PROVO -- After defeating Air Force on Friday 140-97, the No. 23 BYU men's swimming and diving team recorded another convincing victory this time over the Cowboys of Wyoming 147-63, and claimed the Mountain West Conference regular season title.
This is the first year the MWC has awarded a regular season champion for swim. The Cougars went undefeated in conference meets posting a 4-0 record and remain undefeated in head-to-head competition this season with a 7-0 mark.
On the way to their win over the Cowboys, the Cougars claimed 11 of 13 events in the meet including a sweep in the 50 free and first and second place finishes in both the 200 medley and the 200 free relays.
The Cougar 200 free relay team consisting of seniors Jeff Mason, Brent Parker, Michael Mullen and Billy Betz came within 0.03 seconds of breaking the pool record for the event.
On the women's side, the Cougars claimed their second consecutive victory of the season with a 152-88 victory over Wyoming.
With Saturday's win over the Cowboys, and Friday's win over Air Force, the Cougars made sure that the women's head coach Stan Crump's record remained unblemished as Crump has never lost a meet to either school in his 22 year tenure at BYU.
The women took first place in 10 of 13 events against the Cowboys including wins in the distance events as junior Monica Ferrell won both the 1000 and the 500 free.
BYU v. Wyoming University 1/25/2003Results
Women -- BYU 152 Men -- BYU 142
Wyo 88 Wyo 63
Event 1 Women 200 Yard Medley Relay
Team Relay Finals Time
1 BYU A 1:48.69
Burrows, Nichole Covington, Tamber
Juvan, Lyndi Adams, Cortnee
28.24 30.36 26.66 23.43
2 UW A 1:50.97
Haywood, Katie Lewis, Missy
Mallett, Ashley Springer, Lindsey
28.55 30.89 27.19 24.34
3 BYU B 1:51.04
Schlup, Natasha Grant, Amanda
Merrell, Aubrey Lambert, Jamie
28.25 30.56 27.52 24.71
4 BYU C x1:53.30
Bates, Nikki Xanthos, Nikki
Egan, Kristi Predium, Laura Kay
30.02 30.31 27.91 25.06
5 UW B 1:54.45
Niederer, Ashlie Leziy-Miller, Alexandra
Stallings, Ganae Michelena, Samantha
29.15 31.80 28.13 25.37
6 BYU D x1:58.36
Mann, Amber Grant, Melanie
Majaj, Hana Mason, Rachel
30.31 31.66 29.35 27.04
Event 2 Men 200 Yard Medley Relay
Team Relay Finals Time
1 BYU A 1:32.47
Johnson, Chris Ware, Adam
Yabe, Diogo Parker, Brent
23.50 26.00 22.83 20.14
2 BYU B 1:33.70
Malfatt, Jon Belliston, Randy
Carpenter, Kenny Mullen, Michael
24.21 26.27 22.68 20.54
3 UW A 1:33.92
Maclean, Ethan Usher, Scott
Birks, Gene Kritzinger, Grant
24.24 25.91 22.51 21.26
4 UW B 1:38.28
Leopold, Brad Weidert, Jake
Wardell, Morgan Skarsgard, Brock
25.20 27.33 23.68 22.07
Event 3 Women 1000 Yard Free
Name Yr Team Finals Time
1 Ferrell, Monica BYU 10:41.91
29.84 31.70 32.21 32.34
32.38 32.51 32.49 32.48
32.41 32.56 32.20 32.08
32.02 31.95 32.30 32.09
