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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Behind eight first-place results, the West Virginia University men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams came up just short in a dual meet today against Pitt at Trees Pool in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Despite seven first-place finishes on the men’s side, the Mountaineer men fell to the Panthers by a score of 176-124, while the women fell 224-75.
“I’m really pleased with our men’s meet. They won both relays and we had very strong performances from several individuals,” said coach Vic Riggs. “Andrew Marsh continues to lead this team with his swims. Tim Squires, Ross Glegg, Nate Carr and Chase Williams also had strong days.”
Marsh, who was named the Big 12 Swimmer of the Week earlier in the season, continued his strong junior campaign. In total, the Bemus Point, New York, native contributed to four first-place results.
Marsh placed first in the men’s 100-yard backstroke in 49.14 and hit the wall first in the men’s 100-yard butterfly in 49.61.
The men’s 200-yard medley relay team of Marsh, Max Spencer, Chase Williams and Squires finished first in 1:30.81, while the men’s 400-yard freestyle relay squad of Marsh, Glegg, Nathan Cobbe and Squires touched the pad first in 3:01.03.
“Our women’s meet had some highlights from Julie Ogden, Loren Williams, Natalie Johnsen and Amelie Currat,” Riggs said. “There’s plenty of room to improve however. We need to be more confident in our race plans.”
In the women’s 200-yard butterfly, Ogden took first in 2:05.42. She followed that up with a second-place finish in the women’s 100-yard butterfly in 56.89.
Williams finished fifth in the women’s 200-yard breaststroke (2:27.58), Johnsen placed second in the women’s 200-yard butterfly (2:06.24) while Currat took second in the women’s 100-yard backstroke (57.67) and second in the women’s 200-yard backstroke (2:06.58).
Other notable performances included a first-place finish by Ross Glegg in the men’s 200-yard freestyle (1:39.97), a first-place result by Nate Carr in the men’s 200-yard IM (1:50.38) and a second-place finish by Chase Williams in the men’s 200-yard butterfly (1:52.81)
Tim Squires just missed out on a 50/100-yard freestyle sweep. Squires took first in the men’s 50 free in 20.62 and placed second in the 100 free in 45.76.
In the diving events, Haily VandePoel took second place in the women’s 3-meter diving with a mark of 269.63. Lindsay Schmidt took fourth in the event (234.15) and Jennifer Rey finished fifth (227.48).
In the men’s 3-meter diving, Alex Obendorf placed fourth with a score of 273.30. Obendorf also placed fourth in the men’s 1-meter diving with a season-best mark of 294.23. Michael Proietto took fifth in the 1-meter (278.85) and Marcus Perry took eighth (201.23).
The Mountaineers will have a short week as they return to action on Friday, Jan. 16, for Senior Night at the WVU Natatorium against TCU.
