BLACKSBURG, VA – The Hokies had an exciting day two of the Virginia Tech Invitational on Saturday. In the prelims, Youssef Ramadan smashed the pool record in the 100 fly, then came back for the evening session to do it once again. The CAC record is now set at 44.68. Sam Tornqvist broke a school record in the 100 back with a time of 45.89, shattering the previous time of 46.28 set in 2013 by Zach McGinnis. Karisa Franz showed up in the 100 fly to set a new personal best at 53.49, holding the fifth best time in Virginia Tech history. She was followed by teammate Luana Alonso who finished only one one-hundredth of a second behind Franz with a time of 52.93, the sixth best time in school history.
HEAD COACH SERGIO LOPEZ MIRO
"Today was another good day at the Hokie Invite. We had some really, really good performances and had a school record broken with Sam [Tornqvist] breaking the 100 back. He is now second in the ACC and fourteenth in the country. The girls did awesome, this is probably the fastest we have been heading into ACC's. There were a lot of really good things today. I'm excited to see how we finish out this invite."
VIRGINIA TECH ALL-TIME TOP 10
Women
400 IM – Chase Travis – 4:18.69
200 Free – Rose Pouch – 1:47.14
100 Fly – Karisa Franz – 52.92 and Luana Alonso – 52.93
Men
200 Medley Relay – Sam Tornqvist, Carles Coll Marti, Antani Ivanov, and Youssef Ramadan – 1:24.32
200 Free – Luis Dominguez – 1:34.69
100 Back – Sam Tornqvist – 45.89
TOP 25 TIMES
Men
200 Medley Relay – Sam Tornqvist, Carles Coll Marti, Antani Ivanov, and Youssef Ramadan – 1:24.32
100 Fly – Youssef Ramadan – 44.68
100 Back – Sam Tornqvist – 45.89
DAY 2 RESULTS – SWIMMING
200 Medley Relay
Finals
W: 1st – Emma Atkinson (24.99), Caroline Bentz (29.37), Karisa Franz (23.51), and Anna Landon (21.89) – 1:39.76
2nd – Janika Perezous (25.77), Charlotte Rigg (29.11), Luana Alonso (23.92), and Abby Larson (22.85) – 1:41.65
M: 1st – Sam Tornqvist (21.81), Carles Coll Marti (23.56), Antani Ivanov (20.07), and Youssef Ramadan (18.88) – 1:24.32 (Pool Record)
2nd – Blake Manoff (21.43), Cobi Lopez Miro (24.59), Henry Claesson (21.40), and Luis Dominguez (20.00) – 1:27.42
3rd – Forest Webb (21.98), AJ Pouch (24.39), Mario Molla Yanes (21.28), and Will Koeppen (20.36) – 1:28.01
400 IM
Prelims
W: 1st – Chase Travis – 4:19.22
3rd – Alex Eastmond – 4:26.01
4th – Allison Henry – 4:27.26
5th – Emma Inch – 4:32.40
M: 1st – Filippo Dal Maso – 3:50.67
2nd – Keith Myburgh – 3:52.28
3rd – Luan Grobbelaar – 3:54.85
4th – Nico Garcia – 3:55.69
Finals
W: 1st – Chase Travis – 4:18.69
3rd – Alex Eastmond – 4:22.08
4th – Emma Inch – 4:29.50
5th – Allison Henry – 4:30.88
M: 1st – Keith Myburgh – 3:48.29
2nd – Filippo Dal Maso – 3:49.52
3rd – Luan Grobbelaar – 3:52.42
5th – Nico Garcia – 3:59.72
100 Fly
Prelims
W: 2nd – Karisa Franz – 53.49
3rd – Luana Alonso – 53.94
6th – Julia Bruneau – 55.70
M: 1st – Youssef Ramadan– 44.79
2nd – Dylan Eichberg – 46.48
4th – Antani Ivanov – 47.83
5th – Henry Claesson – 48.09
6th – Mario Molla Yanes – 48.18
8th – Blake Manoff – 49.08
9th – Alex Neff – 49.46
Finals
W: 1st – Karisa Franz – 52.92
2nd – Luana Alonso – 52.93
6th – Julia Bruneau – 55.59
