Swimming & Diving
Waxman, Nilsson Garip and Horner Earn All-America Honors at NCAA Championships Elias Petersen and Kathryn Grant also compete for Utes at Nationals
giving her three awards in 2024. Nilsson Garip’s score of 314.90 placed her first in the consolation round and ninth overall in 1m. That goes down as the best showing ever by a Ute in the women’s 1m, besting Waxman’s 15th place finish from 2023. Waxman also topped her placement from a year ago, concluding the event with 290.75 points to place 12th. This the first time the Utes have ever had two female divers named All- Americans in the same season. Kathryn Grant’s total of 254.85 garnered her a 30th place finish. The Ute men were represented at the 2024 NCAA Swim & Dive Championships by swimmer Jaek Horner and diver Elias Petersen. Petersen placed 19th in the men’s 1m, the fifth top 20 performance registered by a Ute. He posted the highest finish by a Utah men’s diver in the 1m since Josiah Purss took 11th in 2016. Two days later, Petersen posted a top 25 finish in the 3m to close out his 2024 NCAA portfolio. Jaek Horner achieved All- American status at the NCAA Championships finishing 11th in the country in the 100 breaststroke. In that B final, Horner narrowly missed breaking his own program record, finishing in 51.35, a time
that boosted him all the way up to third in the race and 11th overall in the 100-breast at the NCAA Championships. This represents the first individual All-American honor for Horner, who also took home that title as part of Utah’s 200-medley relay team in 2022. Horner is also the first Utah swimmer to ever collect All-American honors in the 100-breast.
Diver Holly Waxman was an All-American in three events.
Holly Waxman became the first member of the Utah swimming & diving team in more than 30 years and the first diver to be named an All-American in three events at the NCAA Championships. She logged a 14th place finish in the women’s platform and 12th-place in the 3m. Emilia Nilsson Garip achieved the highest finish ever by a Utah diver on the women’s 1m and Waxman attained All- American status for the second straight season there as well,
Jaek Horner finished 11th in the 100 breaststroke.
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CRIMSON CLUB MAGAZINE APRIL 2024
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