With dreams to win the Mountain West Conference Championships in his second season as head swimming and diving coach unfulfilled, Greg Winslow is making changes this year.

Freshman swimmer Whitney Lopus earned All-American honors in the 100-yard fly after she competed at the NCAA swimming and diving championships last week in College Station, Texas.

The Utah swimming and diving teams have had one focus all season: taking first at the Mountain West Conference championships. It wasn't meant to be.

After the first day of competition at the Mountain West Conference Championships, the Utah women's swim team is tied for second place, while the men sit in last place.

The Utes will spend the next four days in Oklahoma City trying to win what they have prepared for all season.

In the two weeks since their last dual meet, the Utes have cut their workouts and training nearly in half to prepare for the Mountain West Conference championships next week.

It's never easy to lose to a rival, but the Utah swimming and diving teams' focus on the end of the season helped take away some of the sting after a close loss to BYU.

All season, the Utah swimming and diving team has been focused on the upcoming Mountain West Conference championships, but for its meet Friday, the focus is changing.

Instead of taking the season one meet at a time, Winslow's main focus has been on the MWC and NCAA championships coming up in February.

With a win against Air Force on Saturday, the Utah men's swimming and diving team broke its nearly two-year losing streak and earned its first win of the season. The last win for the Utes came Jan. 27, 2007, when they defeated the Falcons in Salt Lake City.