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HONOLULU–The University of Hawai’i swimming and diving team split their dual meets against BYU on Saturday at the Duke Kahanamoku Aquatics Complex. The Rainbow Wahine defeated the Cougars, 163-136, while the Rainbow Warriors finished strong but fell short to BYU, 167-133.

For the Rainbow Warriors, Karol Ostrowski earned the most points of the dual meet, winning three individual golds while leading off the winning men’s 400 freestyle relay team to rack up a  total of 789.8 total points. The speedy Ostrowski won the 50 backstroke (21.49), the 50 freestyle (19.63) and the 50 butterfly (20.91). 

The ‘Bows closed out the day, capturing the 400 freestyle relay gold (2:54.98)–over three seconds faster than the Cougars. Ostrowski led off the relay swimming a 43.68 that gave the ‘Bows a solid lead which Finn Brophy (43.46), Victor Dagenais (44.14) and Regan Richardson (43.70) held on to for the victory. Ostrowski was just .06 seconds from tying his own pool record set in 2025.

Korey Tiell edged out BYU’s Tanner Nelson by :17th of a second to clinch the gold in the 200 backstroke. Tiell touched the wall at 1:48.34 for the win.

Men’s diver Juan Esteban Ramirez Tamayo swept both the 1-meter and 3-meter competitions. He led off the meet by winning the 1-meter springboard event with a total score of 338.40. He then held on to win the 3M springboard with a total of 386.18 points.  UH’s Oliver Wignall captured bronze in both events tallying 292.35 points in the 1M and a 345.83 points in the 3M, Tristan Rodriguez finished in fifth in both events with a 219.68 score in the 1M and a 345.83 in the 3M. 

The Rainbow Wahine won six individual events and were led by Holly Nelson who had a meet-high 720.0 points with three individual golds and a relay silver, while Zofia Tyminska finished third with 680.3 points with a gold and three silvers. Nelson recorded wins in the 50 freestyle (22.84), the 100 free (49.72) and the 50 butterfly in a personal best time of 24.07. Tyminska won gold in the 200 breaststroke clocking in at 2:17.65. Her silver medals came in the 50 breaststroke (28.96), the 200 individual medley (2:06.06) and she swam the breaststroke leg of the second-place 400 medley relay (3:43.47).

Aziza Meyer won the 50 backstroke with a personal-best time of 25.88. Rebekka Luoto edged out Tyminska to win the 50 breaststroke with a time of 28.76 and Kailee Chow won the 200 butterfly 2:04.

The women’s diving team dominated both the 3-meter and 1-meter springboard events, sweeping the top five places in both. In the 3-meter, Lovisa Gustavsson led the charge, seizing gold with a total of 323.03 in six dives. Macie Wheeler claimed silver with a score of 307.80 while Avery Coates finished in third scoring 284.48 total points. Ruby Pickron tallying 278.18 while Keira Chandler earned 240.30 total points to start the meet. In the 1M, Wheeler clinched the top-spot recording a 289.65 score while Gustavsson finished in second with 274.65 points. Coats was third finishing with 249.53 points while Pickron posted 243.45 for fourth and Chandler tallied a score of 234.83 for fifth place.

The Hawai’i swimming teams will next host Pacific Lutheran on Monday, Jan. 5 at 1:00 p.m. HT at the Duke Kahanamoku Aquatics Complex. The men’s and swimming and diving teams will honor its 10 seniors (Tim Brown, Tom Caps, Max Gilsenan, Zachary Kohm, Karol Ostrowski, Kailee Chow, Lola Davison, Kathryn Ivanov, Isabelle Meraz and Holly Nelson) after the dual meet against the Lutes. 

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