Women’s Swimming Look to Construct on Robust 2025/26 as They Gear up for Season Opener this Week

The Wheeling University Women’s Swimming workforce are nearing the opening of their 2026/27 season, as they are going to journey to Salem, W.Va to kickstart their season with a relay meet. With a excessive variety of new recruits on the roster this season, opening with a relay meet is an effective way for incoming transfers and freshmen to gel with the present squad, in what’s a decrease depth meet in comparison with the remainder of the season.

The Cardinals capped their 2025/26 season off on the MEC/GMAC Championships this February simply gone, the place they positioned third within the MEC behind Fairmont State and Frostburg State. Lacie Langmyer was the highest performer for Wheeling on the Championships, scoring 59.5 factors. Langmyer would swim a season finest 18:27.00 within the 1650 yard freestyle to take eighth throughout each the MEC and GMAC. Guilia Liberti was one other prime performer for Wheeling within the Championships, because the Italian swam a private finest within the 100 yard Breaststroke finals, clocking a time of 1:07.30 to take fifth within the race. Liberti would additionally notch a college file within the 50 freestyle on the Championships, swimming a time of 31.36 seconds.

Grace Moorley, Androniki Chrysafi, and Lydie Sprecher had been all leaders of the Cardinal squad all through final season, and shall be on the lookout for extra of the identical this 12 months. Together, the three of them mixed for 20 gold medals throughout the season, with Chrysafi reaching double digit Golds in simply her freshman 12 months. It marks the fourth season in a row that the Cardinals have averaged over 500 factors in the course of the season, and with Head Coach Will Hughes’ new additions to the roster this 12 months, Wheeling shall be trying to break the 550 mark and proceed their rise within the nationwide rankings.

This 12 months, Will Hughes has added prime nationwide expertise to the schedule to check the Cardinals towards the very best, with the Cardinals internet hosting Lenoir-Rhyne on the McDonough Natatorium on October twenty fourth earlier than making the journey right down to Salisbury, North Carolina, to fulfill Catawba in early January. The MEC/GMAC Championships are scheduled for February 10-Thirteenth, 2026, with the Cardinals trying to finish their season on the prime spot for the primary time because the program was reintroduced.

The Wheeling University Women’s Swimming workforce will begin their season this Saturday, September twenty sixth, as they journey to Salem for a relay meet.