DURHAM, N.C. – The Hokies brought a strong performance in Durham, the men's team beat the Blue Devils 199 to 127. The women fell just short 127.5 to 200.5 but swam a time in the 400 free relay that placed them eighth nationally.
"Our women's team did awesome especially with so many people out with injuries", head coach Sergio Lopez Miro said. "We're missing some key players like Caroline Bentz, Sarah Shackelford, Morgan Miller and Allison Henry, but overall we did a great job. Our 200 medley relay was really good for this time in the season and our 400 free relay was five seconds faster than this time of the season last year. At the moment the women are eighth in the country with that time. Emma Atkinson, Carmen Weiler Sastre and Fanni Gyurinovics did awesome today, and we're very proud. For the men, we're missing a couple of people too, but we did very well. Their last relay almost broke a pool record by a tenth of a second. We're happy with the performance everyone gave today and we're excited to race Ohio State next week!"
Men's Highlights –
Youssef Ramadan left the pool with three first place wins. Ramadan started his day as the first leg of the 200 relay with AJ Pouch, Mario Molla Yanes and Luis Dominguez that placed second with a time of 1:29.18. He placed first in the 100 free with a time of 43.85 and the 100 back with a final time of 47.84. Alongside Molla Yanes, Dominguez and Will Koeppen, the team took first place in the 400 relay with a final time of 2:56.37.
Sophomore, Luis Dominguez, placed first in the 500 free with a final time of 4:32.50. He placed second in the 1000 free with a time of 9:27.01, falling right behind fellow Hokie, Keith Myburgh, who finished with a time of 9:20.54.
Nico Garcia Saiz brought speed to the pool. He placed first in the men's 200 back with a time of 1:46.64 as well as the 200 IM with a time of 1:50.96.
Freshman Landon Gentry took his first Hokie win of the season. He placed first in the men's 200 fly with a final time of 1:50.17. Gentry swam the 150 fly with a time of 1:09.93 in the relay group with Hokies Forest Webb, Cobi Lopez Miro and William Hayon, that placed third.
On the boards, freshman Jacob Fisher gave a strong performance. He placed first in men's 1-meter with a score of 360.98 and the 3-meter with a score of 421.73.
Women's Highlights –
Junior, Emma Atkinson, dominated backstroke. She placed first in the 100 back with a final time of 54.16 and the 200 back with a time of 1:55.52. Right behind her in second place, freshman Carmen Weiler Sastre finished the 200 back with a final time of 1:57.86. Atkinson along with Weiler-Sastre, Fanni Gyurinovics and Emily Claesson, placed first in the women's 400 free relay with a final time of 3:19.91. As of today, this relay time is ranked eighth nationally.
Freshman, Fanni Gyurinovics, took the pool by storm with two first place wins. She finished first in the 100 free with a final time of 50.09. She also placed second in the 200 free with a time of 1:48.74.
On the boards, diver Izzi Mroz placed first in the 1-meter event with a score of 294.68. She also placed third in the 3-meter event with a score of 321.
Up Next –
The Hokies take on Ohio State in their next meet at the Christiansburg Aquatic Center on Oct. 28 & 29.
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