Summer Stanfield took first place in the 200 freestyle, 100 butterfly and 200 individual medley and the University of Utah women’s swimming and diving team collected a 156-99 victory over the Washington State Cougars on Friday evening in Pac-12 Conference action inside the Ute Natatorium.
“I think we competed really well,” said Utah coach Jonas Persson. “It was nice to see the women’s team be really excited, really want to win and getting after it. It’s nice to see that competitive edge and aggressiveness in the meet. I’m happy that we’re able to step up in every meet and do well. It’s really promising for the conference meet and it’s promising for next weekend against the team down south.”
Stanfield’s performance marked the fifth time in 2022-23 she’s ended a Utah dual meet with multiple wins and her first triumph came in the 200 free, the third event of the day, which she finished in 1:52.04. She was back in the pool in and back in the winner’s circle in the 100 fly, touching in 56.28 and one event later, she captured the 200 IM, finishing with a time of 2:04.58.
This was the third time in her Utah career Stanfield has won three events in one meet. She also accomplished that feat against BYU during the 2021-22 season and in 2019-20 against Tulane.
The meet began with the Utah 400 medley relay and Stanfield teamed up with Norah Hay, Erin Palmer and Reagan Cathcart to start the competition with a Utah win and a time of 3:45.97. The next triumph for the home team came in the 100 backstroke, which was won by Lily Milner in 56.04 in and Hilja Schimmel followed by posting a mark of 1:03.91 to take first in the 100 breaststroke.
Utah’s Katie Hale clocked in at 23.35 in the 50 free to grab Utah’s fifth victory of the day and Maddie Woznick logged a time of 52.20 to triumph in the 100 free. Krystal Lieu picked up one more win for the home side in the 200 breaststroke, which she completed in 2:19.54. The 200 breast was also one of five events in which Utes occupied all of the top three spots.
“We had some great swims,” said Persson, “some surprising good swims. We know they’re capable, but its good see that they were able to bring that out in a dual meet. Spirits are high and we’ll get back to work tomorrow and we’re looking forward to the next five weeks of the season.”
Lizzy DeCecco and Lexi Mills both put up scores in the 1m and 3m and they posted NCAA Championship qualifying scores in the latter event for Utah. DeCecco’s dives gave her a score of 287.90, while Mills finished with 287.70 points. In the 1m, Mills posted a mark of 250.65 and DeCecco’s point total was 205.40.
In her first clash with the Utes of the season, Washington State’s Noelle Harvey began the afternoon in style by capturing a first-place finish in the 1000 free touching the wall at 10:25.95 and tallying nine points for the Cougs. Harvey grabbed her second win of the night in the 500 free clocking in her fastest time as a Coug at 5:03.96.
The 200-fly ensued, and Dori Hathazi clinched a winning time of 2:02.94, capturing 9 points for the Cougs. Hathazi swam her way to a second-place finish in the 100 fly touching the wall at 56.82.
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