Mountaineers Conclude Day Two of Tennessee Invite

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Senior Andrew Marsh won the 100 backstroke to highlight the West Virginia University swimming and diving team’s performance on the second day of the Tennessee Invitational in Knoxville, Tennessee, on Saturday.

Along with the win in the 100 backstroke, Marsh finished second in the 100 butterfly. He was joined with top-three honors by junior Nate Carr, who was third in the 400 individual medley, and senior diver Lindsay Schmidt, who earned a third-place finish on 3-meter.

“Today was a better day,” said coach Vic Riggs. “We had some very solid swims this morning, which gave us some opportunities tonight that I think we took advantage of.”

The morning prelims were competed in long-course meters, while the evening finals were raced in short-course yards.

Through the second day of the three-day, four team meet, the WVU men’s squad totaled a team score of 369.5, while the women have 255. Missouri leads the men’s standings with 851.5, followed by Tennessee (613), Virginia Tech (597.5) and West Virginia. On the women’s side, Tennessee leads with 836.5, followed by Missouri (651), Virginia Tech (613) and West Virginia.

“In tonight's finals, I felt we were strong in every event,” said Riggs. “Having Andrew Marsh win the 100 backstroke was the highlight. Nate Carr had a very solid night as well with a top-three finish in the 400 IM, and a 1:38.15 lead-off for the relay. I felt all our 100 strokes and 200 free events were good for this time of year. I think we had close to 100 percent in season-best times.”

Marsh won the 100 backstroke with a 47.01. After a 58.87 long-course time in the prelims, Marsh won the finals by 0.18 seconds and was one of two swimmers to post a time under 48 seconds.

Marsh earned the runner-up finish in the 100 butterfly with a 47.33. He beat out Tennessee’s Tyler Mills by 0.40 seconds after the WVU senior recorded a 56.56 long-course time in the prelims.

Carr placed third overall in the finals of the 400 IM with a season-best 3:51.01. Carr beat out Virginia Tech’s Robert Owen by 0.64 seconds to earn the top-three finish.

Schmidt also made the A final on 3-meter and scored a 293.70 in the finals after a 264.80 in the prelims. Schmidt was one of three divers to record a score above a 280.

In addition to Marsh in the 100 butterfly, Chase Williams and Nathan Howells both earned spots in the B final. Williams finished 14th overall with a 50.48, while Howells was right behind him with a 50.66 to finish 15th overall.

Along with Carr in the 400 IM, James Koval and Drew Damich advanced to the B final and placed 13th and 14th overall, respectively. Koval touched the wall in 4:04.11, while Damich finished in 4:04.18.

Freshmen Maggie Miller and Natalie Johnsen advanced to the B final in the 100-yard butterfly. Miller finished seventh in the B final and 15th overall with a time of 56.76 and Johnsen took 16th overall in 57.13.

In the 200 freestyle, Chris McMahon advanced to the B final and finished 14th overall with a 1:41.89.

The Mountaineer women sent three to the B final of the 100-yard breaststroke, while the men advanced four to the B final. For the women, senior Emter finished fourth in the B final and 12th overall (1:04.51), followed by freshman Marah Bieger in 14th (1:05.84) and senior Emma Luigard in 16th overall (1:08.42).

For the men, Spencer finished first in the B finals and ninth overall with a time of 55:14. Senior Aidan Fumagalli finished third in the B final and 11th overall (56.51), followed by freshman Jake Armstrong (57.25) in 13th and Williams (57.67) in 15th place overall.

WVU added two more B final appearances in the 100 backstroke. Amelie Currat finished 14th overall with a 56.39 in the women’s race, while Merwane Elmerine was 16th overall in the men’s competition with a finals time of 51.40.

Alex Obendorf led the way for the divers on 1-meter for the men with a 266.35 to finish 11th overall. Logan McHenry was right behind him in 12th place with a 252.60, while Mike Proietto finished 13th with a 246.55.

Along with Schmidt’s A final appearance on 3-meter, Madelyn Woods placed 11th overall with a 234.85 and Julia Calcut was 13th with a 228.85.

To conclude the day in the men’s 800 freestyle relay, WVU placed fourth with a 6:37.53. Carr led off with a 1:38.15, followed by Marsh with a 1:38.56, McMahon with a 1:41.55 and Ross Glegg with a 1:39.27.

Sunday, Nov. 22 Schedule:

Prelims - 10 a.m.
200m Back
100m Free
200m Breast
200m Fly
400m Free Relay
1500m Free

Diving Prelims – 1:30 p.m.
Platform

Finals – 4:30 p.m.
1650y Free
200y Back
100y Free
200y Breast
200y Fly
200y Free Relay

The Mountaineers will return to the final day of competition tomorrow to conclude the three-day Tennessee Invite in Knoxville Tennessee, starting with preliminary races at 10 a.m.

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