DELAWARE VS WEST VIRGINIA
- October 18, 2025
- Newark, Del.
- SCY (25 yards)
- Results
Courtesy: Delaware Athletics
NEWARK, Del. – University of Delaware women’s swimming and diving program captured its third straight dual-meet win, as it took down West Virginia University by a score of 209.00-91.00.
HEN HIGHLIGHTS
- Victoria Novinskiy set two program records during the meet, in the 100-fly (52.55), 200-fly (1:55.31), and grabbed second place in team history in the 200IM.
- Alex Pastris earned an NCAA Diving Zone cut, scoring a 281.55 in the 3-meter dive, which was also a personal best, and good for third in program history.
- Elisa Spera picked up a freshman record in the 1000-free at 10:00.16.
RESULTS
- Delaware placed first in 14 of the 16 events on the day.
The following athletes finished in first place in their respective events:
- Novinskiy, Piper Price, Angi Ragazzoni, and Olivia Willemsen started things off for the Hens, winning the 200-medley relay.
- Lauren Hartel took the 200-free at 1:48.08, shaving off five seconds from her season best in the event. She also recorded a win in the 1000-free at 9:59.09.
- Ragazzoni also won the 100-back for the second time in as many meets this season at 54.70.
- Bri Cottingham picked up her first victory of the season in the 100-breast at 1:03.00.
- Willemsen took the 50-free at 23.49 and finished second in the 100-free.
- Marisa Schekenberger won the 200-breast for the second time this season at 2:16.31, taking six seconds off of her season best.
- Spera picked up the win in the 500-free at 4:54.55.
- Novinskiy wrapped up her record-setting day by winning the 200IM at 1:58.19, finishing six seconds ahead of the rest of the field.
- Wrapping up the event, Elishka Hajek, Naia Legarda, Willemsen, and Judy Liu won the 400-free relay at 3:24.29.
UP NEXT
The Blue Hens travel up to Philadelphia, Pa. on November 1, to take on the University of Pennsylvania.
NEWARK, Del. – University of Delaware men’s swimming and diving program was defeated by West Virginia University by a score of 162.5 to 137.5 at Rawstrom Natatorium on Saturday.
HEN HIGHLIGHTS
- Addison Collins picked up the second fastest time in program history in the 100-yard freestyle at 43.93, passing his own previous career best.
- Matvei Namakonov emerged victorious in all four races that he competed in, earning three pool records and an NCAA cut along the way.
- Will D’Orazio won his first race of the day for the second week in a row.
RESULTS
- Delaware placed first in seven of the events on the day, including both relays.
The following athletes finished in first place in their respective events:
- James Haney, Namakonov, Kade Snyder, and A. Collins started the men’s meet off by winning the 200-medley relay at 1:27.00.
- Namakonov won the 100-breast at 52.35, and was followed up in second and third place by Manuel Osorio and Malcolm Collins, respectively.
- D’Orazio finished strong in the 200-fly, cruising into first place over the final two laps to finish with a total time of 1:49.76.
- Namakonov picked up his third win in the 50-free in the sixth-fastest time in program history, at a fitting 20.25 time.
- Kaloyan Levterov won the 200-back at 1:46.88, with Denys Mialkovskyi just .05 seconds behind.
- The 400-medley relay ended the meet, which Namakonov, Josh Donovan, Brady Robidas, and A. Collins helped UD pick up first place by over a second, setting a pool record
UP NEXT
The Blue Hens travel up to Philadelphia, Pa. on November 1, to take on the University of Pennsylvania.
Courtesy: WVU Sports
NEWARK, DEL. – The West Virginia men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams split a dual against Delaware at Rawstrom Natatorium in Newark, Delaware, on Saturday.
The men’s swimming and diving team (1-0) defeated Delaware for its first dual meet win of the season, 162.50-137.50. The women’s team (1-1) lost, 209-91.
The Mountaineers had a dominant performance in the diving well, as the male divers were the difference in the meet. On 1-meter, West Virginia swept as it held the top four spots.
Sophomore David Hatt won the event with 292.88 points, redshirt senior Glenn Eloriaga placed second (287.70 points), sophomore Levi Hellman finished third (270.68 points) and senior Christian Torres placed fourth (265.58 points).
On 3-meter, WVU held the top three spots on the men’s side with Eloriaga winning the event with 343.88 points.
For the women’s team, senior Abigail Sullivan had two second place finishes. Sullivan scored 259.35 points on 1-meter and 273.53 points on 3-meter. Freshman Stevi Chalemou placed third on 3-meter with 259.05 points.
Freshman Jake Salcedo posted an outstanding performance as he swam the third-fastest time in program history and set a pool record for Rawstrom Natatorium in the men’s 1000-yard freestyle. He won the event with a final time of 9:14.42.
Virginia Tech transfer, junior Vedaant Madhavan, finished right behind Salcedo with the fourth-fastest time in program history, touching the wall at 9:14.63.
The Mountaineers kept their momentum rolling in the men’s 200-yard freestyle as redshirt junior Christian Simpson earned his first win of the day with a final time of 1:37.75. Sophomore Nick Lugo placed second with a final time of 1:38.77.
In the men’s 100-yard backstroke, Kentucky transfer, sophomore Szymon Mieczkowkski won the event as he set a pool record and swam the eighth-fastest time in program history with a time of 47.71.
In the women’s 100-yard breaststroke, freshman Macey Larson placed second as she swam the 10th-fastest time in program history with a final time of 1:03.59.
During the second half of the meet, the women’s team made a slight rally as two Mountaineers won events.
Senior Gabriela Martin won the women’s 100-yard freestyle (50.66) and freshman Giada Del Medico won the 200-yard backstroke (2:00.05).
On the men’s side, Salcedo posted his second win of the day as he won the 500-yard freestyle (4:33.83). Madhavan placed second with a final time of 4:34.78.
In the final individual event of the day, Simpson earned his second win as he placed first in the 200-yard individual medley (1:50.30).
