BYU swim and dive defeats UNLV on senior day

PROVO, Utah – Celebrating eight graduating seniors in their final home meet of the season, BYU swim and dive defeated the UNLV women 173-87 and the men 214-86 Saturday morning at the Richards Building Pool.

"This meet was exactly what we hoped it would be,” Head coach Tamber McAllister said of the teams performance, “An opportunity to sharpen our race skills as we prepare for our rested meet at the University of Missouri in a few weeks. I was impressed with how our athletes committed to their race plans, learned from mistakes, and made adjustments throughout the meet. The results were encouraging!”

The Cougars collected 26 first place finishes across both men’s and women’s teams, only allowing UNLV just six victories over the course of the meet. Max Cannon set the No. 10 all-time record in the 100 breaststroke where he took third overall finishing in 54.18 seconds. The junior made his debut on the BYU record boards with the mark and was the lone record breaker for the Cougars.

Swimming

Both Cougar teams opened the meet to sweep the 400 medley relays with the women’s team comprised of Summer Thresher, Lucy Warnick, Tatum Cooley and Sarah Eliason finishing in 3:40.36 and the men’s squad which included Tanner Edwards, Jimmy Beeson, Peter Etzold and Max Kleinman finished in 3:11.00.

Melissa Turlea then claimed the first individual victory for BYU on the day with a 10:13.97 finish in the 1000 freestyle. Minutes later Tanner Nelson did the same on the men’s side with a first place, 9:13.51 finish in the same event.

Haylee Tiffany was victorious in the 200 freestyle with a 1:49.07 and Lucca Ferreira won the same event for the men in 1:37.07. Thresher, a freshman, won the 100 backstroke in 54.51 seconds and Kleinman, hot off the heels of the relay win, claimed victory in the 100 backstroke with a 47.16 second performance.

Warnick won the 100 breaststroke just moments later and Peter Etzold was the winner of the men’s 100 breaststroke with a 53.13. Lucy Marek took the 200 butterfly crown for the women’s team in 2:04.64 while Mattia Reina won the men’s 200 butterfly with a 1:48.06 finish.

Tatum Cooley won the 50 freestyle, the 100 freestyle with 23.13 second and 50.46 second performances respectively. Will Bonnett won the 50 freestyle for the men and Joshua Reed the 100 freestyle.

Thresher then struck for the third time on the meet with a first place, 2:00.87 and Warnick claimed the 200 breaststroke crown with a 2:14.22 finish. Turlea won the women’s 500 freestyle in 4:58.91 and Nelson the men’s in 4:26.77.

Eliason then won the 100 butterfly and Beeson won the same event for the men. Transfer Drew Ravegum claimed victory in the 200 individual medley with a 1:49.47 finish before the men’s and women’s teams swept the 200 freestyle relay with a 1:34.05 finish for the women and a 1:20.07 finish for the men.

Diving

Brooklyn Goeckeritz led the women’s dive team taking second in the one-meter scoring 222.30 points while taking fourth in the three-meter with 233.55 points.

Rock Sweet led the men’s team with third place finishes in both the one-meter and three-meter scoring 208.50 and 229.50 points respectively.

BYU celebrated its eight graduating seniors at the meet with each of them competing in their final meet at the Richards Building Pool. The swim and dive graduating class includes three women and five men with seven swimmers and one diver.

"It’s bittersweet to see our seniors finish their final home meets at the Richards Building Pool." McAllister said, "They’ve created lasting memories here, and their impact on this team will continue well beyond this weekend. We still have important goals ahead through March, and I know they’ll keep leading us toward them."

Up Next

The Cougars head on the road to the Mizzou Invite on November 17-20 in Columbia, Missouri at the Mizzou Aquatic Center.