ST. GEORGE, Utah — The University of Hawai'i swimming teams opened the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Championships with three relay victories —  including record-breaking performances in the men's 200-yard medley and 800-freestyle relays — on Wednesday in St. George, Utah.
 
UH's team of Karol Ostrowski, Justin Lisoway, Grant Stoddard and Jakub Ksiazek won the 200 medley relay in a time of 1 minute, 24.44 seconds to break the school and MPSF championship records on the opening day of the meet at the Utah Tech Human Performance Center.
 
Ostrowski, Mario Surkovic, Jordan Meacham and Timothy Gallagher later combined to shatter the school record in the 800 free relay with a time of 6:20.74 — five seconds under the previous mark.
 
The UH women's team opened the meet by claiming silver in the 200 medley relay and the team of Cass Treydte, Holly Nelson, Anna Friedrich and Mira Selling pulled off a come-from-behind victory in the 800 freestyle relay.

Combined with the results of last week's MPSF Diving Championships, UH took the lead in the men's and women's team standings. The Rainbow Wahine enter Thursday's competition with 272 points with UC Davis second with 245. The Rainbow Warriors have 191 points followed by Incarnate Word at 149.
 
UH entered the men's 200 medley relay as the top seed with a time of 1:25.47. Ostrowski led off the relay by completing the backstroke leg in 21.63 seconds. Lisoway followed with a time of 23.42 seconds in the breaststroke. Stoddard maintained the lead with a time of 20.25 seconds in the butterfly and Ksiazek swam the freestyle leg in 19.14 to give UH the win and the records.
 
The team finished under the previous school record of 1:24.51 set by Metin Aydin, Olli Kokko, Mateusz Chaba and Reed Wynn in 2019. That group also set the previous MPSF Championship record of 1:24.57 at the 2019 meet.
 
UH's 800 freestyle relay team came in as the second seed in the event with a time of 6:29.08. The Rainbow Warriors opened up a commanding lead led by Ostrowski (1:35.77) and Surkovic (1:34.25). Meacham (1:35.67) widened the gap and Gallagher (1:35.05) continued to pull away to finish off the record swim. The Warriors lowered the MPSF Championship record of 6:21.23 set in 2019 by UC Santa Barbara and the previous UH record of 6:25.74 set last year by Surkovic, Ian Venter, Gallagher and Meacham.
 
The Rainbow Wahine picked up their first victory of the meet with the comeback win in the women's 800 freestyle relay. Treydte (1:47.15) led off the race followed by Nelson (1:50.51) and Freidrich (1:49.60) kept the 'Bows within striking distance of UC Santa Barbara. Selling entered the water about a body length behind the leader, but she closed the gap then pulled ahead with 75 yards to go and pulled away to the win in a time of 7:13.63.
 
The UH women's 200 medley relay team opened the meet with a second-place finish. Alexa Ozment (25.19 backstroke), Kathryn Ivanov (27.45 breaststroke), Holly Nelson (23.60 butterfly) and Gabrielle Williams (22.94 freestyle) finished in 1:39.18. UC San Diego won the event with a time of 1:38.86.

Team Standings (Men)
1. Hawai'i - 191
2. Incarnate Word - 149
3. Cal Poly - 139
4. CSU Bakersfield - 125
5. UC Santa Barbara - 68

Team Standings (Women)
1. Hawai'i - 272
2. UC Davis - 245
3. Pepperdine - 85
4. Cal Poly - 77
5. UC San Diego - 72
 
The four day meet continues Thursday with preliminaries starting at 7 a.m. Hawai'i time and finals starting at 3 p.m.