Mountaineers Beat Penn State for First Time Since 2010, Drop Meet to Virginia Tech

Friday, October 2

Christiansburg, Va.

5 p.m.

West Virginia University

No. 11 Virginia Tech

Day One Results

Two WVU men's swimmers flex their muscles while at practice.

Mountaineers Beat Penn State for First Time Since 2010, Drop Meet to Virginia Tech

October 03, 2026 05:26 PM | Men's Swimming & Diving

Full Results

By: Charles Montgomery

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The West Virginia University men's swimming and diving team picked up a win against Penn State for the first time since 2010 and lost to No. 11 Virginia Tech at the Christiansburg Aquatic Center in Christiansburg, Virginia, on Saturday.

West Virginia (1-1) was tremendous against the Nittany Lions during both days of action, winning, 217-134. The Mountaineers fell to the Hokies, 266-87.

Sophomore Jake Salcedo returned to the pool and picked up right where he left off at the end of his freshman season. He placed second in the 500-yard freestyle (4:23.79) and the 1000-yard freestyle (9:12.76). His 1000-yard freestyle time inches him closer to the program record of 9:08.91.

In his first college meet, freshman Rafael Arizpe finished just 1.2 seconds off the leader in the 400-yard individual medley, placing second with a final time of 3:50.42. That already ranks him seventh all-time at WVU.

Freshman Roman Torres also flashed his speed, placing third in the 200-yard butterfly (1:47.15) and fourth in the 200-yard IM (1:48.57). He now ranks sixth all-time in the 200 butterfly at WVU.

Junior Szymon Mieczkowski placed third in the 100-yard backstroke (47.07) and was part of two relay teams — 400-yard medley relay (3:12.77) and the 400-yard freestyle relay (3:01.22) — that placed third for the Mountaineers.

In the diving well, redshirt junior Owen Recker led the Mountaineers on 1-meter, placing third with a final score of 308.25. Junior Levi Hellmann placed third on 3-meter (317.10).

For the women's team, sophomore Stevi Chalemou placed sixth on 3-meter (237.60) and freshman Abby Foskey finished seventh on 1-meter (225.20).

West Virginia returns to action against Cincinnati and Delaware on Oct. 23-24, in Morgantown.

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