Cardinal Swimming Again in Tri-Meet Motion at Washington & Jefferson Tri-Meet

Wheeling, W. Va. – After opening up the twin meet schedule with Mountain East Conference (MEC) Tri-Meet motion, the Wheeling University Men’s and Women’s Swimming groups ((2-0, 2-0), (1-1, 1-1)) kicks off a first-half non-conference stretch. The run begins on the highway on Wednesday evening, after they swim towards Washington & Jefferson College and Bethany College in Washington, Pennsylvania, with first occasions starting at 6 PM. Both Cardinal packages had a robust begin to their twin meet schedule, with each having issues to construct on within the pool.

Last trip, the Cardinals competed on the Frostburg State tri-meet, the place they acquired the possibility to swim towards the host Bobcats and West Virginia Wesleyan. On the lads’s facet, the Cardinals picked up their first-ever MEC Tri-meet sweep, beating Frostburg State 145-113 and taking down West Virginia Wesleyan 211-23. As a crew, the Cardinals would take dwelling seven first place finishes, between 4 completely different swimmers, with their up and coming stars persevering with to show themselves within the pool. On the ladies’s facet, the Cardinals would break up the occasion, taking down West Virginia Wesleyan 175-23 whereas falling to Frostburg State 159-92. The ladies would end with three gold medals on the occasion, distributed between two swimmers, whereas the Cardinals had a number of different swimmers end within the high three of their respective occasions.

The males had been led within the brief distance occasions by Felix Norlin, who was named the MEC’s Men’s Swimmer of the Week. Norlin would choose up a pair of gold medals for the primary time in his profession, and was additionally part of each Cardinal relay occasions. His particular person wins got here within the 200-Meter Short Course Freestyle, the place he swam a time of two:04.50, and the 100-Meter Short Course Breatstroke, swimming a time of 1:08.03. Segmen Duygun would additionally choose up his first two wins of the season, swimming within the lengthy distance occasions for the second week in a row. His greatest win of the day would come within the 800-Meter Short Course, the place he swam a time of 8:58.45 to win the occasion by over 30 seconds. The last multi-event winner for the Cardinals was Archie Pigott, who completed with wins within the 200-Meter Short Course Breaststroke (2:27.45) and the 200-Meter Shortcourse Individual Medley (2:27.45).

On the ladies’s facet, freshman Giulia Liberti main the way in which by taking dwelling two of the Cardinal’s three gold medals on the day. It can be the primary two wins of her collegiate profession, as she took the lead within the mid-distance occasions on the day. Her first win would come within the within the 100-Meter Short Course Breaststroke, the place she swam a time of 1:19.13 to win the occasion by slightly below 5 seconds. Her second win would come within the 200-Meter Breaststroke, the place she swam a time of two:55.25. The different win for the Cardinals got here courtesy of Niki Chrysafi, who took the title within the 100-Meter Short Course with a time of 1:09.37. Chrysafi led the way in which for the Cardinals on the WVU video games and continued her success in her first twin meet surroundings of the season.

As they proceed their twin meet schedule, the Wheeling Swimming packages will get a heavy dose of non-conference opponents. After swimming in Wednesday’s meet, the Cardinals will see Bethany once more as a part of their dwelling tri meet on October 25^th, and continues with Salem to kick-off the month of November. Both groups would both tie or exceed this system’s twin meet win document a season in the past and are off to related success this season. The males begin their convention schedule 2-0 for the primary time in program historical past, whereas the ladies’s program equaled their 1-1 begin from a season in the past. Both packages look to construct their success within the pool as they proceed to construct to the Malone Midseason Invitational.

The Matchups

Washington & Jefferson: The Cardinals and Presidents are assembly for the seventh time in program historical past, with the Wheeling males main the all-time collection at 7-0 whereas the Wheeling ladies lead the all-time collection at 4-3. Since the Wheeling program was reborn throughout the 2020-2021 season, the Cardinal packages have received every of the 2 earlier conferences and each look to increase their win streaks on Wednesday. Their final assembly got here on October 17^th, 2024, in a meet that the me received 111-79 and the ladies received 119-64. Former Cardinal Jade Miller led the Cardinals with three first place finishes, whereas former Cardinal Gustav Lofqvist led the lads’s crew within the dash occasions with a gold medal.

Bethany: The Cardinals and Bison are assembly for the seventh time in program historical past with the Wheeling males main the all-time collection at 5-2 and the Wheeling ladies main the all-time collection at 7-0. Both groups enter the meet with a profitable streak on their facet, with the ladies having received the final seven conferences and the lads having received the final 4 conferences between the 2 groups. Their final assembly got here on October 26^th, 2024, with the ladies profitable 140-39 and the lads profitable 131-28. Leading the way in which for the lads was Sarp Killic, who picked up a pair of gold medals on the day, whereas Lacie Langmyer led the ladies with a pair of occasion wins on the day.

The Details

First swims for Wednesday evening’s occasion are scheduled for six PM contained in the Henry Memorial Natatorium on the campus of Washington & Jefferson College. Follow together with wucardinals.com for updates all through the occasion.