GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. — BYU men’s swim and dive won its dual matchups with Utah and Colorado Mesa by a combined 170 points with seven event wins, including a school record-breaking 50 fly performance from Tanner Edwards.
| Intermountain Shootout | Dual Meet Format Team Scores | Oct. 5 |
| BYU 139, Utah 60 |
| BYU 148, Colorado Mesa 57 |
"This weekend was about getting races under our belt and having fun racing again," said BYU head swim and dive coach Tamber McAllister. "We learned a lot of lessons that we will take into training as we prepare for the rest of the season."
Edwards clocked 21.43 in the 50 fly to surpass teammate Jordan Tiffany’s school record of 21.68 set a season ago. Luigi Riva (22.03) and Nathaniel Eliason (22.40) followed Edwards in finishing second and third, respectively, to give BYU 16 points in that race alone. Riva’s 50 fly ranks fourth all-time at BYU while Eliason’s sits at eighth.
Eliason, a true freshman from Mechanicsville, Virginia, also recorded an individual event win of his own in the 100 free while combining with Max Kleinman, Joshua Reed and Diego Camacho Salgado for the 400 free relay victory at 2:59.85.
After winning the 100 individual medley on Friday, Kleinman continued a promising season-opening meet with a 48.08 to win the 100 fly along with contributions on both first-place finishing relay squads.
Tanner Nelson added to his 200 IM win on Friday with the meet’s 400 IM title on Saturday. Nelson finished the 400 IM in 3:56.69, nearly two seconds ahead of runner-up Strahinja Masio of Utah. Nelson then finished the day with three more points for the Cougars as he finished third in the 200 breast at 2:04.55.
BYU commanded the 200 breast podium with Emerson Edwards and Peter Etzold coming in just ahead of Nelson in first and second, respectively.
Darwin Anderson won his second distance event in as many days with a 4:34.36 time to take the top spot in the 500 free.
BYU men’s diving took each of the top three spots in the 3-meter (11 dives) competition on Saturday. Freshmen Ezra Purcell and Marti Llop finished one-two with 523.73 and 489.15 points, respectively, while Chase Hindmarsh took third at 487.58.
“The team worked hard for their first meet and it was great to see where they’re at this early in the season,” said BYU dive coach Tyce Routson. “We look forward to seeing improvement as we get ready to face Texas A&M and TCU.”
After a week off, the Cougars take to the road again for a tri-meet with the Aggies and Horned Frogs in College Station, Texas Oct. 18-19.