COLUMBUS, Ohio – Over two days, Virginia Tech battled it out against Ohio State in swimming and diving. The women finished with a final score of 135-226 and the men finished with a final score of 178.5-193.5.
Tech Women
Carmen Weiler Sastre, Fanni Gyurinovics, Emily Claesson and Caroline Bentz show when they are together, they bring the speed. In the 200 free relay, they placed third with a time of 1:32.46. They followed this performance by placing third in the 400 medley relay with a time of 3:45.16. They placed third again in the 200 medley relay with a time of 1:42.94. They finished the meet with the 400 free relay placing first with a time of 3:21.16
In the 200 IM, Bentz placed second with a time of 2:01.34. She then tied for first with Weiler Sastre in the 200 back with a time of 1:56.77. They followed this performance with the 200 free. Weiler Sastre placed first with a time of 1:49.04 and Bentz followed in second with a time of 1:49.38. Then in the 100 back, Weiler Sastre placed first with a time of 54.07 followed by Bentz in second with a time of 54.11.
Claesson placed third in the 100 fly with a time of 56.83. Allison Henry also placed third in the 200 breast with a time of 2:19.99.
In the distance races, Chase Travis placed second in the 500 free with a time of 4:55.59. She then placed first in the 1000 free with a time of 10:05.79
Tech Men
In the 200 free relay, Carles Coll Marti, Brendan Whitfield, William Hayon and Yousseff Ramadan show they are unstoppable by placing first with a time of 1:18.75. This is the fifth fastest time in the country.
Ramadan, Coll Marti, Mario Molla Yanes and Brendan Whitfield swam the10th fastest time in the country in the 400 Medley relay. They placed first with a time of 3:11.09. In the 200 medley relay they also swam the 10th fastest time in the country placing first with a time of 1:26.22.
Coll Marti brought the speed to all of his individual races. In the Men 200 IM, Coll Marti placed second with a time of 1:49.10 followed by Mario Molla Yanes in third with a time of 1:49.34. The Hokies then swept the 100 breast. Coll Marti placed first with a time of 54.29. AJ Pouch then placed second with a time of 55.35 followed by Cobi Lopez Miro with a time of 55.38. The Hokies repeated this in the 200 breast. Coll Marti placed first with a time of 1:56.23. This is the ninth fastest time in the country. Pouch then placed second with a time of 1:57.64 and Joseph Hong placed third with a time of 2:00.81.
Nico Garcia Saiz had stellar performances over the two days. In the 200 back, he placed second with a time of 1:45.00. Lee Naber was right behind him and placed third with a time of 1:48.63. In the 400 IM Garcia Saiz placed second with a time of 3:54.98. He finished the meet by placing first in the 1000 free with a time of 9:13.39.
Whitfield continues to prove he is an asset to the team. In the 100 free, he placed first with a time of 43.67. Ramadan was close behind him placing third with a time of 44.06. Whitfield then placed second in the 200 free with a time of 1:36.32.
In the 100 fly, Molla Yanes placed first with a time of 47.66. Hayon followed in third with a time of 48.70.
On the boards, Jacob Fisher placed third in the 1-meter competition with a score of 329.30.
Coming Up
Next weekend on Nov. 4, Tech is back at the Christiansburg Aquatic Center for an intrasquad scrimmage. They will be continuing the Hokie Belt Challenge to see which team will come out on top.