UVA vs. Virginia Tech 2025: Stay Recap

Virginia vs. Virginia Tech

• Saturday, January 11, 2025
• AFC Pool, Charlottesville, VA
• SCY
• Twin meet format
• Stay stream hyperlink (requires ACC+ entry)
• Outcomes on Meet Cell “Virginia vs Virginia Tech”

The Virginia Tech Hokies head to Charlottesville at the moment to tackle the College of Virginia Cavaliers for the annual battle between the intrastate rivals. The Hokies, who we ranked tenth (males) and twenty fifth (girls) in our final spherical of energy rankings, competed simply final weekend. The lads beat each Queens and South Carolina, whereas the ladies beat Queens and misplaced to South Carolina. Carles Coll Marti adopted up his 200 breast title from Quick Course Worlds with sturdy performances in yards in each breaststroke occasions.

Outdoors of the contingent that competed at Worlds, the Cavaliers haven’t raced because the Tennessee Invite. The ladies remained at #1 in our post-invite energy rankings, and led by key performers like Gretchen Walsh, it’s by no means shocking to see them throw down quick instances. This is also the season debut for Alex Walsh, who took the autumn semester off from school swimming after present process a process on her knee, however had a powerful efficiency at Worlds. Katie Grimes, the #1 recruit in final 12 months’s class, may additionally make her collegiate debut at the moment.

We ranked the UVA males eleventh in our final energy rankings, however since then Noah Nichols and Tim Connery have dropped off the roster, which means that the Wahoos have misplaced two of their high ACC and NCAA scorers.

The groups have cut up this meet every of the final three years, with the Cavalier girls and the Hokie males profitable every time. It’s the ultimate house meet of the season for the Cavaliers, who will likely be recognizing their seniors earlier than the swimming portion of the meet will get underway at 2pm jap.

Ladies’s 200 Medley Relay

1. UVA ‘A’ – 1:31.53 **pool report*
2. UVA ‘B’ – 1:36.04
3. Virginia Tech “A’ – 1:38.94

Holy cow. It didn’t take lengthy to see fireworks, because the UVA girls got here inside 0.02s of the all-time report within the occasion. Claire Curzan led off in 23.25, Alex Walsh made her school season debut with a 26.08 cut up on the breaststroke, then Gretchen Walsh ripped a 20.87 fly leg. Assuming that’s correct (and it seems to be), that’s the quickest cut up in historical past by roughly half a second. Anna Moesch anchored in 21.33, because the Cavaliers stopped the clock in 1:31.53.

Video courtesy of UVA Swimming

Males’s 200 Medley Relay

1. Virginia Tech ‘A’ – 1:22.93 **pool report*
2. UVA ‘A’ – 1:25.29
3. Virginia Tech ‘B’ – 1:25.60

The Hokie males acquired off to a powerful begin by beating the Cavaliers by over two seconds. Youssef Ramadan led off in 20.70, Carles Coll Marti continued his sturdy season with a 22.89 cut up on breast, Mario Mollay Yannes cut up 20.32 on fly, and Brenan Whitfield anchored in 19.02.

UVA had the quicker splits on the again half, with freshman Spencer Nicholas going 19.87 on fly and Connor Boyle anchoring 18.83.

Video courtesy of UVA Swimming

Ladies’s 1000 Free

1. Aimme Canny (UVA) – 9:41.62
2. Kate Anderson (Virginia Tech) – 9:47.22
3. Leah Hayes (UVA) – 9:47.33

Males’s 1000 Free

1. David King (UVA) – 9:03.43
2. Lee Naber (Virginia Tech) – 9:05.22
3. Dillon Wright (UVA) – 9:06.34

The Cavalier males acquired into the win column shortly with a 9:03.43 victory from freshman David King.

Ladies’s 200 Free

1. Claire Curzan (UVA) – 1:43.64
2. Kate Morris (UVA) – 1:45.90
3. Maxine Parker (UVA) – 1:46.87

The Cavalier girls swept the highest three spots, led by Claire Curzan at 1:43.64. Curzan’s been a bit quicker this season along with her 1:42.96 from the Tennessee Invite.