32.01 32.05 32.49 31.80
2 Lewis, Kristin UW 10:50.23
29.95 31.51 32.11 32.16
32.46 32.50 32.36 32.60
32.50 32.45 32.68 32.81
33.14 33.19 33.16 33.49
32.89 33.18 33.20 31.89
3 Bloom, Shannon BYU 11:04.80
29.89 32.42 32.88 33.56
33.66 33.77 33.84 33.27
33.92 33.67 33.65 33.87
33.89 33.82 33.83 33.74
33.71 33.68 32.51 31.22
4 Hennings, Erin UW 11:32.20
30.71 34.01 33.66 34.69
35.22 35.12 35.65 35.14
35.91 35.32 34.27 35.36
34.81 34.83 35.03 34.70
34.45 34.61 34.61 34.10
Event 4 Men 1000 Yard Free
Name Yr Team Finals Time
1 Price, Travis BYU 9:36.25
26.38 28.64 29.34 29.20
29.07 29.25 29.31 29.25
29.26 29.37 28.68 28.73
28.88 28.78 28.72 28.64
28.64 28.93 28.64 28.54
2 Storz, Damian UW 9:41.04
26.27 28.66 29.25 29.43
29.00 29.39 29.32 29.54
29.31 29.38 28.94 28.95
28.93 29.22 29.34 28.89
29.19 29.11 29.74 29.18
3 Ferrell, John BYU 9:55.30
26.35 29.31 29.89 30.18
30.15 29.79 29.54 29.87
29.72 29.76 29.97 29.76
30.21 30.17 30.28 30.28
30.04 30.23 30.21 29.59
4 Weidert, Jake UW 9:57.93
27.01 29.76 29.29 29.93
30.07 30.24 30.13 30.35
30.76 30.33 30.23 30.71
30.61 30.82 30.55 30.64
29.08 29.24 29.60 28.58
5 Lim, Terrence BYU 10:06.07
27.74 30.47 30.47 30.77
30.89 30.45 30.74 30.68
31.00 30.72 30.65 30.52
30.31 30.19 30.18 30.05
30.00 30.91 30.48 28.85
6 Storey, Josh UW 10:39.14
27.96 31.30 31.53 31.29
32.12 31.48 32.05 32.17
32.73 32.74 32.89 32.69
32.72 32.63 32.73 32.09
32.48 32.43 31.85 31.26
Event 5 Women 200 Yard Free
Name Yr Team Finals Time
1 Schmid, Allison UW 1:57.02
28.23 29.58 29.82 29.39
2 Pederson, Becky BYU 1:58.21
27.92 29.70 30.19 30.40
3 Schlup, Natasha BYU 2:02.63
28.43 30.28 32.05 31.87
4 Garrick, Amy BYU 2:02.73
29.33 31.14 31.70 30.56
5 Haywood, Anne UW 2:03.77
28.48 30.76 31.93 32.60
6 Jennings, Jessica UW 2:04.25
28.99 31.24 32.15 31.87
7 Grant, Melanie BYU x2:04.76
29.50 31.32 32.33 31.61
8 Elliott, Toni UW x2:07.42
29.33 31.44 32.91 33.74
Event 6 Men 200 Yard Free
Name Yr Team Finals Time
1 Mason, Jeff BYU 1:40.22
24.71 26.04 24.93 24.54
2 Yabe, Diogo BYU 1:41.05
24.02 25.63 25.62 25.78
3 Chudleigh, Jerram UW 1:41.19
24.03 25.84 25.82 25.50
4 Johnson, Chris BYU 1:41.86
23.55 26.43 26.02 25.86
5 Dibble, Ted UW 1:47.12
24.87 27.05 27.50 27.70
6 Skarsgard, Brock UW 1:47.69
24.67 27.22 28.08 27.72
7 Niesent, Seth UW x1:47.82
25.34 27.19 27.76 27.53
Event 7 Women 50 Yard Free
Name Yr Team Finals Time
1 Riskowski, Jody UW 24.99
2 Lewis, Missy UW 25.18
3 Lambert, Jamie BYU 25.19
4 Xanthos, Nikki BYU 25.26
5 Grant, Amanda BYU 25.36
6 Rappleye, Kathryn BYU x25.64
7 Kotby, Kenzie UW 25.86
Event 8 Men 50 Yard Free
Name Yr Team Finals Time
1 Parker, Brent BYU 20.64
2 Betz, Billy BYU 21.01
3 Mullen, Michael BYU 21.07
4 Bekker, James BYU x21.61
5 George, Jon UW 21.95
6 Birks, Gene UW 22.06
7 Taylor, Beau UW 22.52
8 Perica, Bryce UW x22.63
