Crimson Club Magazine - April 2023

Sports Updates

WOMEN’S SWIMMING & DIVING Holly Waxman achieved the highest finish ever by a Utah diver in the women’s 1m at NCAAs and earned All-America status. The sophomore from Leeds, England placed 15th. Kathryn Grant also competed in the 1m and finished 25th. Waxman competed in the 1m, 3m and platform events with Grant contending in the 1m and on the platform. It represented just the second time the Utes have had multiple female divers reach the NCAA Championships. Waxman will head into her third season as a Ute owning the No. 2 scores in school history in both the 1m and 3m, while Grant sits in fourth in the 3m and platform rankings. MEN’S TENNIS It was an historic weekend last Friday and Sunday as the Utes took down both Cal and Stanford for the first time. Utah picked up a 4-1 win over the Cardinal and a 4-2 victory against the Bears at home. Down 2-0 to Cal, Utah’s Francisco Bastias defeated Carl Emil Overbeck 6-4, 6-2 on court four. Soon after, teammate Patrik Trhac also took a victory, finishing 6-4, 6-1. The 2-2 tie was broken on court two as Espin Busleiman downed Golden Bear Ryder Jackson 6-3, 6-4. The match was clinched on court five where Berk Bugarikj took a decisive victory after a three-set match. The Utes are 18-3 overall and 3-1 in Pac-12 play. They host Arizona on Friday, April 14 at 3 p.m. and Arizona State on Sunday, April 16 at 2 p.m. WOMEN’S TENNIS The Utes picked up a Pac-12 Conference win at California in early March. They also took down Portland on March 17. Utah hosts Washington on Friday at 1:30 p.m. and Washington State on Sunday at 10 a.m. Following Sunday’s match, Utah will have a meet and greet as well as the Senior Day honors for Katya Hersch, Katya Townsend, Madison Tattini and Anastasia Goncharova . Tattini has played the No. 1 doubles position with Goncharova and the top three spots in singles. Townsend has been at the top two singles positions.

INDOOR TRACK & FIELD Simone Plourde and Emily Venters were named USTFCCCA First-Team All-Americans. In addition, Utah finished with its highest indoor season ranking ever after tying for 21st in the final rankings. This is the first All-America honor for both Plourde and Venters in track & field and the third for Venters in her career after collecting two in cross country (2018, 2022). They became the fourth and fifth Utes to earn All-America honors in indoor track. Venters finished with a time of 15:59.22 (aa) in the 5000m race to place fifth overall. One day later, Plourde would record the best finish ever for Utah at the NCAA Indoor Championships when she claimed fourth on the 3K with a time of 9:00.93 (aa). OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD Senior Emily Venters was named the Pac-12 Track Athlete of the Week on Tuesday after running the sixth-fastest 10k in NCAA history last Friday at the Stanford Invitational. Venters crossed the finish line at 31:48.35, which was 15 seconds faster that the next finisher, to break both the Utah and Pac-12 records. Josefine Eriksen broke the 200m school record, crossing the finish line at 23.92 to break Alissa Atisme’s record that was set back in 2016. The previous weekend at the San Diego State Aztec Invitational, Utah’s 4x400m relay team beat out USC to capture the crown with a school record-breaking run of 3:36.93 behind the legs of Dee Denise, Harley Daniel, Emily Martin and Eriksen. Utah hosts the annual Utah Spring Open this Friday and Saturday with a bulk of the meet occurring on Saturday at the McCarthey Family Track and Field Complex. BEACH VOLLEYBALL The Utes fell to Boise State 3-2 and defeated Arizona Christian 5-0 last Friday. Amaya Messier and Katie McAlister have been the primary group at No. 1 and picked up wins against Boise State and Arizona Christian. Grace Andrews and Marissa Koch got wins on court two. On Saturday, Utah fell to Boise State 3-2 and lost to Oregon 4-1. Sydney Jacinto and Kylie Pitzak went undefeated on the day. The Utes host Salt Lake Community College on Wednesday, April 12 at 1:30 p.m.

CRIMSON CLUB MAGAZINE APRIL 2023

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