Rating replace: UVA 67, Virginia Tech 26

Males’s 200 Free

1. Luis Dominguez (Virginia Tech) – 1:33.61
2. Sebastien Sergile (UVA) – 1:34.98
3. Jakub Poliacik (Virginia Tech) – 1:35.56

Luis Dominguez went underneath 1:34 for the third time in simply over every week, profitable in 1:33.61 at the moment after going 1:33.94 and 1:33.66 final weekend in opposition to Queens and South Carolina. That’a a season-best time for the Hokie veteran.

Rating replace: Virginia Tech 61, UVA 32

Ladies’s 100 Again

1. Carmen Weiler Sastre (Virginia Tech) – 51.89
2. Reilly Tiltmann (UVA) – 52.13
3. Tess Howley (UVA) – 52.21

Spanish Olympian Carmen Weiler Sastre shaved 0.05s off her yards finest, utilizing a powerful again half to the touch forward of UVA’s Reilly Tiltmann (52.13) and Tess Howley (52.21).

Males’s 100 Again

1. Youssef Ramadan (Virginia Tech) – 45.07 **pool report*
2. Spencer Nicholas (UVA) – 45.93
3. Mario Molla Yannes (Virginia Tech) – 46.51

A trio of swimmers who’re typically higher know for his or her butterfly rater than backstroke took the highest three spots. Youssef Ramadan, the 2023 NCAA champion within the 100 fly, acquired his hand on the autumn first right here with a season-best 45.07. UVA’s Spencer Nicholas, who set the 100 fly faculty report a pair months in the past, took 2nd in 45.93, knocking 0.06s off his finest time. Mario Molla Yannes of Virginia Tech completed third in 46.51.

Video courtesy of UVA Swimming

Ladies’s 100 Breast

1. Zoe Skirboll (UVA) – 59.29
2. Katie Christopherson (UVA) – 1:01.16
3. Emily Santos (Virginia Tech) – 1:01.57

Zoe Skirboll put the Cavalier girls again within the win column with a 59.29, the one time underneath a minute within the subject. That’s simply off her season-best of 59.23 and her lifetime better of 59.11.

Males’s 100 Breast

1. Carles Coll Marti (Virginia Tech) – 50.78 **tied ACC File** **pool report*
2. Ethan Maloney (Virginia Tech) – 53.36
3. Matthew Heilman (UVA) – 54.30

Virginia Tech’s Carles Coll Marti not solely set a pool report, however he tied the general convention report with a lifetime finest of fifty.78. Coll Marti got here into at the moment with a lifetime finest of fifty.95 from final 12 months’s ACC championships. As we speak’s mark seems to tie the ACC report belonging to Louisville’s Denis Petrashov.

Ladies’s 200 Fly

1. Katie Grimes (UVA) – 1:53.23 **pool report*
2. Alex Walsh (UVA) – 1:53.86
3. Bailey Hartman (UVA) – 1:57.57

Nothing fairly like beating the NCAA record-holder in your very first school race. UVA freshman Katie Grimes led from begin to end, staying forward of teammate Alex Walsh the entire race. Grimes, who has a lifetime better of 1:52.28 from over two years in the past, touched in 1:53.23, adopted by Walsh at 1:53.86.

Video courtesy of UVA Swimming

Males’s 200 Fly

1. Hayden Bellotti (UVA) – 1:43.69
2. Landon Gentry (Virginia Tech) – 1:45.74
3. Matt Styczen (UVA) – 1:45.79

Hayden Bellotti introduced an finish to the Hokie males’s profitable streak by profitable the 200 fly by practically two seconds. Virginia Tech’s Landon Gentry acquired his fingers on the wall simply forward of UVA’s Matthew Styczen, 1:45.74 to 1:45.79.

Ladies’s 50 Free

1. Gretchen Walsh (UVA) – 20.74 **pool report*
2. Anna Moesch (UVA) – 22.00
3. Aimee Canny (UVA) – 22.77

Gretchen Walsh already had the quickest time within the nation this season with a 20.54 from midseason, and he or she got here inside two-tenths of that point right here at the moment. No different girl has been underneath 21 this season. Anna Moesch was only a bit off her season better of 21.87 along with her time of twenty-two.00.

