Girls’s Swimming Falls in Twin Meet Motion In opposition to Davis & Elkins

Wheeling, W. Va. – After taking per week off from the pool, the Wheeling University Women’s Swimming staff (5-2, 1-2) returned to the pool on Saturday as they battled Davis & Elkins. The Cardinals would choose up seven gold medals on the day, but it surely wasn’t sufficient as they might fall to the Senators 144-114. Two Cardinals would choose up a number of wins on the day as they moved to 1-2 in Mountain East Conference (MEC) play. 

The two Cardinals with a number of wins each got here from the freshman class, with Niki Chrysafi and Giulia Liberti every selecting up a number of wins on the day. The first multi-event winner was Chrysafi, who achieved the feat for the third time this season. Her first occasion win would come within the 100-Yard Backstroke, the place she completed with a time of 1:03.02. She would beat out Davis & Elkins’s Daphne McCann by simply over a second as she began her day without work robust. She would come again 5 occasions later, and took on the mid-distance occasions within the 200-Yard Backstroke. She would as soon as once more take the highest spot, swimming a time of two:16.52 as she picked up what was her largest win of the day. She would beat McCann by just below six seconds as she rounded out a powerful day within the pool.  

Liberti adopted proper behind Chrysafi, taking the highest spot within the Women’s 100-Yard Breaststroke. She would swim a time of 1:10.63, ending simply forward of her teammate Sofia Gonzalez, as she picked up a three-second victory. Liberti would strick with the Breaststroke for her second race of the day, and as soon as once more took the highest spot with a time of two:35.47. It can be a four-second victory for the freshman, beating Davis & Elkins’s Payton Williamson by 4 seconds within the discipline. The day would begin robust for the Cardinals as Chrysafi and Liberti teamed up with Lydie Sprecher and Caitlin Oltman for the 200-Yard Medley Relay. The foursome would swim a time of 1:55.59, beating their seed time by simply over two seconds to get the day began. 

In the person occasions, it could be Grace Moorley and the long-distance swims that bought issues began within the 1000 Yard Freestyle. She would swim a time of 11:37.88, selecting up the staff’s largest win of the day by beating Davis & Elkins’s Anikka Peterson by 20 seconds. The ultimate Cardinal win of the day would additionally come within the long-distance occasions as Lacie Langmyer took on the 500-Yard Freestyle. She would swim a time of 5:42.20, beating out the Senator’s Grace Janus by 18 seconds to spherical out the person wins. The day would spherical out within the Women’s 400-Yard Freestyle, the place the staff of Moorley, Olivia Moyer, Sofia Gonzalez, and Langmyer took the pool. The foursome would spherical out the day with a second-place end, swimming a time of three:59.18 to take second within the discipline. 

The Wheeling University Women’s Swimming staff returns to motion on Wednesday, November twelfth, after they host Salem with first swims starting at 6 PM.