PROVO, Utah — BYU men’s swim and dive completed its opening day of weekend competition at two meets in Denver, Colorado and Los Angeles, California on Friday.
Swimming Recap
The Cougars posted three event wins in day one of a tri-meet versus Denver and Wyoming at El Pomar Natatorium.
“We raced well after coming off a hard winter training trip,” said BYU head swimming coach Shari Skabelund. “Our athletes are tired, but continue to find ways to improve.”
Brothers Tanner and Emerson Edwards swam in spots one and two, respectively, for BYU’s 200 medley relay “A” squad. Together with Brad Prolo and Luigi Riva, the brothers’ Edwards won the relay at 1:27.05, nearly a second ahead of Wyoming’s “A” squad and a new pool record.
Tanner Edwards was at it again for BYU later in the meet. The freshman from Columbia, South Carolina clocked 47.27 to win the 100 fly over three-fourths of a second ahead of Wyoming’s Gavin Smith.
Emerson Edwards came in second in the 200 breast at 1:58.93 and was followed closely by Prolo in third at 1:59.37.
Joshua Reed, Diego Camacho Salgado, Payton Plumb and Riva combined to finish the night with a 2:57.88 win in the 400 free relay. Reed also clocked 44.75 to tie for runner-up in the 100 free with Denver’s Frank Tirone.
BYU looks to finish strong when competition resumes in Denver on Saturday at 10:30 a.m. MST.
Diving Recap
BYU men’s diving opened competition in the Bruin Diving Invitational at UCLA’s Spieker Aquatic Center in Los Angeles on Friday. The Cougars faced six top-50 ranked athletes, including the nation’s No. 2-ranked 3-meter diver in YuTong Wang of Minnesota.
“Today, we faced the best competition all season,” said BYU head diving coach Tyce Routson. “Team event was a great addition and helps us prepare for the Big 12 Championships. We added some new dives in their first officially scored event and I was pleased with our results.”
Chase Hindmarsh showed out for the Cougars with a 269 in the 3-meter preliminary event followed by a 13th-place finish with a total of 559.10.
While coming up short of the finals, Nathan Marshall, Carter Davis and Russell Haws rounded out BYU’s scoring for the day. After Friday’s action, BYU has a team score of 237 and stands in fourth.
Saturday will see the Cougars compete on the platform with prelims at 10:30 a.m. and finals at 12:30 p.m. PST.