MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The West Virginia University men's and women's swimming and diving teams had a solid performance on the first night of the West Virginia State Games at The Aquatic Center at Mylan Park in Morgantown on Friday.
 
The men's swimming and diving team sits in first place with 894 points. The women's swimming and diving team sits in second place behind Marshall with 674 points.


 
The 2024-25 season began with the relay team comprised of sophomores Delaney Cox and Victoria Kidney, redshirt sophomore Sofia Deste and senior Olivia Kraus placing second in the 200-yard medley relay with a final time of 1:45.83.
 
The men's swimming and diving had three relay teams place in the top three of the 200 medley relay event. The Mountaineers were dominant in the men's 1000-yard freestyle as senior William Mullen finished first with a final time of 9:21.80.
 
Sophomores Trevor Hudson and Parker Sterlitz placed second and third, respectively.
 
Redshirt senior Danny Berlitz picked up right where he left off in the 2023-24 season, winning two individual events. Berlitz placed first in the 200-yard freestyle, touching the wall at 1:39.82. He followed that victory up with a win in the 100-yard breaststroke, finishing at 55.50.
 
In the diving well, three divers posted an NCAA Zone Diving Championships qualifying score. On the women's 3-meter, Senior Sarah Krusinski finished second with 287.03 points. In the men's 3-meter, freshman Levi Hellmann placed first with 327.90 points and sophomore Owen Recker placed second with 323.55.
 
West Virginia will wrap up the WV State Games on Saturday at 11 a.m. at The Aquatic Center at Mylan Park in Morgantown.  

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