PROVO, Utah - Utah Swimming and Diving geared up for the regular season with a convincing display at the BYU Relays this evening. The Utes captured 12 of 15 events in their only exhibition meet.

"It was a great way for us to kick off the season," head coach Joe Dykstra said. "We had some good performances for this time of year that we are excited to build on."

In her first collegiate action, freshman Aryanna Fernandes was part of four winning relays this evening. She started the evening teaming with Gillian St. John and classmate Audrey Reimer to win the 3x50 fly in 1:16.52.

She then anchored the 400 free relay unit of Ianire Casarin, Rebecca Zeiger and St. John (3:28.59) before swimming in the middle of the victorious mixed 200 medley of Daniel McArthur, Darby Wayner and Rodolfo Moreira (1:36.46). Fernandes closed the night with Wayner, Zeiger and Jordan Anderson in the 400 IM relay (3:55.16)

Genny Robertson and Mariah Gassaway started and closed the successful 3x50 breast relay group with Wayner swimming the middle lap. St. John, Reimer, Casarin and Sarah Lott topped the 500 crescendo relay in 4:29.51

Back on the men's side, McArthur jumped back in the pool and swam lead off for two more winning relays. He teamed with Austin Phillips and David Fridlander in the 3x50 back (1:08.00) and was then paired with Phillips, Felix Chiun and Ethan Dillard in the 400 IM relay (3:27.66)

Dillard and Chiun were constants for Utah in the winning formula this evening. Chiun swam lead in the 400 free relay with Moreira, newcomer Luke Yost and Rahiti De Vos clocking in at 3:02.03. He then teamed with Clay Stoddard, Phillips and De Vos to take the 500 crescendo relay in 4:01.86.

Dillard, Andrew Britton and Harrison Wayner captured the 3x50 breast relay in 1:17.94 and Stoddard swam with Colten Montgomery and Tony Puertas in the 3x50 fly (1:06.96)

Utah's 2018-19 regular season begins with consecutive meets at Stanford and California, Tuesday-Wednesday, Oct. 9-10. The first home event is Thursday, Oct. 11 with the men facing Colorado Mesa.