Males’s Relay Crew Posts Third-Quickest Time in Program Historical past on Evening One of Big 12 Championships

GREENSBORO, N.C. – The West Virginia University males’s and girls’s swimming and diving crew completed competitors on the primary day of the 2026 Big 12 Swimming and Diving Championships on the Greensboro Aquatic Center in Greensboro, North Carolina.

The spotlight of the evening got here within the males’s 800-yard freestyle relay, because the crew comprised of sophomore Nick Lugo, junior Vedaant Madhavan, redshirt junior Christian Simpson and senior Max Nielsen, posted a closing time of 6:27.89. That ranks third all-time in program historical past for that occasion, because the Mountaineers positioned seventh.
 
In the boys’s crew diving occasion, the trio of sophomore Levi Hellmann, senior Christian Torres and redshirt senior Glenn Eloriaga scored 315.45 complete factors to put sixth.
 
On the ladies’s facet, the relay crew comprised of freshman Delia Ostafi, junior Maddie Smutny and seniors Gabriela Martin and Olivia Busch positioned seventh within the 800-yard freestyle relay (7:17.17).
 
The Mountaineers return to motion on Wednesday morning for prelims at 10 a.m.
 
Meet Schedule
Wednesday, Feb. 25

• 10 a.m. – Prelims
• 5:15 p.m. – Women’s 1-meter diving
• 6 p.m. – Finals
  • 500 freestyle
  • 200 particular person medley
  • 50 freestyle
  • Men’s 3-meter diving

 Thursday, Feb. 26

• 10 a.m. – Prelims
• 5:15 p.m. – Men’s 1-meter diving
• 6 p.m. – Finals
  • 100 butterfly
  • 400 IM
  • 200 freestyle
  • Women’s 3-meter diving
  • 4×100 medley relay

 Friday, Feb. 27

• 10 a.m. – Prelims
• 6 p.m. – Finals
  • 200 butterfly
  • 100 breaststroke
  • 100 backstroke
  • Men’s platform diving
  • 200 freestyle relay

 Saturday, Feb. 28

• 10 a.m. – Prelims
• 6 p.m. – Finals
  • 200 backstroke
  • 100 freestyle
  • 1650 freestyle
  • 200 breaststroke
  • Women’s platform diving
  • 400 freestyle relay

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