ST. GEORGE, Utah — Records continued to fall as the University of Hawai'i swimming teams built on their leads in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Swimming Championship on Thursday in St. George, Utah.
 
UH junior Karol Ostrowski lowered the school record in the 50-yard freestyle in each of his three swims on Thursday to help the Rainbow Warriors open up a commanding lead in the team standings midway through the conference meet. UH enters Friday's events with 369 points followed by Incarnate Word with 243.
 
UH's women's team claimed three silver medals on the second day of competition at the Utah Tech Human Performance Center and also ended the day atop the team standings. The Rainbow Wahine racked up 384 points with UC Davis in second with 343 and UC Santa Barbara third at 216.
 
Ostrowski began his day by breaking the UH 50 free record with a time of 19.55 seconds in the preliminaries in Thursday's morning session.
 
In the evening, Ostrowski, Jakub Ksiazek, Jordan Meacham and Grant Stoddard combined to win the 200 free relay in 1 minute, 16.75 seconds to set the school and MPSF Championship records. They also earned an NCAA A cut time to clinch an automatic berth in the NCAA Championships in May.

Ostrowski's leadoff leg of 19.37 set the tone for the relay, again lowering the 50 free record. Ksiazek and Meacham widened UH's lead and Stoddard charged to the finish in the anchor leg to break the previous school record of 1:18.27 the Warriors set at the SMU Invitational on Nov. 16 and the MPSF Championship record of 1:18.07 set by BYU in 2022.
 
The win was the Warriors third relay victory of the meet, all coming in record times. They set the school records in the 200 medley and 800 freestyle relays on Wednesday.
 
The new 50 free mark stood for about 100 minutes before Ostrowski capped the evening by leading the Warriors to a 1-2-3 finish in the 50 free finals, setting the school record yet again with a time of 19.30. Ksiazek claimed the silver with a time of 19.50, also finishing under the previous UH record mark of 19.57 held by Thomas Winkler since Feb. 24, 2006. Stoddard completed the UH podium sweep with a time of 19.64 and Meacham came in fifth at 19.81. The top three were all NCAA B cut times.
 
Mario Surkovic added a silver to UH's tally in the men's 200 Individual medley with a time of 1:45.92.
 
The Rainbow Wahine opened the evening session with a silver medal in the 200 free relay. The team of Zofia Tyminska, Holly Nelson, Anna Friedrich and Mira Selling finished in  a second-best 1:30.52 to place just behind UC San Diego (1:29.96).
 
Selling earned another silver in the 200 IM with a time of 2:01.96 and Nelson also earned silver with a season-best 22.73 in the 50 free.
 
The MPSF Championship continues Friday with the third day of competition. Preliminaries start at 7 a.m. Hawai'i Time with finals scheduled to start at 3 p.m. Titles in the men's and women's 100 butterfly, 400 IM, 200 freestyle, 100 breaststroke, 100 backstroke and 400 medley relay will be awarded.
 
Team Standings (Men)
1. Hawai'i - 369
2. Incarnate Word - 243
3. UC Santa Barbara - 220
4. Cal Poly - 206
5. CSU Bakersfield – 165
6. UC San Diego – 123
7. Pacific - 109

Team Standings (Women)
1. Hawai'i - 384
2. UC Davis – 343
3. UC Santa Barbara - 216
4. UC San Diego – 203
5. CSU Bakersfield – 132
6. Pepperdine – 128
7. Cal Poly – 110
8. UC San Diego – 81
9. Pacific - 53
10. Incarnate Word - 44