Males’s 50 Free

1. Brendan Whitfield (Virginia Tech) – 19.29
2. Connor Boyle (UVA) – 19.76
3. Jack Madoch (UVA) – 19.87

Hokie sophomore Brendan Whitfield hit a season-best time of 19.29 en path to the win. That’s quicker than his 19.43 from midseason, and fewer than two-tenths off his lifetime better of 19.10 from final 12 months’s ACC championships. UVA

Ladies’s 100 Free

1. Gretchen Walsh (UVA) – 46.12 **pool report*
2. Maxine Parker (UVA) – 48.81
3. Leah Hayes (UVA) – 49.10

Gretchen Walsh seemed easy right here, cruising to the quickest time within the nation with a 46.12. That’s about half a second quicker than Camille Spink’s 46.61 from the Tennesse Invite.

Rating replace: UVA 123, Virginia Tech 46

Males’s 100 Free

1. Brendan Whitfield (Virginia Tech) – 42.67 **pool report*
2. Will Hayon (Virginia Tech) – 43.42
3. Connor Boyle (UVA) – 43.60

Like Walsh, Brendan Whitfield swept the shortest freestyle occasions, taking the 100 free by the higher a part of a second not lengthy after profitable the 50 free.

Rating replace: Virginia Tech 105, UVA 64

Ladies’s 200 Again

1. Katie Grimes (UVA) – 1:51.56
2. Carmen Weiler Sastre (Virginia Tech) – 1:53.75
3. Emma Atkinson (Virginia Tech) – 1:55.79

Katie Grimes is now 2-2 in school competitors after profitable the 200 again by over two seconds. Her time of 1:51.56 places her thirteenth in Division I this season, simply forward of Carmen Weiler Sastre, who took 2nd right here in 1:53.75 after going 1:52.02 at midseason. Grimes owns a finest time of 1:50.56 from December 2023.

Males’s 200 Again

1. Mario Molla Yannes (Virginia Tech) – 1:40.78 **pool report*
2. Nico Garcia (Virginia Tech) – 1:42.77
3. Jack Aikins (UVA) – 1:43.51

Mario Molla Yannes doesn’t seem to have swum a 200 yard backstroke till this previous October. As we speak he gained this occasion in 1:40.78, ending forward of Spanish Olympian Nico Garcia (1:42.77) and USA nationwide teamer Jack Aikins (1:43.51), each of whom would in all probability contemplate this their strongest occasion.

Ladies’s 200 Breast

1. Emma Weber (UVA) – 2:09.63
2. Ella Bathurst (UVA) – 2:12.25
3. Emily Santos (Virginia Tech) – 2:12.88

UVA’s Emma Weber hit a season-best time whereas profitable with a 2:09.63. Weber, who represented the US on the Olympics and Quick Course Worlds final 12 months, beat teammate Ella Bathurst (2:12.25) and Virginia Tech’s Emily Santos (2:12.88) by over two seconds.

Males’s 200 Breast

1. Carles Coll Marti (Virginia Tech) – 1:51.03 **pool report*
2. Joseph Hong (Virginia Tech) – 1:58.57
3. Ethan Maloney (Virginia Tech) – 1:59.10

Carles Coll Marti placed on a clinic, profitable by over 7 seconds as a part of a Hokie sweep of the highest 4 spots. Pool data have been falling left and proper at the moment, however this was one significantly notable, because it was set by US Olympic Ed Moses at 1:53.30 again in 2002.

Coll Marti demolished that mark, stopping the clock in 1:51.03. He’s the ACC report holder along with his time of 1:49.69 from 2022, and he at the moment has the quickest time within the nation with a 1:50.09 from the NC State Invite.

Video courtesy of UVA Swimming

Ladies’s 500 Free

1. Tess Howley (UVA) – 4:43.58
2. Anna Moesch (UVA) – 4:47.19
3. Kate Anderson (Virginia Tech) – 4:47.89

Tess Howley swam this occasion for the primary time since she swam it at this similar meet final 12 months, however she improved her time by practically ten seconds, profitable in 4:43.58 after going 4:53.48 final 12 months. Howley, who typically focuses on fly and again, recorded her first private finest since 2020 within the occasion at the moment.

Teammate Anna Moesch, extra often known as a sprinter, swam her first 500 in virtually two years, and likewise hit a lifetime finest along with her 2nd-place time of 4:47.19.

