Campus briefs: Utah swimming and skiing

SWIMMING/DIVING: The Ute men fell to SMU Mustangs Saturday, 161-121 while the Utah women continue their successful season with a win against North Texas, defeating the host Mean Green 187-112 in Denton, Texas.

The men were led by lone individual first-place finisher John Baque (Olympia, Wash.) in the breast events. Baque finished in the 200 breast with a time of 2:06.49, almost six seconds ahead of the second-place finisher from SMU. Baque also finished in second place in the 100 breast with a time of 58.25, just .49 seconds behind the top time.

The women finished in first in 12 of the 16 events against North Texas. Annie VanLeeuwen had an impressive meet, finishing first in the 1000 free with her time of 10:24.92, a career best. VanLeeuwen also finished in first in the 100 breast, finishing with a time of 1:05.30.

SKIING: A trio of top-five finishes from Utah's Thomas Zumbrunn, Nick Cohee and Eva Huckova in the alpine events highlighted the second day of the University of Alaska-Anchorage Invitational.

Zumbrunn finished third in the men's giant slalom with a time of 1:53.44 while Choee was fourth in the race in 1:53.76. In the women's slalom, Huckova placed fifth with a time of 1:38.96.

In Nordic competition, Didrik Smith and Even Sletten were both in the top 10 in the men's 10-km classic while Annelies Cook paced the women's 5-km classic, finishing ninth.

Utah currently stands fifth in the UAA Invitational with 350 points and two alpine events remaining.