--- Sorensen, Brian BYU X21.51
--- Carpenter, Kenny BYU X21.75
(Event 8 Men 50 Yard Free)
--- Thompson, Terry BYU X21.77
--- Hasselbach, Grant BYU X21.96
Event 9 Women 400 Yard IM
Name Yr Team Finals Time
1 Covington, Tamber BYU 4:40.46
29.96 34.28 36.05 36.89
38.09 38.37 33.52 33.30
2 Mallett, Ashley UW 4:44.36
29.79 33.60 37.19 36.80
40.31 41.31 33.08 32.28
3 Nelson, Julie BYU 4:46.72
30.48 33.83 36.41 36.82
41.63 42.75 32.84 31.96
4 Egan, Kristi BYU 4:47.53
30.75 34.67 37.36 36.87
40.13 40.65 33.66 33.44
5 Lewis, Kristin UW 4:54.33
31.56 35.79 38.88 38.20
42.49 44.18 32.14 31.09
6 Leziy-Miller, Alexandr UW 4:58.02
30.35 36.59 38.63 38.72
41.30 43.20 35.72 33.51
7 Mason, Rachel BYU x5:05.35
29.66 33.34 35.14 36.14
40.43 46.78 41.39 42.47
--- VanDenBurghe, Diane BYU X4:51.44
30.21 34.53 37.20 36.66
44.36 44.00 32.90 31.58
Event 10 Men 400 Yard IM
Name Yr Team Finals Time
1 Belliston, Randy BYU 4:00.31
26.04 29.47 30.45 30.62
33.54 34.90 27.58 27.71
2 Storz, Damian UW 4:06.57
26.71 29.94 32.52 31.93
34.97 34.86 28.00 27.64
3 Gough, Galen UW 4:12.45
26.04 29.59 31.44 30.98
36.03 36.87 30.95 30.55
4 Anderson, Zach BYU 4:13.30
26.66 29.98 32.37 31.96
36.54 37.44 30.31 28.04
5 McNeely, Jon UW 4:19.02
27.85 32.47 32.75 33.54
35.22 36.60 30.55 30.04
6 Ware, Adam BYU 4:21.37
27.30 31.72 34.79 34.54
36.80 36.39 30.59 29.24
Event 11 Women 3 mtr Diving
Name Yr Team Finals Score
1 Einfeldt, Kelli BYU 283.12
2 Low, Aubrey BYU 273.00
3 Routsong, Rachelle BYU 248.48
4 Kimball, Channing UW 217.12
5 Dahl, Tessa BYU x213.00
6 Boyle, Shea UW 207.46
7 Niederer, Ashlie UW 203.47
8 Ahrens, Lindsay UW x201.97
9 Campbell, Ashley BYU x173.55
Event 12 Men 1 mtr Diving
Name Yr Team Finals Score
--- Trost, Landon BYU X212.39
--- Randall, Scott BYU X245.70
--- Russell, Aaron BYU X323.55
--- Beardall, Justin BYU X326.48
Event 13 Women 100 Yard Fly
Name Yr Team Finals Time
1 Adams, Cortnee BYU 57.78
26.78 31.00
2 Juvan, Lyndi BYU 1:00.53
28.09 32.44
3 Mallett, Ashley UW 1:00.55
28.82 31.73
4 Merrell, Aubrey BYU 1:00.63
29.15 31.48
5 Mann, Amber BYU x1:01.04
28.66 32.38
6 Haywood, Anne UW 1:01.11
29.12 31.99
7 Elliott, Toni UW 1:04.98
30.80 34.18
8 Stallings, Ganae UW x1:05.27
29.71 35.56
--- Bates, Nikki BYU X1:01.63
28.84 32.79
--- Garrick, Amy BYU X1:03.72
30.37 33.35
--- Majaj, Hana BYU X1:03.84
30.32 33.52
Event 14 Men 100 Yard Fly
Name Yr Team Finals Time
1 Yabe, Diogo BYU 50.52
24.34 26.18
2 Birks, Gene UW 50.90
24.02 26.88
3 Carpenter, Kenny BYU 51.38
24.13 27.25
4 Larson, Levi BYU 51.39
23.83 27.56
5 Gough, Galen UW 52.74
24.83 27.91
6 Taylor, Beau UW 52.87
24.67 28.20
7 Hasselbach, Grant BYU x53.32
24.47 28.85
8 Wardell, Morgan UW x53.85
25.00 28.85
Event 15 Women 100 Yard Free
Name Yr Team Finals Time
1 Bloom, Shannon BYU 54.21
26.40 27.81
