Wheeling Swim Returns to MEC Play with Twin Meet Stretch at Davis & Elkins

Wheeling, W. Va. – After per week off from competitors, the Wheeling University Men’s and Women’s Swimming groups ((6-0, 2-0)(5-1, 1-1)) returns to Mountain East Conference (MEC) motion. The Cardinals will journey all the way down to Elkins, West Virginia on Saturday for twin meet motion towards Davis & Elkins at 1 PM. The Cardinals look to maintain the great instances rolling, as each applications hold constructing on their younger expertise pool. 

Last day trip, the Cardinals opened their dwelling schedule as they battled Chatham and Bethany College contained in the Alma Grace McDonough Center. It was an enormous day for each applications, with the Cardinals successful each race on the evening throughout each genders. The males would earn wins of 168-4 over Bethany and 164-31 over Chatham, with six completely different swimmers taking first place on the evening. The Cardinals had two completely different freshmen choose up a number of wins because the youth led the way in which. On the ladies’s aspect, the Cardinals would win by scores of 137-7 over Bethany and 137-49 over Chatham. Like the lads, the ladies would additionally win each occasion, with seven completely different girls taking dwelling first place titles. It added two extra wins to each groups’ seasons as they proceed to push for the Malone Midseason Invite. 

Leading the way in which on the lads’s aspect was freshman Aria Dimakis, who picked up three wins on the day, two particular person and a relay victory. Dimakis would tackle the brief distance occasions, swimming in each the 50-Yard freestyle and the 100-Yard Individual Medley. His first win of the day got here within the 50-Yard Freestyle, the place he completed with a time of twenty-two.43 seconds to beat out the sector by .42 seconds. He would come again within the subsequent race and would swim within the 100-Yard Individual Medley. He swam in a time of 56.16 seconds and led the Cardinals as they took the highest three spots within the area. The different Cardinal with a number of wins was Archie Pigott, who completed with wins within the 100-Yard Breaststroke and the 200-Yard Individual Medley. Pigott would choose up his largest win within the 200-Yard Individual Medley, the place he swam a time of two:02.13 to select up a 16 second win within the area. 

On the ladies’s aspect, it was Niki Chrysafi main the trouble for the Cardinals choosing up a pair of particular person wins and three whole wins. Chrysafi would tackle each the 200-Yard Freestyle and the 100-Yard Backstroke, with the 200-Yard Backstroke kicking issues off. She would swim the occasion with a time of two:05.22, and beating the remainder of the sector by 4 seconds to begin the day. She would come again within the 100-Yard Backstroke and put up a time of 1:01.57 to spherical out the day. Olivia Moyer was the opposite Cardinal with a number of wins, including a person win and a relay win. Moyer would take the title within the 100-Yard Butterfly, the place she swam a time of 1:13.76 whereas additionally being a part of the 200-Yard Freestyle Relay successful group. 

As they head in the direction of the annual midseason meet, the Cardinals might be taking over two extra convention opponents alongside the way in which. They begin with Davis & Elkins on Saturday, and add a match-up with Salem on Wednesday evening of their remaining two meets to organize. So far, each groups have discovered themselves close to the highest of the MEC standings on each side of the race. The males discover themselves sitting atop the convention standings, scoring 513.25 factors, whereas the ladies are sitting third with a median of 467.35 factors this season. Both groups will look to proceed their development within the pool whereas they proceed to organize for the 2025 Malone Midseason Invitational. 

The Match-up 

The Cardinals and Senators are assembly for the fourth time in program historical past, with Wheeling main each all-time sequence at 3-1. It would be the third time that the groups have traveled to Elkins, West Virginia, with the groups splitting their earlier two conferences. The girls are averaging 140 factors per match, whereas the lads are averaging 135.25 factors per sport within the all-time sequence. 

The final assembly between the 2 groups got here on November ninth, 2024, with the lads successful 162-81 and the ladies successful 146-108. Former Cardinal Jade Miller would cleared the path for the ladies, choosing up 4 particular person occasion wins on the day. On the lads’s aspect, it was former Cardinal Euan MacLeod would set two pool data within the successful effort. 

The Details 

First swims for Saturday’s twin meet is scheduled for 1 PM contained in the George A. Myles Pool on the campus of Davis & Elkins. You can watch the sport dwell by clicking HERE.