Valerie Daigneault

2020 Women’s ACC Championships Fan Guide: Virginia Looking to Reclaim the Crown

For 10 of the past 12 years, the University of Virginia women’s won the team title at the ACC Championships. Only in 2017 and 2019 did they place second.

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WVU Men, Pitt Women Earn Victories As Teams Split Backyard Brawl

The Mountaineer men topped the Panthers 179.5-120.5, while the Pittsburgh women defeated WVU 175-125 at the 2020 edition of the Backyard Brawl.

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Big Drops and Event Sweeps Propel Louisville to Victory at Purdue Invite

The final day of the 2019 Purdue Invite saw a pair of milers and a 200 backstroker with some big time drops to claim wins.

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Blaise Vera Posts Nation-Leading 19.53 But Notre Dame Downs Pitt

Pittsburgh’s Blaise Vera now owns the #1 and #2 times in the nation in the 50 and 100 free, but the Notre Dame men and women swept Pitt over the weekend.

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Blaise Vera Goes 19.9/43.7 In Pitt Sweep of Michigan State

Blaise Vera continued his early season success with some of the top times in the nation as the Pittsburgh men and women defeated Michigan State Friday.

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Pitt Wins 25 Events at LCM Quad vs. Duquesne, Villanova, Youngstown State

Pitt dominated Saturday’s long-course meters swimming meet and also swept all four diving events against Duquesne, Villanova and Youngstown State.

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Blaise Vera Drops 19.7/43.8 Sprint Double as Pitt Wins Backyard Brawl

Now, he’s gone sub-20 four times in late 2018, and this was just .05 off of his PR from the Ohio State Invite– it’s also just his fifth time under 20 seconds.

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Pitt Swimming & Diving Opens 2019 With Backyard Brawl

Regional rivals Pitt and West Virginia will meet in a swimming & diving dual meet for the 25th consecutive season on Saturday at the University of Pittsburgh’s Trees Pool.

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Dolan and Ho Propel Notre Dame Women, Virginia Tech Men

The Notre Dame women and Virginia Tech men each earned two wins as Notre Dame hosted VT and Pitt this weekend.

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Daigneault and Eddy Both Triple, Virginia Men and Women Defeat Pitt

Eryn Eddy tripled for the Cavaliers as both the men and women defeated Pittsburgh at home.

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Pitt Heads to Virginia for ACC Dual Meet Test

The Pitt swimming & diving programs are set for their third meet in as many weekends as the Panthers return to Atlantic Coast Conference action with a matchup at Virginia on Saturday.

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Blaise Vera Splits 19.37 50 Free As Pitt Sweeps George Washington

Daigneault swam to victory in the women’s 200 free (1:49.27), and the 100 fly (55.82).

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Ida Hulkko Splits 27.15 50 Breast In FSU, Pitt, Georgia Tech Double Dual

Christian Ferraro (Georgia Tech) won the men’s 100 fly with a 47.94, touching close to a second off his personal best of 46.65.

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Pitt Swimming & Diving Opens Season with ACC Tri-Meet

The University of Pittsburgh swimming & diving programs begin their 2018-19 campaigns this Saturday when the Panthers face Florida State and Georgia Tech in an Atlantic Coast Conference tri-meet at FSU’s Morcom Aquatics Center in Tallahassee, Fla.

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Kt Kustritz Tops D3 Rankings in the 50 breast as Pitt Beats Denison

Pitt won a combined 28 of 32 events en route to beating the Big Red in the men’s and women’s meets.

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