Women’s Swimming Falls at Iowa State
January 24, 2015 05:27 PM | General
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| VandePoel |
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The West Virginia University women’s swimming and diving team recorded nine first-place results in a narrow dual-meet fall at Iowa State on Saturday afternoon in Ames, Iowa.
The Mountaineers fell by a score of 157-143 to the Cyclones.
“I’m really proud of these ladies,” said coach Vic Riggs. “It was a long day of travel yesterday, and we were up early today. There were definitely some challenges against us and they responded great.
“Overall it was just a great meet. We did much better against them than last year and being this close is great motivation for conference.”
West Virginia grabbed first, second and third in the women’s 100-butterfly. Julie Ogden led the way in first place in 56.99, while Celia Martinez and Natalie Johnsen tied for second in 57.60.
Emma Skelley swept the women’s 500- and 1,000-yard freestyle events. The 1,000 free saw Skelley finish first in 10:16.32 while the 500 free saw her race to first in 5:03.35.
Jenelle Zee just missed out on a sweep of her own, earning first in the women’s 100-yard breaststroke in 1:04.36 and second in the women’s 200-yard breaststroke in 2:23.68.
In the women’s 100-yard backstroke, Amelie Currat hit the pad first in 57.34. Currat also placed second in the 200-yard backstroke in 2:03.35.
In the women’s 200-yard butterfly, Natalie Johnsen claimed first in 2:05.03. Kelsey Frantz took third in the event (2:09.42) and Mackenzie Braden finished fourth (2:09.78).
“We had some great doubles early on with Kelsey (Frantz) and Mackenzie (Braden) getting more points than we expected,” Riggs said.
The women’s 400-yard medley relay team of Currat, Zee, Ogden and Jaimee Gillmore hit the wall first in 3:51.58.
Haily VandePoel earned a sweep on the women’s 1- and 3-meter boards. VandePoel recorded a mark of 305.25 on the 3-meter board and scored 276.08 on the 1-meter board to claim first in both events.
Also on the 1-meter board, Lindsay Schmidt placed second with a 268.94 mark, while Jenn Rey took fourth overall with a score of 255.22. Schmidt and Rey finished third and fifth, respectively, on the 3-meter board.
“Our divers came through huge today,” Riggs said. “They got us back into the meet along with our one-, two-, three-finish in the 100 fly. “
The men’s squad travels to Ohio State for a dual meet with the Buckeyes on Friday, Jan. 30, at 5 p.m., while the women will host Ohio on Saturday, Jan. 31, at 4 p.m. in the final home meet of the season at the WVU Natatorium.
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