West Virginia Hosts the WV State Games

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The West Virginia University males’s and girls’s swimming and diving groups host the West Virginia State Games on Saturday, Oct. 4, at The Peak Health Aquatic Center at Mylan Park in Morgantown.
 
There will likely be two classes, with session one starting at 10 a.m. and session two beginning at 4 p.m.
 
West Virginia started the season on the Florida State University Invitational as the lads’s and girls’s groups every positioned third. For their performances, three swimmers earned Big 12 Conference weekly awards following their performances on the Florida State University Invitational.
 
Freshman Jake Salcedo was named the Big 12 Men’s Newcomer of the Week after he positioned second within the 500-yard freestyle (4:30.02). Freshman Caden Oprandy and freshman Macey Larson every earned honors as effectively for his or her performances.
 
Sophomore MJ Gilligan was the one Mountaineer on both staff to win a person occasion as she received the ladies’s 400-yard particular person medley (4:22.05) whereas swimming the seventh quickest time in program historical past for that occasion.
 
Senior Gabriela Martin was dominant on the FSU Invite, putting second in a single occasion and in addition ending third in three occasions.
 
This would be the first meet of the season with the complete roster competing for WVU, because the FSU Invite was an abbreviated roster for every staff that competed.
 
Schedule of Events
 
Session 1

• 200 Medley Relay
• 1000 Freestyle
• 200 Freestyle
• 100 Backstroke
• 100 Breaststroke
• 50 Freestyle
• 200 Butterfly
• 400 Freestyle Relay

Session 2

• 400 Medley Relay
• 100 Freestyle
• 200 Backstroke
• 200 Breaststroke
• 500 Freestyle
• 100 Butterfly
• 200 Individual Medley
• 200 Freestyle Relay

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