Nov. 11, 2005
SALT LAKE CITY - The San Diego State swimming and diving team dropped a 140-95 decision to Mountain West Conference foe Utah on Friday afternoon in Salt Lake City, Utah. With the loss, the Aztecs fell to 0-2 (0-2 MWC) in dual-meets this season, while the Utes improved to 2-1 (1-0 MWC) with the victory.
Junior Kimberlee Frith and sophomore Diana MacManus each won individual events to lead SDSU.
Frith won the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1 minute, 55.92 seconds, narrowly defeating Utah's Jennifer Fredsall (1:56.02), while MacManus took first in the 100 backstroke (58.95). Frith also was second in the 100 free (54.17).
Other second-place finishes on the day went to senior Emily Schmied in the 100 butterfly (1:00.14), sophomore Katie Smith in the 100 breaststroke (1:08.41) and freshman Rosalie Raymond in the 500 free (5:15.86).
Aztec divers Joelle Felton and Megan Flanagan each posted team season-best marks at their respective heights. Felton, a sophomore, was third at the 1-meter with 218.03 points and Flanagan, a freshman, was third in the 3-meter (249.30).
In relay competition, SDSU's quartet of freshman Kendal Twilling, Schmied, Raymond and senior Samantha Peters finished first in the 200 free relay with a season-best time of 1:41.58. The team of MacManus, sophomore Lindsay Hnyda, junior Stella Karoly and Frith earned a second-place finish in the 200 medley relay, clocking a 1:50.37 time, also a season best mark for the Aztecs.
SDSU will continue its stay in the Beehive State when it plays BYU in a MWC showdown at noon MST Saturday.