Swimming Falls to Penn State
October 23, 2014 08:04 PM | General
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| Skelley |
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The West Virginia University swimming and diving teams fell to Penn State in a dual meet, today, at the WVU Natatorium.
PSU claimed a 144-99 victory on the women’s side and a 145-98 win on the men’s side.
“As I said about our preparation for the meet, I think the most important thing for us was to stay focused on what we do best. We did that really well today,” said coach Vic Riggs. “We had a lot of solid racing in our distance and sprint events.”
Some of the meet’s highlights included Emma Skelley’s victory in the women’s 1,000 free with a season-best time of 10:05.49. Skelley also won the women’s 500 free in 4:58.49.
The women’s 50 free saw Jaimee Gillmore place first for the Mountaineers in 23.84. On the men’s side, West Virginia’s Andrew Marsh took the win in the 100 free in 45.61.
“We had a little meet inside the meet to challenge ourselves, as we wanted to be better than what we were against Marshall,” Riggs said. “We had 12 girls and 15 guys who were 100-percent better on their event times than they were at Marshall.”
Nate Carr’s season-best time of 3:59.48 in the men’s 400 IM was good enough for first place, while coming close to breaking the pool record of 3:57.05 set in 2008. Carr also placed first in the men’s 200 breast in 2:04.94
Julie Ogden placed second in the women’s 100 fly with a season-best time of 56.66. Also for the Mountaineer women, Jenelle Zee took first in the 100 breast, finishing in 1:04.53.
“The team competed well. It has to be recognized that Emma, Jaimee, Andrew and Nate definitely responded to some really solid competition,” Riggs said. “I think that’s going to lead to some success down the line for them.”
For the second straight competition, WVU’s Haily VandePoel swept the women’s 1- and 3-meter boards. VandePoel scored 293.92 on the 1-meter board and 264.30 on the 3-meter. The men’s side saw West Virginia’s Michael Proietto claim first in the 1-meter diving event with a score of 295.87.
“The divers performed really well with the women sweeping the two boards, and the men taking the one board and scoring second in the other,” Riggs said.
The Mountaineers will have a quick turnaround as they travel to face Villanova on Saturday, Oct. 25. The action is set to begin at noon.
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