Richmond v. Virginia Tech v. Queens
- Friday, November 8, 2019
- Blacksburg, Virginia
- RESULTS
Courtesy: Richmond Athletics
BLACKSBURG, Va. – Spider swimming and diving was back in the pool Friday evening in Blacksburg. The Spiders took on the host Virginia Tech Hokies and the reigning Division II National Champions, Queens University in a pair of dual meets. Richmond finished the meet with several first-place finishes, but dropped both duals. The Spiders fell to the Hokies 189-105, and 178-116 to Queens.
Hannah Gouger (Cockeysville, Md.) earned a first-place finish in the 200-yard backstroke, swimming at 2:01.32, a new season-best. She garnered a third-place finish in the 100-yard backstroke, turning in a time of 56.14.
Maggie Purcell (Southampton, N.Y.) took first with a season-best 1:04.24 time in the 100-yard breaststroke, and followed that up with a first-place finish in the 200-yard breaststroke at 2:19.67. She added another first-place finish in the 200 IM, finishing 1.14 seconds faster than the next closest competitor at 2:05.78,
Grace Palfreyman (Bridgewater, N.J.) added a fifth-place finish in the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 5:21.71. In the 100-yard butterfly, freshman Claire O’Shaughnessy (Laurel, Md.) turned in a fourth-place finish at 58.62.
The 400-relay team of Gouger, Lauren Medlin (Cary, N.C.), Kristine Mihm (Wexford, Pa.) and Eliza Manning (Frederick County, Md.) finished in third with a time of 3:36.30, good for third place. The quartet of Palfreyman, Ellie Ronan (Marblehead, Mass.), Mallory Shake (Lexington, Ky.) and O’Shaughnessy finished fourth with a 3:39.24 time.
Richmond’s divers were led by senior Sydney Weiskopf (Clifton Park, N.Y.) in the 1-meter event. Weiskopf tallied a score of 267.15, earning a sixth-place finish. Alex Beran (Basking Ridge, N.J.) and Emma Yeakley (Cornelius, N.C.) finished seventh and eighth, respectively with scores of 240.00 and 214.35.
Weiskopf continued to dive well in the 3-meter event, earning a second-place finish with a score of 267.90. Yeakley and Maddy Chao (Niskayuna, N.Y.) added second and third place finishes, respectively. Yeakley scored a 234.40 and Chao tallied a score of 217.50.
The Spiders are back in action in two weeks as they head to George Mason for the Patriot Invitational, November 21-23.
Courtesy: Virginia Tech Athletics
CHRISTIANSBURG, Va. – The Virginia Tech men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams claimed wins on Friday night. Tech’s women defeated DII No. 1 Queens, 166-116, and had the 189-105 win over Richmond. The men’s team downed DII No. 1 Queens 173-86.
HOKIES MEN
The Tech men opened with a second and third place finish in the 200 medley relay. Connor Doyle, AJ Pouch, Alex Hines and Justin Rich posted a time of 1:32.18. Their teammates, Forest Webb, Cobi Lopez Miro, Henry Claesson and Noah Desman finished just tenths behind with 1:32.53.
Filippo Dal Maso added a first place finish in the 100 freestyle in 9:16.88 and was followed by fellow sophomore Brennen Doss in second with a 9:26.24. Dal Maso went on to win the 500 freestyle later in the meet with a time of 4:31.13.
In the 200 freestyle, Lane Stone led the way with 1:37.99 while Antani Ivanov followed up in third with a 1:40.84.
Sam Tornqvist led a Hokies one, two, three finish in the 100 backstroke. Tornqvist posted a time of 49.96 while a pair of freshmen followed behind with Will Koeppen (50.89) and Forest Webb (51.01).
Tech had a one, three finish in the 100 breaststroke with Simon Shi in 56.13 and AJ Pouch coming in at 57.39. In the 100 butterfly, Ivanov took the top spot in 1:46.60 while Blake Manoff was second in 1:49.71.
The Hokies dominated in the sprint frees as Thomas Hallock took both the 50 and 100 with times of 20.26 and 45.52, respectively. Claesson followed in second in the 50 free (20.85) while Aaron Boyd was third in the 100 (47.07).
Tornqvist led another top-three sweep in the backstroke, this time the 200 as he came in 1:48.91 followed by Stone (1:50.86) and Webb (1:52.58). Shi won the 200 breaststroke with 2:01.96 and freshman Pouch turned in a 2:03.41 to come in second.
Manoff closed off the individual events with a 1:50.41 in the 200 IM to take first.
Tech wrapped up swimming with first place in the 400 freestyle behind Claesson, Ivanov, Dal Maso and Stone at 3:01.75.
