PROVO, Utah – BYU swim heads to Thousand Oaks, California for the UC Santa Barbara Invite Friday and the MPSF Open Water Water Championships held in Long Beach, California Saturday.
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UC Santa Barbara Invite |
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| Start Time |
7:30 p.m. MDT |
| Venue: | Samuelson Aquatics Center/Thousand Oaks, California |
| Live Results | Meet Mobile |
Hosted by UC Santa Barbara at Cal Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks, California at the Samuelson Aquatics Center on Friday, Oct. 16, the Cougars are set to compete against the the Gauchos with the meet kicking off at 7:30 p.m. MDT.
Cougars Competing
Summer Thresher returns to the pool for her second ever collegiate meet after setting the BYU school record in the 100 backstroke with a 52.97 second finish. The true freshman will compete in the 100 backstroke and 200 backstroke.
Haylee Tiffany, the BYU school record holder in the 200 freestyle, will look to break her own record in the event as well as attempt to move up the all-time BYU chart in the 100 freestyle where she sits at No. 9 with a 49.98 second time.
Tatum Cooley looks to top the chart in the 50 freestyle, an event where she holds the No. 2 all-time Cougar record at 22.59 seconds. The junior also entered in the 100 freestyle.
Sarah Eliason, on the heels of a school record setting performance in the 100 individual medley at the Intermountain Shootout, looks to improve upon her other school record in the 50 butterfly. The junior set the 56.91 record earlier this year. She will also compete in the 100 butterfly.
Lucy Warnick looks to break the 2 minute barrier in the 200 individual medley for the first time in her career and simultaneously move up the BYU record boards in the event where she sits at No.5 all-time.
Peter Etzold looks to improve best time in the 100 breaststroke, a 52.03 second finish that lands him No. 2 all-time at BYU. He will also race in the 200 breaststroke, an event where he holds the No. 4 all-time BYU mark.
Max Kleinman will compete in the 100 backstroke and the 200 individual medley. The junior from Gilbert, Arizona has his name etched in nine different event top 10s at BYU including the school record in the 100 individual medley.
Tanner Nelson, the decorated senior from South Jordan, Utah looks to improve his No. 3 all-time record of 1:34.93 in the 200 freestyle. Mattia Reina is set for a similar improvement in the 200 butterfly where he also sits at No. 3 all-time with his 1:45.34 performance earlier this year.
Evan Vandersluis is set to compete in the 100 breaststroke and the 200 breaststroke, events where he holds the No. 4 and No. 9 all-time Cougar records respectively. Tanner Edwards is also set to improve his 2024 record of 46.48 in the 100 butterfly that sits at No. 5 all-time.
| 2026 MPSF OPEN WATER CHAMPIONSHIP | |
| Start Time & Meet Info |
10:00 a.m. MDT |
| Venue: | Marine Stadium/Long Beach, California |
| Live Results | ATHLINKS |
| Live Stream | GOLS |
The meet is set for Saturday Oct. 17 starting at 10:00 a.m. MDT at Marine Stadium in Long Beach, California. It features distance events including the 5k, 1k and 2k relay. The Cougars will be competing against swimmers from UC Santa Barbara, Grand Canyon University, USC, Cal Baptist, Washington State, Quincy University and others. Each represented school is a member of the MPSF conference for Open Water Swimming.
Cougars Competing
The Cougars will feature Dane Weber, Mousser, Nelson and Gavin Willyerd in the men’s 5k swim set to race at 10:00 a.m. MDT. Weber, Mousser and Nelson all hold the No. 2, No. 3 and No. 4 all-time BYU records in the distance.
Melissa Turlea, Chesney Bonner and Lauren Nielsen will compete on the women’s side 5k swim with that race set to begin at 11:30 a.m. MDT. Turlea holds the No. 2 all-time BYU record in the event.
BYU will also compete in the 2000 freestyle relay with an A and B relay squad for both men and women. The men will feature Weber, Nelson, Mouser and Willyerd in the A relay and Drew Ravegum, Max Cannon, Reina and Jonah Ho in the B relay. The women will feature Warnick, Annabelle Martin, Bonner and Tiffany in the A squad, with Cooley, Nielsen, Turlea and Taylor Bennett filling out the B squad.