M: 1st – Youssef Ramadan – 44.68 (Pool Record)
2nd – Antani Ivanov – 45.48
3rd – Dylan Eichberg – 46.36
4th – Blake Manoff – 46.71
6th – Alex Neff – 48.97
200 Free
Prelims
W: 2nd – Reka Gyorgy – 1:47.26
3rd – Emma Atkinson – 1:47.54
4th – Rose Pouch – 1:48.69
5th – Morgan Miller – 1:48.92
6th – Megan Judge – 1:49.18
8th – Loulou Vos – 1:50.51
9th – Anna Summers – 1:51.25
12th – Chase Travis – 1:52.35
15th – Abby Larson – 1:53.30
18th – Luana Alonso – 1:55.02
19th – Sarah Shackelford – 1:55.06
20th – Erin Quinn – 1:56.29
M:1st – Carles Coll Marti – 1:34.56
2nd – Luis Dominguez – 1:36.60
3rd – Noah Desman – 1:36.97
4th – Nikolas Lee-Bishop – 1:37.97
5th – Hunter Cassady – 1:38.29
6th – Youssef Ramadan – 1:39.88
7th – Hayden Jay – 1:40.02
8th – Mario Molla Yanes – 1:41.54
Finals
W: 1st – Emma Atkinson – 1:46.09
2nd – Reka Gyorgy – 1:46.52
3rd – Rose Pouch – 1:47.14
4th – Sarah Shackelford – 1:47.65
6th – Morgan Miller – 1:48.96
7th – Loulou Vos – 1:50.26
8th – Anna Summers – 1:50.45
15th – Erin Quinn – 1:56.33
16th – Luana Alonso – 2:02.29
M: 1st – Luis Dominguez – 1:34.69
2nd – Carles Coll Marti – 1:34.70
3rd – Noah Desman – 1:36.94
4th – Mario Molla Yanes – 1:37.82
5th – Nikolas Lee-Bishop – 1:38.43
6th – Hunter Cassady – 1:38.54
7th – Hayden Jay – 1:39.31
100 Breast
Prelims
W: 4th – Jenna Thompson – 1:03.59
5th – Charlotte Rigg – 1:04.06
6th – Anna Landon – 1:04.18
8th – Caroline Bentz – 1:04.22
9th – Allison Henry – 1:05.35
M: 2nd – Carles Coll Marti – 54.06
3rd – AJ Pouch – 54.13
4th – Keith Myburgh – 54.25
6th – Joseph Hong – 55.02
8th – Jake Ryan – 56.02
10th – Luan Grobbelaar – 57.60
11th – Cobi Lopez Miro – 58.31
Finals
W: 4th – Anna Landon – 1:03.48
5th – Charlotte Rigg – 1:03.67
6th – Allison Henry – 1:03.75
8th – Jenna Thompson – 1:04.65
9th – Caroline Bentz – 1:05.35
M: 2nd – AJ Pouch – 53.83
3rd – Joseph Hong – 54.33
5th – Keith Myburgh – 55.02
7th – Cobi Lopez Miro – 55.88
8th – Luan Grobbelaar – 56.02
11th – Jake Ryan – 56.70
100 Back
Prelims
W: 1st – Emma Atkinson – 53.30
3rd – Sarah Shackelford – 54.79
4th – Alex Slayton – 55.57
5th – Janika Perezous – 55.64
6th – Karisa Franz – 55.79
10th – Anna Summers – 56.62
13th – Sophia Ryan – 58.17
17th – Lauren Meeker – 58.83
18th – Shelby Raber – 59.47
M: 1st – Sam Tornqvist – 46.53
2nd – Forest Webb – 47.45
3rd – Gabriel Yuk – 48.09
4th – Will Koeppen – 48.35
6th – Ben Eckerson – 48.81
8th – Nico Garcia – 49.56
10th – Abraham Apfel – 52.04
Finals
W: 3rd – Janika Perezous – 54.79
5th – Karisa Franz – 55.86
7th – Alex Slayton – 56.08
8th – Anna Summers – 56.31
11th – Sophia Ryan – 57.60
15th – Lauren Meeker – 59.04
16th – Shelby Raber – 1:00.30
M: 1st – Sam Tornqvist – 45.89 (School Record)
2nd – Forest Webb – 47.02
3rd – Gabriel Yuk – 47.34
4th – Will Koeppen – 48.04
7th – Nico Garcia – 48.84
9th – Ben Eckerson – 49.83
10th – Abraham Apfel – 50.78
The Day 3 events will follow the same schedule as the previous two days with a morning and evening session. The prelims will begin at 10 am and the finals will begin at 4pm. There will be one relay (finals only), the 400 free relay. The individual events will be the 1650 free, 200 back, 100 free, 200 breast, and 200 fly.