2 Haywood, Katie UW 54.43
26.43 28.00
3 Springer, Lindsey UW 54.56
26.10 28.46
4 Predium, Laura Kay BYU 55.60
27.00 28.60
5 Michelena, Samantha UW 56.82
27.08 29.74
6 VanDenBurghe, Diane BYU 56.83
27.50 29.33
7 Kotby, Kenzie UW x57.09
27.41 29.68
Event 16 Men 100 Yard Free
Name Yr Team Finals Time
1 Mason, Jeff BYU 45.20
22.54 22.66
2 Betz, Billy BYU 45.96
22.30 23.66
3 Kritzinger, Grant UW 47.66
22.85 24.81
4 Thompson, Terry BYU 47.81
22.82 24.99
5 Skarsgard, Brock UW 48.23
23.20 25.03
6 George, Jon UW 48.37
23.13 25.24
7 Perica, Bryce UW x48.66
23.24 25.42
Event 17 Women 100 Yard Back
Name Yr Team Finals Time
1 Burrows, Nichole BYU 58.59
28.82 29.77
2 Schlup, Natasha BYU 59.92
29.26 30.66
3 Riskowski, Jody UW 1:00.19
29.65 30.54
4 Lilly, Janelyn UW 1:01.22
29.66 31.56
5 Rappleye, Kathryn BYU 1:01.87
29.97 31.90
6 Jennings, Jessica UW 1:06.72
32.56 34.16
7 Kemp, Melissa BYU x1:07.04
33.12 33.92
Event 18 Men 100 Yard Back
Name Yr Team Finals Time
1 Johnson, Chris BYU 50.73
24.38 26.35
2 Maclean, Ethan UW 51.39
24.96 26.43
(Event 18 Men 100 Yard Back)
3 Malfatt, Jon BYU 52.38
25.37 27.01
4 Bekker, James BYU 53.58
26.18 27.40
5 Ferrell, John BYU x53.67
26.36 27.31
6 Ferber, Guy UW 54.23
26.63 27.60
7 Leopold, Brad UW 54.39
25.87 28.52
8 Storey, Josh UW x56.03
27.63 28.40
Event 19 Women 500 Yard Free
Name Yr Team Finals Time
1 Ferrell, Monica BYU 5:13.00
29.34 31.28 31.78 31.96
31.77 31.67 31.90 31.48
31.19 30.63
2 Schmid, Allison UW 5:14.41
29.45 31.35 31.97 31.97
31.81 31.85 31.78 31.84
31.74 30.65
3 Lewis, Kristin UW 5:19.41
30.79 32.45 32.18 32.23
32.15 32.16 32.22 32.16
31.97 31.10
4 Pederson, Becky BYU 5:22.20
29.93 31.68 31.94 32.25
32.39 32.67 32.82 33.21
32.93 32.38
5 Nelson, Julie BYU 5:25.85
30.29 32.70 32.60 32.58
32.78 32.92 33.17 33.30
33.19 32.32
6 McClellan, Amy BYU x5:29.53
29.84 32.31 32.77 33.13
32.96 33.47 33.68 34.08
33.66 33.63
7 Hennings, Erin UW 5:35.37
30.54 33.39 33.86 33.71
33.87 33.97 34.47 33.92
34.05 33.59
8 Haywood, Anne UW x5:40.24
31.13 33.36 33.48 33.49
33.65 34.37 34.90 35.15
35.43 35.28
Event 20 Men 500 Yard Free
Name Yr Team Finals Time
1 Chudleigh, Jerram UW 4:30.77
24.98 27.52 27.90 28.02
27.73 27.59 27.07 26.93
26.67 26.36
2 Price, Travis BYU 4:39.50
26.18 27.86 28.36 28.22
27.66 27.63 27.76 28.34
28.98 28.51
3 Storz, Damian UW 4:44.73
26.15 28.15 28.59 28.68
28.66 28.70 28.80 29.27
29.16 28.57
4 Anderson, Zach BYU 4:50.09
26.38 28.67 28.94 29.01
29.18 29.50 29.61 29.86
30.14 28.80
5 Lim, Terrence BYU 4:52.53
26.84 29.36 29.90 29.89
29.59 29.90 29.59 29.80
29.48 28.18
6 Dibble, Ted UW 4:55.75
27.23 29.82 30.27 30.29
30.36 29.68 29.58 29.60
29.92 29.00
7 Niesent, Seth UW x4:58.68
27.51 29.46 30.22 30.16
29.93 30.14 30.22 30.53
30.50 30.01
Event 21 Women 1 mtr Diving
Name Yr Team Finals Score
