Baiano Paces Effort in Tri-Meet Sweep of Washington & Jefferson and Bethany

Washington, PA. – The twin meet schedule rolled on for the Wheeling University Women’s Swimming group (3-1, 1-1) on Wednesday night time as they traveled to Washington & Jefferson College. The Cardinals earned their first tri-meet sweep of the season, defeating the host Presidents 129.5 – 76.5 whereas beating Bethany College 148-14. The Cardinals would earn first place honors in all however two occasions on the night time, with their senior management taking the forefront within the pool. 

Three totally different Cardinals completed with a number of wins on the day, with senior Gabby Baiano main the group. Baiano confirmed her versatility all through the occasion, opening the day within the lengthy distance swims earlier than transferring to brief distance to spherical out the day. She would begin out the person swims for the Cardinals, taking up the Women’s 1000 Yard Freestyle, and swimming a time of 11:05.46. It was sufficient to beat Washington & Jefferson’s swimmer by three seconds as she pulled out an enormous win to begin her day. She would return to the pool for occasion 15, the place she took on the 100-Yard Freestyle. Baiano continued to point out her excellence, this time within the brief distance swims, and completed with a time of 58.11. She beat out teammate Caitlin Oltman by .74 seconds, rounding out a powerful particular person day within the pool. 

The different three Cardinals to place collectively multi-win efforts had been Niki Chrysafi, Lydie Sprecher, and Grace Moorley. Sprecher would begin her day within the 50-Yard Freestyle in occasion 9, and took residence the primary gold with a time of 26.41. She beat out Washington & Jefferson’s Riley Gutierrez by .49 seconds and would come again simply 4 occasions later for the 50-yard Butterfly. This time, she would win the occasion with a time of 28.50 because the Cardinals took the highest two spots within the subject. Chrysafi’s first occasion win would come within the 200-Yard Individual Medley, the place she would swim a time od 2:21.99. After beginning within the mid-distance occasions, Chrysafi returned for some brief distance motion as she swam the 50-Yard Backstroke. She would put collectively a time of 29.79 to spherical out her day along with her first multi-event win of the season. 

After Baiano began her day with a gold, Grace Moorley can be the one to observe her, swimming within the 200-Yard Freestyle. Moorley would choose up the win with a time of two:04.36, and saved the Cardinal momentum going by means of the early occasion. After Sprecher and Chrysafi every grabbed their two wins, and Baiano picked up her second, Moorley was again within the pool for her second win of the day. This time, it might come within the 500-Yard Freestyle, as she closed her day trip within the lengthy distance occasions. She swam a time of 5:38.83, and was in a position to beat out the remainder of the sector by just below 30 seconds to complete off the person occasions. 

The Cardinals would each begin and finish the day within the relay occasions, and had been in a position to praise the person efficiency with two relay wins. Up first was the 200-Yard Medley Relay, which the group of Chrysafi, Sofia Gonzalez, Sprecher, and Moorley took the pool. The foursome swam a time of 1:56.46, and acquired the day began with a bang. Rounding out the occasion was the 200-Yard Freestyle Relay and this time it was Baiano, Oltman, Luci Banks, and Laci Langmyer within the pool. The Cardinals would as soon as once more take the highest spot, swimming a time of 1:51.03 to spherical out the day. 

The Wheeling University Women’s Swimming group returns to motion on Saturday, October twenty fifth, once they host Bethany and Chatham in tri-meet motion at 4 PM.