Hokie ClubBLACKSBURG – The Hokie men’s squad celebrated Senior Day with a win over No. 21 Virginia, 157-104. The women fell to the No. 1-ranked Cavalier women, 201-87.
Junior Brendan Whitfield logged three first-place finishes in the 50 free (19.12), 100 free (43.52) and 200 free (1:33.42), and sophomore Eli Martin placed first in the 100 breast (51.93) and 200 breast (1:57.38). His 100 breast time elevated him to the fourth-highest time in program history, and tied for 25th in the nation.
Jakub Poliacik logged a first-place finish in the 500 free (4:18.69), jumping to the seventh-best program time. Chiara Klein moved up in the record book, recording a 1:46.07 200 free to rank seventh all-time.
First-Place Finishes
200 Medley Relay: 1:25.23, Johnson, Martin, George Mathew, Nunez
50 Free: 19.12, Brendan Whitfield
100 Free: 43.52, Brendan Whitfield
200 Free: 1:33.42, Brendan Whitfield
100 Breast: 51.93, Eli Martin
200 Breast: 1:57.38, Eli Martin
100 Free: 48.78, Emily Claesson
200 Back: 1:42.39, Levente Balogh
500 Free: 4:18.69, Jakub Poliacik
200 Free Relay: 1:17.23, Whitfield, George Mathew, Nunez, Hayon
1m: 272.40, Grace Austin
1m: 359.40, Nathan Cox
3m: 288.53, Peyton Guziec
3m: 346.95, Jacob Fisher
Second-Place Finishes
1650 Free: 15:26.38, Lee Naber
200 Free: 1:46.07, Chiara Klein
100 Back: 52.39, Carmen Weiler Sastre
100 Back: 46.88, Connor Johnson
200 Fly: 1:44.35, Carl Bloebaum
50 Free: 19.58, Javier Nunez
100 Free: 43.52, William Hayon
200 Back: 1:53.81, Carmen Weiler Sastre
200 Back: 1:42.52, Andy Roose
500 Free: 4:25.21, Lee Naber
100 Fly: 53.18, Athena Meneses Kovacs
200 IM: 1:46.96, Clem Camacho
Third-Place Finishes
200 Free: 1:34.92, Jakub Poliacik
100 Back: 46.98, Levente Balogh
100 Breast: 1:01.80, Emily Santos
100 Breast: 53.67, Ethan Maloney
200 Breast: 2:13.40, Emily Santos
200 Fly: 1:45.69, Landon Gentry
200 Breast: 1:58.66, Ethan Maloney
500 Free: 4:52.26, Kate Anderson
100 Fly: 46.82, William Hayon
200 IM: 1:49.67, Connor Johnson
200 Free Relay: 1:30.55, Weiler Sastre, Claesson, Gyurinovics, Tan
Up Next:
The teams take on Princeton and Penn State in Princeton, N.J., on Saturday, Jan. 24.