Giulia Liberti Earns First Team All-MEC Honor to Lead Ladies’s Swimming on Day 3 of MEC/GMAC Championships

Canton, OH. – Day three featured fast-paced motion contained in the C.T. Brannin Natatorium, with 4 occasions working on the third day of the Mountain East Conference (MEC)/Great Midwest Athletic Conference (GMAC). The Wheeling University Women’s Swimming crew had their largest day of finals opponents, sending 11 swimmers to remaining occasions, and jumped up one spot within the standings to maneuver to fourth general and second amongst MEC opponents. The day was highlighted by the crew’s first First Team All-MEC honor of the match, and their fourth complete All-MEC honor of the match. 

Earning the dignity was freshman Giulia Liberti, who competed within the 100-Yard Breaststroke on day three. In the morning, she would qualify for the A Final, swimming a time of 1:07.62, and set herself up as the one MEC swimmer within the A Final. However, she didn’t simply sit again and get by, however lowered her prelim time by .32 seconds within the night swim. It was sufficient to position her fifth general within the occasion, and earn her the highest honors within the MEC. It was Liberti’s first particular person All-MEC honor of the match, and was the primary of three All-MEC honors for this system on the day. She would earn 25 crew factors for her effort, and performed an enormous function within the crew leaping Frostburg State within the MEC standings to maneuver to second within the convention. 

The different particular person honor of the day could be awarded to Niki Chrysafi, who swam within the B Final of the 100-Yard Backstroke. She would qualify for the occasion’s B Final, after swimming a time of 1:01.50 within the morning, and had one of many largest time drops from the morning to the afternoon. Chrysafi was in a position to take slightly below a second off her time, ending 14th general with a time of 1:00.85, putting her third amongst her MEC competitors. The remaining All-MEC award for the Women’s program would come within the 800-Yard Freestyle Relay to spherical out the evening. The crew of Grace Moorley, Gabby Baiano, Caitlin Oltman, and Lacie Langmyer took the pool and would compete within the A Final of the occasion. The foursome swam a time of 8:08.54, knocking practically three seconds off their seed time, to earn Honorable Mention All-MEC honors. 

It was part of an enormous general day in finals for the Cardinals, starting with the 500-Yard Freestyle. Wheeling could be led within the occasion by Langmyer, who certified for the B Final with a morning swim of 5:16.44. Langmyer would come again in the ultimate occasion and dropped a second off her morning time to take eleventh general at 5:15.42. In the C Final, Grace Moorley and Gabby Baiano would every take the pool, with Moorley successful the warmth with a time of 5:19.95. Baiano completed proper behind her in nineteenth at 5:23.09 because the evening shifted over to the dash occasions. Before Chrysafi earned her All-MEC honor within the B Final, Sofia Garcia would compete within the C Final of the occasion. She would end twenty second general, swimming a time of 1:05.27 to spherical out her day within the finals. 

In the 100 Yard Breaststroke, Sofia Gonzalez would take the pool first within the C Final, placing up a time of 1:15.27 to complete twenty second general. The remaining particular person occasion of the day was the Women’s 200-Yard Butterfly, the place three completely different Cardinals certified for the C Final of the occasion. Lydie Sprecher was the quickest Cardinal swimmer within the occasion, ending twentieth general at 2:27.46, whereas Mikayla Smitley took twenty second (2:32.48) and Liv Moyer would end twenty third (2:33.46). 

The remaining day of the MEC/GMAC Swimming & Diving Championships is scheduled for Friday, February thirteenth, with prelims at 10 AM, adopted by finals at 5:30 PM.