Males’s 500 Free

1. Luis Dominguez (Virginia Tech) – 4:22.27
2. David King (UVA) – 4:24.33
3. Lee Naber (Virginia Tech) – 4:27.04

Luis Dominguez picked up his second win of the day with a 4:22.27 within the 500 free. That’s truly quicker than the 4:22.84 he swam ultimately 12 months’s NCAAs, though he owns a lifetime better of 4:15.80 from the 2023 ACC Championships. David King, who gained the 1000 free earlier within the day, took 2nd with a 4:24.33.

Ladies’s 100 Fly

1. Alex Walsh (UVA) – 51.98
2. Maggie Schalow (UVA) – 53.03
3. Bailey Hartman (UVA) – 53.04

This isn’t a race we’ve seen Alex Walsh race too typically, however she’s made it one thing of an annual custom to swim it in January. She’s solely recorded  5 school 100 fly races, and 4 of them have come on this month, and three of these have come in opposition to Virginia Tech. She’s gone between 51.87 and 52.74 in all 5 swims, with at the moment’s 51.98 sitting proper within the center.

Walsh gained at the moment by over a second, whereas teammates Maggie Schalow (53.03) and Bailey Hartman (53.04) took 2nd and third respectively, in an in depth race.

Rating replace: UVA 195, Virginia Tech 69

Males’s 100 Fly

1. Youssef Ramadan (Virginia Tech) – 44.97 **pool report*
2. Spencer Nicholas (UVA) – 45.54
3. Hayden Bellotti (UVA) – 46.45

Youssef Ramadan and Spencer Nicholas went 1-2 for the second time at the moment, with Ramadan profitable in 44.97 and Nicholas taking 2nd in 45.54. That’s a season-best time for Ramadan, whereas Nicholas stays 4th within the nation with a 44.41 from midseason.

Rating replace: Virginia Tech 174, UVA 90

Ladies’s 200 IM

1. Katie Grimes (UVA) – 1:55.62
2. Aimme Canny (UVA) – 1:55.63
3. Sienna Karp (UVA) – 2:01.85

Katie Grimes constructed up a powerful lead on the entrance half, however teammate Aimee Canny practically ran her down on the again half. Grimes held on to win by the narrowest of margins, 1:55.62 to 1:55.63. These instances put the 2 Cavaliers fifteenth and sixteenth within the nation this season.

Males’s 200 IM

1. Carles Coll Marti (Virginia Tech) – 1:42.61 **pool report*
2. Sebastien Sergile (UVA) – 1:44.99
3. Matt Styczen (UVA) – 1:47.31

Carles Coll Marti earned his third particular person title of the day, smashing yet one more UVA pool report within the course of. That’s simply 0.01s off his season-best time from the SMU Invite, which ranks him seventeenth within the nation this season. UVA’s Sebastien Sergile, who ranks 18th with a 1:42.63, completed 2nd in 1:44.99.

Ladies’s 400 Free Relay

1. Virginia Tech ‘A’ – 3:16.71
2. UVA ‘A’ – 3:20.05
3. Virginia Tech ‘B’ – 3:25.20

The UVA girls left their high sprinters off of this relay, and Virginia Tech took benefit of that to win by practically three seconds with a 3:16.71. Carmen Weiler Sastre led off in 48.44, adopted by Emily Claesson (48.81), Anna Summers (49.72), and Athena Meneses Kovacs (49.74). That’s about three seconds off the Hokies’ season-best time of three:13.75, which ranks fifteenth within the nation this season.

Males’s 400 Free Relay

1. Virginia Tech ‘A’ – 2:50.61 **pool report*
2. UVA ‘A’ – 2:53.71
3. Virginia Tech ‘B’ – 2:55.35

The Hokie males closed out the day with yet one more pool report. Youssef Ramadan led off in 42.68, then Brendan Whitfield (42.72), Mario Molla Yanes (42.23) and Luis Dominguez (42.98) all cut up sub-43 as Virginia Tech gained in 2:50.61. All 4 UVA swimmers cut up between 43.1 and 43.6 because the Cavaliers took 2nd in 2:53.71.

Video courtesy of UVA Swimming

Ultimate Scores

• Ladies: UVA 211, Virginia Tech 72
• Males: Virginia Tech 185, UVA 98