1 Einfeldt, Kelli BYU 257.63
2 Low, Aubrey BYU 243.82
3 Boyle, Shea UW 223.49
4 Routsong, Rachelle BYU 201.07
5 Niederer, Ashlie UW 200.17
6 Dahl, Tessa BYU x191.16
7 Kimball, Channing UW 183.37
8 Ahrens, Lindsay UW x177.97
9 Campbell, Ashley BYU x172.27
Event 22 Men 3 mtr Diving
Name Yr Team Finals Score
--- Trost, Landon BYU X233.40
--- Randall, Scott BYU X300.90
--- Beardall, Justin BYU X311.55
--- Russell, Aaron BYU X339.22
Event 23 Women 100 Yard Breast
Name Yr Team Finals Time
1 Covington, Tamber BYU 1:05.77
31.26 34.51
2 Grant, Amanda BYU 1:05.82
31.61 34.21
3 Lewis, Missy UW 1:06.67
31.37 35.30
4 Xanthos, Nikki BYU 1:08.02
32.46 35.56
5 Lambert, Jamie BYU x1:08.56
32.62 35.94
6 Leziy-Miller, Alexandr UW 1:09.53
32.55 36.98
7 Kemp, Melissa BYU x1:16.53
36.09 40.44
--- Grant, Melanie BYU X1:08.01
32.45 35.56
--- Predium, Laura Kay BYU X1:09.92
33.33 36.59
--- Egan, Kristi BYU X1:10.93
33.98 36.95
Event 24 Men 100 Yard Breast
Name Yr Team Finals Time
1 Usher, Scott UW 57.20
27.17 30.03
2 Ware, Adam BYU 57.55
27.36 30.19
3 Scott, Austin BYU 1:00.98
28.51 32.47
4 McNeely, Jon UW 1:01.27
28.99 32.28
5 Gough, Galen UW 1:02.32
29.36 32.96
6 Weidert, Jake UW x1:02.76
28.97 33.79
Event 25 Women 200 Yard Free Relay
Team Relay Finals Time
1 UW A 1:38.94
Riskowski, Jody Springer, Lindsey
Haywood, Katie Schmid, Allison
24.85 24.46 24.53 25.10
2 UW B 1:43.39
Stallings, Ganae Michelena, Samantha
Jennings, Jessica Kotby, Kenzie
26.22 25.46 26.51 25.20
--- BYU A X1:37.33
Burrows, Nichole Bloom, Shannon
Rappleye, Kathryn Adams, Cortnee
24.75 24.73 24.82 23.03
--- BYU B X1:42.89
Pederson, Becky Ferrell, Monica
Merrell, Aubrey Nelson, Julie
26.53 25.81 25.63 24.92
--- BYU C X1:47.37
Grant, Melanie Mann, Amber
Garrick, Amy VanDenBurghe, Diane
27.41 27.10 26.63 26.23
--- BYU D X1:50.82
Juvan, Lyndi Kemp, Melissa
Majaj, Hana McClellan, Amy
27.68 28.41 27.79 26.94
--- BYU E X2:02.17
29.58 36.06 22.56 33.97
Event 26 Men 200 Yard Free Relay
Team Relay Finals Time
1 BYU A 1:21.36
Mason, Jeff Parker, Brent
Mullen, Michael Betz, Billy
20.66 19.95 20.60 20.15
2 BYU B 1:25.25
Malfatt, Jon Bekker, James
Thompson, Terry Sorensen, Brian
21.84 21.38 20.76 21.27
3 UW A 1:25.87
Chudleigh, Jerram George, Jon
Perica, Bryce Kritzinger, Grant
21.63 21.39 21.72 21.13
4 UW B 1:28.48
Leopold, Brad Wardell, Morgan
Dibble, Ted Maclean, Ethan
22.31 21.83 22.52 21.82
5 UW C x1:30.71
Taylor, Beau Niesent, Seth
Storey, Josh Ferber, Guy
22.58 22.36 22.83 22.94
--- BYU D X1:26.28
Carpenter, Kenny Hasselbach, Grant
Lim, Terrence Yabe, Diogo
21.87 21.58 21.87 20.96
--- BYU C X1:27.04
Belliston, Randy Price, Travis
Anderson, Zach Ferrell, John
21.62 21.40 21.58 22.44
PROVO -- For the last time this season, the BYU men's and women's swimming teams will take to the water at home this weekend as they face Air Force on Friday, Jan. 24, at 6:00 p.m., and then Wyoming on Saturday, Jan. 25, at 12:00 p.m.
