Virginia Swim & Dive Teams Fall in Dual Meet at Texas

The Virginia swimming & diving groups competed in each an exhibition meet and a scored twin meet towards Texas this weekend on the Lee & Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Middle in Austin. Whereas the Cavaliers broke information within the exhibition meet on Friday, Saturday’s motion did not go almost as nicely, as each the No. 1 Virginia ladies’s workforce and the No. 9 males’s workforce misplaced to Texas within the scored twin meet. 

Friday Exhibition

Virginia received six occasions on Friday, together with 1-2 finishes in three occasions. Gretchen Walsh had the spotlight of the evening, swimming the quickest time ever recorded within the 100-yard particular person medley. It was a incredible weekend total for Walsh, who swam the quickest occasions of the season within the 50-yard and 100-yard freestyle. Additionally on Friday evening, Virginia swam a blended 400-yard freestyle relay, with the workforce of Matt Brownstead, Matt King, Kate Douglass, and Gretchen Walsh ending a full three seconds forward of the remainder of the sphere. Claire Tuggle added a win within the 500-yard freestyle on Friday.

Girls’s Swim & Dive: No. 1 Virginia 91, No. 3 Texas 94

Virginia received a complete of 4 occasions in Saturday’s meet. UVA swept the rostrum within the 100-yard freestyle, with Gretchen Walsh taking first adopted by Maxine Parker and Kate Douglass. Alex Walsh received each the 200-yard particular person medley and the 100-yard backstroke. The Cavaliers claimed 4 of the highest 5 spots within the 200 IM as nicely. Reilly Tiltmann additionally completed first within the 200-yard backstroke. Within the last occasion, Virginia had two of its relay groups tie within the 200-yard freestyle relay. Gretchen Walsh, Carly Novelline, Lexi Cuomo, and Reilly Tiltmann completed in 1:28.34, as did the workforce of Maxine Parker, Alex Walsh, Zoe Skirboll, and Kate Douglass.

Males’s Swim & Dive: No. 9 Virginia 75, No. 2 Texas 104

Matt King took the 100-yard freestyle, ending forward of the sphere with a season-best time of 42.46. Virginia swept the 200-yard breaststroke with Noah Nichols claiming first in 1:53.74, adopted by Max Iida and Matt Styczen. UVA’s workforce of Matt Brownstead, Matt King, Jack Aikins, and August Lamb received the 200-yard freestyle relay within the last occasion of the weekend. Sean Conway and Kamal Muhammad went 2-3 within the 200-yard particular person medley, as did Jack Aikins and Will Cole within the 200-yard backstroke. 

Nicholas Saunders received the platform diving occasion with a rating of 314.55, the eighth-best rating in UVA historical past. 

Up subsequent, Virginia will compete within the Tennessee Invitational from November 17-19 in Knoxville, Tennessee. 

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