Desert Dominance: Arizona’s Swim and Dive Team Conquers BYU with a Stunning Sweep!

The Arizona men’s and women’s swimming and diving squads concluded the 2024 calendar year with a commanding sweep over BYU during the past week.

The Arizona men’s team triumphed over BYU 240-107, clinching first place in every event. The women triumphed against the Cougars 217-131.

Arizona long distance swimmer Mason Nyboer dominated the men’s 500 and 1,650 freestyle. In the latter, he achieved an NCAA “B” Cut with a finishing time of 15:20.73.

Ralph Daleiden secured first place in the men’s 100 and 200 freestyle events and was part of the victorious 400 Medley Relay, 200 Free Relay, and 400 Free Relay teams.

Kayman Neal played a pivotal role for the women with top finishes in the 200 back and 200 free.

The Arizona women will resume competition on Jan. 3 when they welcome NAU. The Wildcats men’s team will next compete on Jan. 10 against Harvard.

Men’s and women’s tennis

The Arizona men’s and women’s tennis teams revealed their 2025 spring schedules.

The Arizona men will kick off the spring by hosting NMSU for a doubleheader on Jan. 14. The squad will then head to Tallahassee, Fla., to face Georgia State and Florida State on Jan. 18-19.

The Arizona men will host the ITA Kickoff Weekend for the second consecutive year, which is part of 13 home matches. Arizona will host UCF, USC, and Oklahoma State on Jan. 25-26. The winners will qualify for the ITA’s National Indoor Championships, scheduled for Feb. 14-17.

Other significant non-conference matches include hosting Pepperdine on Feb. 9 and traveling to meet Michigan State on March 13.

Big 12 competition begins on March 16 at UCF and concludes on April 12 with a match at ASU. The complete men’s schedule can be found here.

The Arizona women will start the spring by hosting LMU and UC San Diego on Jan. 17.

Arizona will participate in the ITA Kickoff Weekend in Malibu, competing against Pepperdine on Jan. 24 and either Georgia Tech or Florida State on Jan. 25.

Arizona will then proceed to Houston to face Rice on Jan. 31 and San Diego on Feb. 1.

Arizona has home matches in February against Pepperdine, Texas Tech, UC Santa Barbara, Colorado State, and Buffalo.

The UA will commence conference play on Feb. 27 by hosting BYU and wrap up Big 12 competition on April 13 at Texas Tech. Nine Big 12 opponents are ranked in the ITA top 75.