After dropping their last meet to Colorado State, the women (2-6, 1-4) are hoping to pick up some wins at home before the conference championships. The Cougars faced the first half of the season without four of their top swimmers, but with the return of all four this month the team is looking like the preseason favorite everyone thought they would be.
"We're starting to feel better," said women's head coach Stan Crump. "The kids that were injured are feeling better."
On the men's side, the No. 23 Cougars (4-0, 2-0) are looking to increase their conference best record to 3-0 as they are coming off of a convincing 127-78 victory over No. 24 Washington two weeks ago.
For the men and women it will be the first time since Nov. 22 that the teams have competed in a dual meet competition.
The Last Competition
The BYU women's swim team was defeat by Colorado State 137-106. The veteran swimmers had a strong showing for the Cougars as seniors Cortnee Adams, Amanda Grant, and juniors Tamber Covington and Nichole Burrows each placed in the top three in every event they competed in. Adams, Burrows, and Covington helped BYU to a second place finish in the 400 Medley Relay. Adams went on to place second in the 200 free and win the 100 free. Burrows took second place in the 200 back and was a part of the second place 400 free relay team. In only her second competition since returning from knee surgery, Covington won the 200 breast and placed third in the 200 IM. Grant won the 500 free, and placed second in both the 200 IM and the 200 breaststroke.
The Opposition
The Falcons' are having a strong season as the men are 10-1 and 1-0 in conference and the women are 13-5. However, the women are struggling in conference competition with four loses and no wins on the season.
The Cowboys' men's team is tied for second with Utah in the MWC at 1-1. The men are coming off of a victory over UNLV, where they won 11 of 13 events. For the women they are just ahead of the Cougars at 1-2 in conference swim, and are coming off of a loss to UNLV. In the meet freshman Shayna Burns set a new pool record in the 100 breast with a time of 1:05.17.
Neither women's team has ever defeated the Cougar women in head-to-head competition.
Coach's Quotes
"We are not too far out of from tapering for some of the kids. I am excited about this weekend, it will be good to swim against some competitive people at home. We need the team's confidence up a bit, we just need to get over the hump."
"Our teams match up pretty good (BYU and AFA) but they are strong in areas where we are not like distance."
"Wyoming swam UNLV really tough last week. They show up to win every meet."
