Villanova vs. Duquesne vs. West Virginia
- January 25, 2025
- Mylan Park Aquatic Middle — Morgantown, WV
- 25 Yards (SCY)
- Full Outcomes
Villanova swept the ladies’s tri-meet, beating Duquesne 184.5-115.5 and West Virginia 160-40. The West Virginia girls beat Duquesne, and the Mountaineers triumphed of their twin towards the ‘Cats, which marked the workforce’s first twin meet victories below first-year head coach Brent MacDonald.
Males’s Recap
MacDonald and the Mountaineer males decisively received the workforce’s first twin meet of the season, profitable all however one occasion towards Villanova. Not solely did the Mountaineers win 15 occasions, however they earned at the least the highest two spots in 13 of these wins. They took the highest 4 spots in 5 occasions: the 100 backstroke, 100 breaststroke, 50 freestyle, 500 freestyle, and 200 IM.
The West Virginia seniors confirmed out in the course of the ultimate dwelling meet of their careers. Connor McBeth swept the dash freestyle occasions, clocking 20.23 to win the 50 freestyle and 44.59 to win the 100 free. Justin Heims was one other double-event winner for the house workforce. He swept the backstrokes, clocking 48.08 within the 100 again and main West Virginia’s top-four sweep of the meet. Later, he accomplished the sweep by swimming 1:48.53 within the 200 again. Jake Younger led the 100 breaststroke with a 54.82.
Will Mullen received the ball rolling for West Virginia by taking first within the 1650 freestyle (15:39.38). The opposite occasion winners for the Mountaineers included Adam McDonald (200 breast, 2:00.34), Ian Mckinney (500 free, 4:32.91), 100 butterfly (Braden Osborn, 48.71), and Joey Stebbins (200 IM, 1:49.84).
Sophomore Justin Nowicki earned Villanova’s lone occasion win on the day. He received the 200 butterfly, pulling away from the sphere with a 1:49.31 and profitable by 2.32 seconds. The workforce additionally disrupted West Virginia’s stranglehold on the rostrum within the 1650 freestyle and 200 freestyle. They went 2-3 in each occasions, with Patrick Casey (15:53.96) and Owen Nye (15:56.35) taking the silver and bronze within the 1650 freestyle. Casey’s swim was a brand new lifetime finest. Later, Gavin Peck and Gavin Jones took second and third within the 200 freestyle, swimming 1:40.81 and 1:41.51 to complete behind West Virginia’s Nick Lugo (1:38.36).
West Virginia’s dominance prolonged to the relays. The Mountaineers went 1-2 within the 200 medley relay, with Heims, Younger, Osborne, and McBeth profitable in 1:28.36. Then, the workforce swept the rostrum within the 400 free relay. McBeth, Roanoke Shirk, Osborn, and Max Nielsen touched first within the 400 free relay (2:59.74).
Ladies’s Recap
Villanova took management of the ladies’s meet, profitable two out of the primary three occasions. The Villanova squad of Alana Leen, Winnie Jalet, Anna Farley, and Lainey Quinones edged out Duquesne to win the 200 medley relay by three-hundredths with a 1:42.95. Then, sophomore switch Riley Kudlac received the 200 freestyle in a lifetime finest 1:49.26, breaking 1:50 for the second time in her profession.
Later, Kudlac additionally received the 50 freestyle. She clocked 23.48 to win, stopping the clock two-hundredths forward of teammate Lexi Elkovitch and Duquesne’s Kaitlyn Connors’ tie for second place. Anna Farley led a 1-2 end for the ‘Cats within the 100 butterfly, swimming 54.14. Meghan Tiernan rounded out the workforce’s particular person occasion wins with a 2:02.87 within the 200 IM. The workforce picked up a second relay victory within the 400 freestyle relay as Martina Lonati, Kudlac, Quinones, and Elkovitch sealed the sweep with a 3:24.67.
Haley Scholer led Duquesne’s effort. She swept the backstroke occasions, clocking 54.77 to win the 100 again forward of a West Virginia 2-3-4 end. Later, her 1:59.18 received the 200 backstroke, with teammate Sierra Snow touching second in 2:00.30. Sydney Severini made it back-to-back occasion wins for the workforce, profitable the 200 breaststroke in 2:16.56.
West Virginia couldn’t sustain with Villanova, however towards Duquesne, they had been in a position to make use of depth to seize a win. The workforce additionally earned six occasion wins, highlighted by sophomore Maddie Smutny profitable the 200 fly (1:59.34) and 500 freestyle (4:52.71). The space occasions had been a power for the Mountaineers on the meet; Olivia Busch received the 1650 freestyle to kick off the day (16:50.08). Sofia Deste additionally grabbed the win within the 100 breaststroke (1:03.40), edging forward of Villanova’s Winnie Jalet by .32 seconds.
The Mountaineers received each diving occasions. Abigail Sullivan earned prime marks on the 3-meter, whereas Amari Brown Swint received a contentious 1-meter competitors by .6 factors. Swint scored 254.5 factors, ending simply forward of Duquesne’s Ashley Felitsky (253.85) and her teammate Sara Krusinski (253.10).
