the event at 1:47.11 over TCU’s Edgar Cicanci. Broadhead now ranks No. 9 all-time at BYU in the event, surpassing Gary Tan’s time set in 2001.
Chase Hindmarsh and Russell Haws led men’s diving with 15 combined points.
“I’m proud of the energy we brought and that we endured three diving events in one go,” said head diving coach Tyce Routson. “It was great to see us come up with some great dives and zone cut scores early in the season.”
Hindmarsh placed third in both the platform and 3-meter events while Haws scored in platform, 1-meeter and 3-meter. In just his second-career collegiate meet, Haws recorded the Cougars’ high-score in the 1-meter at 287.
BYU competes again on Nov. 3 in a dual meet at UNLV.