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Hokies sweep Queens to kick off 2026

Both Hokie squads take down Queens to start the new year.

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CHRISTIANSBURG, Va.— The Hokies kicked off the new year with a sweep over Queens, with the women earning a 159-105 win and the men taking a 147-110 victory. 

Carmen Weiler Sastre logged two individual first-place finishes in the 100 back and 200 back, and contributed to two relay first-place finishes. Brendan Whitfield posted three individual first-place finishes in the 50 free, 100 free and 200 free. 

 

First Place Finishers: 

400 Medley Relay:
Weiler Sastre, Santos, Meneses Kovacs, Claesson, 3:34.94
Roose, Martin, Hayon, George Mathew, 3:09.43

1000 Free:
Lee Naber, 9:09.59

200 Free:
Chiara Klein, 1:48.21
Brendan Whitfield, 1:34.85

100 Back:
Carmen Weiler Sastre, 52.2
Levente Balogh, 47.55

100 Breast:
Emily Santos, 1:02.11
Eli Martin, 53.59

200 Fly:
Julia Murphy, 1:59.71
Carl Bloebaum, 1:47.35

50 Free:
Emily Claesson, 22.85
Brendan Whitfield, 19.47

100 Free:
Emily Claesson, 49.39
Brendan Whitfield, 42.92

200 Back:
Carmen Weiler Sastre, 1:54.38
Andy Roose, 1:43.31

200 Breast:
Emily Santos, 2:15.51
Eli Martin, 1:57.38

500 Free:
Kate Anderson, 4:51.27
Jakub Poliacik, 4:25.05

100 Fly:
Athena Meneses Kovacs, 54.01
Will Hayon, 46.18

200 IM:
Amanda Barnard, 2:01.13
Clem Camacho, 1:47.12 

200 Free Relay:
Weiler Sastre, Claesson, Gurinovics, Murphy, 1:31.28 

1m:
Grace Austin, 259.20
Nathan Cox, 347.55

3m:
Grace Austin, 284.10
Nathan Cox, 345.00

 

Up Next:

The Hokies travel to Columbia, S.C. to take on South Carolina on Jan. 10.