PROVO, Utah —BYU men’s swim and dive churned out eight more event wins on its way to defeating Colorado Mesa and Air Force by nearly 300 points at the Richards Building Pool on Saturday.
“We didn’t know what we were going to get from our swimmers after two hard weeks of training, but they stepped it up and swam well,” said BYU head swimming coach Shari Skabelund. “Our men just keep finding all kinds of angles and ways to get better.”
The Cougars totaled 921 points across two days of competition while Colorado Mesa scored 623 and Air Force 375.
Abraham Barragan led all BYU men with 53 points and was one of three to clear the 50. Darwin Anderson and Brad Prolo added 52 and 50, respectively. Jordan Tiffany’s 48 points and Joshua Reed’s 44 rounded out the Cougars’ top-five scorers.
BYU bookended the day with relay wins that secured back-to-back meets of relay sweeps. Tiffany, Prolo, Tanner Edwards and Luigi Riva teamed up to go 1:30.12 in the 200 medley relay. The meet ended with the 400 free relay squad of Abraham Zimmerman, Diego Camacho Salgado, Reed and Riva edging CMU at the wall to finish 3:01.19.
Tiffany tacked on two more event wins as he clocked 48.36 and 48.45 in the 100 fly and 100 back, respectively. The Cougars dominated the 100 fly with Prolo, Tony Puertas, Carson Hamblin and Tanner Edwards filling second through fifth places.
Reed’s second win of the meet came as he narrowly beat out teammate Payton Plumb with a time of 1:41.36. Prolo picked up 16 more points for BYU with a 55.14 win in the 100 breast while Darwin Anderson did the same at 16:14.21 in the 1650 free.
BYU men’s diving finished in places first through third with three personal bests set in the 3-meter (six dives) competition. Mickey Strauss tallied 352.60 points to win the event. Chase Hindmarsh (33.65) and Russell Haws (324.20) finished second and third, respectively, each with a personal best. Carter Davis recorded a personal best 304.30 and took seventh.
“We had a really good, consistent meet with a lot of good dives from a lot of different athletes,” said BYU head diving coach Tyce Routson. “We’re working our way towards being ready for Big 12 Championships.”
After two weeks off, BYU will compete again at the Richards Building Pool in a Senior Day showdown versus rival Utah on Feb. 9-10.