The men exhibitioned diving events since Queens did not have a team.
HOKIES WOMEN
Tech came out strong with a win in the 200 medley relay off swims from Margarita Ryan, Joelle Vereb, Kayla Purcell and Anna Landon at 1:42.87. They were followed by Emily Meilus, Jenna Thompson, Julia Bruneau and Sarah Shackelford in third (1:44.43).
Brooke Travis turned in a second place finish in the 1000 free with a time of 10:19.46. Loulou Vos got the Hokies a win, taking first in the 200 free (1:51.46) while freshman Rose Pouch turned in a third place 1:52.73 in the event. Vos also won the 500 freestyle (4:59.29) later in the meet.
Ryan gave Tech a second-place finish in the 100 backstroke with 55.37. In the 100 breaststroke, Thompson took second (1:04.38) followed by Vereb with a 1:04.42 third-place finish.
The Hokies secured a win in the 100 butterfly behind Karisa Franz’s 2:04.59. Molly Sheffield was third with 2:07.27. Landon led a one, two finish in the 50 free (23.94) with Bruneau coming in just behind with 23.96. Shackelford was second in the 100 free (51.86).
Pouch was the top finisher in the 200 backstroke, finishing second with 2:02.90. Fellow freshman Charlie Burt took third (2:03.33). In the 200 breaststroke, Baillie Cameron was second (2:22.88) followed by Julia Smith (2:23.07).
Vereb was second in the 100 butterfly with 55.82 while Pouch wrapped up the individual events for the Hokies with a third-place 2:07.02 in the 200 IM.
In the final relay, the Hokies finished second in the 400 free with 3:29.63 turned in by Bruneau, Landon, Alex Slayton and Pouch.
On the boards, Brooke Leftwich led the Hokies on the 1-meter with a score of 309.45. She was followed by Teagan Moravek (291.08) in second and Izzi Mroz (289.95) in third. Moravek won the 3-meter with 295.95.
UP NEXT: The Hokies will take next week off from competition before returning to the pool Nov. 21-23 at the Ohio State Invite in Columbus, Ohio.
Courtesy: Queens Athletics
BLACKSBURG, VA. – The Queens University of Charlotte women’s swimming went on the road Friday evening, taking on NCAA Division I institutions Virginia Tech and University of Richmond.
Queens opened the meet with a second-place finish in the 200-Yard Medley Relay from the foursome of Rachel Massaro, Hannah Foster, Georgia DaCruz, and Polina Lapshina.
Lapshina led the Royals with three individual event wins, taking the top spot in the 100-Yard Backstroke, 100-Yard Freestyle, and 100-Yard Butterfly. Junior Francesca Bains also collected a win, earning gold in the 1,000-Yard Freestyle and also taking second place in the 500-Yard Freestyle.
The Royals tallied three more runner-up finishes, including two from Foster in the 200-Yard Freestyle and 200-Yard I.M. and another from freshman Yuliia Stadnyk in the 200-Yard Butterfly.
Queens concluded the night in winning fashion as the team of Stadnyk, Danielle Melilli, Allyson Accordino, and Lexi Baker turned in a time of 3:29.51 in the 400-Yard Freestyle Relay.
The Royals have two weeks to prepare for the annual Fall Frenzy which takes place on Nov. 22-24 in Charlotte, N.C. at the Mecklenburg County Aquatic Center.
BLACKSBURG, VA. – The Queens University of Charlotte women’s swimming went on the road Friday evening, taking on NCAA Division I institution Virginia Tech, which is ranked No. 24 in the latest CSCAA/TYR poll.
Queens opened the meet with a win in the 200-Yard Medley Relay from the team of Finn Howard, Jan Delkeskamp, Alex Kunert, and Brody Heck.
Kunert was a two-time runner up in the meet, finishing second in both the 200-Yard Freestyle and 100-Yard Butterfly, while taking third overall in the 200-Yard Butterfly. Delkeskamp also collect two second-place finishes, claiming silver in both the 100-Yard Breaststroke and the 200-Yard I.M.
Senior Dmytro Sydorchenko was the runner-up in the 100-Yard Freestyle and sophomore Luke Erwee took second in the 500-Yard Freestyle race.
The 400-Yard Freestyle Relay foursome of Skyler Cook-Weeks, Erico Cuna, Sydorchenko, and Heck reached the wall in 3:04.79 to finish in second place.
The Royals have two weeks to prepare for the annual Fall Frenzy which takes place on Nov. 22-24 in Charlotte, N.C. at the Mecklenburg County Aquatic Center.
