BLACKSBURG, VA – Day one of the Virginia Tech Invitational has finished and the Hokies had an impressive start. In the morning session, Anna Landon and Rose Pouch swam their way into Virginia Tech's All-Time Top 10. Later in the finals, the men swam four Top 25 times. Three of those times made their way into the Hokies' All-Time Top 10. The women continued to improve, earning two spots in Hokie history with each relay.
HEAD COACH SERGIO LOPEZ MIRO
"Our first day of the invitational was very good. We had a some really great swims and our relays went pretty well. Overall, I'm very happy. We are excited to have this test and I think tomorrow will be a great day for us." Gallery: (2-5-2022) S&D: Virginia Tech Invitational Day 1
VIRGINIA TECH ALL-TIME TOP 10
Women
200 Free Relay – 200 Free Relay – Landon, Shackelford, Bentz, and Atkinson – 1:29.60
50 Free – Anna Landon – 22.34
200 IM – Rose Pouch – 2:00.05
400 Medley Relay –Atkinson, Gyorgy. Alonso, and Shackelford – 3:36.84
Men
200 Free Relay – Ramadan, Coll Marti, Dominguez, and Ivanov – 1:17.66
500 Free – Luis Dominguez – 4:21.11
400 Medley Relay – Tornqvist, Pouch, Ivanov, Ramadan – 3:07.85
TOP 25 TIMES
Women
200 Free Relay – Landon, Shackelford, Bentz, and Atkinson – 1:29.60
Men
200 Free Relay –Ramadan, Coll Marti, Dominguez, and Ivanov – 1:17.66
200 IM – Carles Coll Marti – 1:44.27
50 Free – Youssef Ramadan – 19.21
400 Medley Relay –Tornqvist, Pouch, Ivanov, Ramadan – 3:07.85
DAY 1 RESULTS – SWIMMING
200 Free Relay
W: 1st – Anna Landon (22.21), Sarah Shackelford (22.12), Caroline Bentz (22.63), and Emma Atkinson (22.64) – 1:29.60
M: 1st – Youssef Ramadan (19.21), Carles Coll Marti (19.12), Luis Dominguez (19.79), and Antani Ivanov (19.54) – 1:17.66
2nd – Blake Manoff (20.03), Mario Molla Yanes (20.40), Will Koeppen (20.13), and Henry Claesson (20.23) – 1:20.21
500 Free
Prelims
W: 1st – Reka Gyorgy – 4:45.43
2nd – Chase Travis – 4:50.72
3rd – Emma Atkinson – 4:51.71
4th – Morgan Miller – 4:52.33
5th – Loulou Vos – 4:55.61
7th – Anna Summers – 4:57.94
8th – Emma Inch – 4:58.77
9th – Sophia Ryan – 4:59.38
12th – Janika Perezous – 5:06.94
13th – Erin Quinn – 5:16.26
M: 1st – Antani Ivanov – 4:24.13
2nd – Luis Dominguez – 4:24.66
3rd – Filippo Dal Maso – 4:25.74
4th – Nikolas Lee-Bishop – 4:27.16
Finals
W: 1st – Chase Travis – 4:45.69
2nd – Loulou Vos – 4:50.41
3rd – Morgan Miller – 4:51.92
4th – Emma Atkinson – 4:54.27
5th – Anna Summers – 4:55.03
6th – Sophia Ryan – 4:59.31
9th – Emma Inch – 5:04.38
M: 1st – Antani Ivanov – 4:17.25
2nd – Luis Dominguez – 4:21.11
3rd – Filippo Dal Maso – 4:21.99
4th – Nikolas Lee-Bishop – 4:29.70
200 IM
Prelims
W: 1st – Rose Pouch – 2:00.05
3rd – Caroline Bentz – 2:01.80
8th – Alex Eastmond – 2:06.06
9th – Allison Henry – 2:06.10
9th – Luana Alonso – 2:06.10
M: 1st – Sam Tornqvist – 1:46.84
2nd – Carles Coll Marti – 1:47.80
3rd – Keith Myburgh – 1:49.50
4th – AJ Pouch – 1:50.22
5th – Nico Garcia – 1:50.89
6th – Joseph Hong – 1:51.21
7th – Luan Grobbelaar – 1:51.22
10th – Abraham Apfel – 1:51.93
11th – Gabriel Yuk – 1:52.44
Finals
W: 1st – Caroline Bentz – 1:59.60
5th – Rose Pouch – 2:01.83
7th – Alex Eastmond – 2:02.79
10th – Allison Henry – 2:06.08
M: 1st – Carles Coll Marti – 1:44.27
2nd – Sam Tornqvist – 1:45.31
3rd – Keith Myburgh – 1:48.30
4th – Luan Grobbelaar – 1:48.76
5th – Nico Garcia – 1:48.89
6th – Joseph Hong – 1:50.36
7th – Abraham Apfel – 1:51.09
8th – AJ Pouch – 1:51.10
50 Free
Prelims
W: 1st – Anna Landon – 22.34
3rd – Sarah Shackelford – 23.01
5th – Megan Judge – 23.26
6th – Alex Slayton – 23.33
7th – Abby Larson – 23.42
8th – Julia Bruneau – 23.45
16th – Karisa Franz – 24.01
21st – Jenna Thompson – 24.52
23rd – Shelby Raber – 25.37
M: 2nd – Dylan Eichberg – 20.08
3rd – Thomas Hallock – 20.21
5th – Hayden Jay – 20.29
6th – Noah Desman – 20.44
7th – Ben Eckerson – 20.50
8th – Blake Manoff – 20.55
10th – Hunter Cassady – 20.68
10th – Will Koeppen – 20.68
12th – Mario Molla Yanes – 20.71
13th – Jake Ryan – 20.74
14th – Henry Claesson – 20.82
16th – Forest Webb – 21.10
19th – Alex Neff – 21.31
22nd – Cobi Lopez Miro – 22.07
Finals
W: 1st – Sarah Shackelford – 22.58
4th – Abby Larson – 23.24
5th – Julia Bruneau – 23.30
6th – Megan Judge – 23.35
7th – Alex Slayton – 23.38
8th – Karisa Franz – 23.40
17th – Jenna Thompson – 24.49
M: 3rd – Dylan Eichberg – 20.20
4th – Ben Eckerson – 20.36
6th – Hayden Jay – 20.44
7th – Blake Manoff – 20.48
8th – Noah Desman – 20.55
9th – Mario Molla Yanes – 20.73
10th – Will Koeppen – 20.81
11th – Henry Claesson – 20.82
12th – Forest Webb – 20.83
14th – Jake Ryan – 20.89
15th – Hunter Cassady – 20.90
17th – Alex Neff – 21.05
21st – Cobi Lopez Miro – 25.39
400 Medley Relay
Finals
W: 1st – Emma Atkinson (53.64), Reka Gyorgy (1:01.92), Luana Alonso (52.79), and Sarah Shackelford (48.49) – 3:36.84
M: 1st – Sam Tornqvist (46.52), AJ Pouch (53.80), Antani Ivanov (45.58), and Youssef Ramadan (41.95) – 3:07.85
2nd – Forest Webb (47.23), Cobi Lopez Miro (54.78), Blake Manoff (46.60), and Luis Dominguez (43.34) – 3:13.21
3rd – Nico Garcia (49.38), Keith Myburgh (53.59), Henry Claesson (47.53), and Mario Molla Yanes (44.26) – 3:14.76
The Day 2 events will follow the same schedule as Day 1. There will be two relays (finals only), the 200 medley relay and the 800 free relay. The individual events will be the 400 IM, 100 fly, 200 free, 100 breast, and 100 back.