Iowa State Women Clip West Virginia, Fall to Villanova; WVU Men Dominate

Collegiate swimmers leap off the starting blocks for the 50-meter women's freestyle event Saturday, Jan. 3, 2015, at the Orange Bowl Swimming Classic in Key Largo, Fla. Michigan placed first in the women's division while West Virginia University won the men's division. The event, staged at the Jacobs Aquatic Center, was the highlight of the winter collegiate swimming training season in the Florida Keys. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY (Andy Newman/Florida Keys News Bureau/HO)

Photo Courtesy: Andy Newman/Florida Keys News Bureau/HO

By Sarah Lloyd, Swimming World College Intern

In a double dual meet held in Morgantown, WV the women’s teams of Iowa State, West Virginia, and Villanova squared off along side the men’s teams of West Virginia and Villanova on the Mountaineers’ Senior Day (Friday January 29). The Mountaineer men commanded the meet from the beginning and came away with an astonishing 200-77 victory. The Iowa State women beat the West Virginia Women with a score of 158-141, but fell to Villanova with a score of 173-124. The West Virginia also fell to the Villanova women by a score of 175-122.

Men’s Meet:

The West Virginia men kicked the meet off in resounding fashion when they swept the 400 medley relay. The A team of Nate Carr, Max Spencer, Andrew Marsh, and Ross Glegg took the event with a time of 3:22.39. They were followed by the B team of Jay Hickey, Aidan Fumagalli, Chase Williams, and Frank Csonka were second (3:27.79), while the C team of Merwane Elmerini, Jake Armstrong, Austin Green, and Chris McMahon touched third (3:31.06). The Mountaineer men went on to sweep every event of the meet except for the 50 free, where they took the top two spots.

Individual event winners included sophomore James Koval in the 1000 free (9:49.29) and 500 free (4:46.95), the senior Marsh in the 200 free (1:40.09) and 200 back (1:49.66), freshman Elmerini in the 100 back (52.12), and senior Max Spencer in the 100 breast (55.97) and 200 breast (2:01.61). Junior Nathan Howells took the 200 fly (1:56.59), senior Glegg won the 50 free (21.09) and 100 free (46.30), sophomore Alex Obendorf was first on the 1-meter board (304.35) and freshman Emmott Blitch was first on 3-meter (271.25). Chase Williams took the 100 fly (50.51) and Carr won the 400 IM (4:05.57).

The Mountaineer men confidently took the victory and celebrated their seniors.

Women’s Meet:

The meet between the Iowa State, West Virginia, and Villanova women was much more dynamic than the men’s meet, with several close races and ultimately close results at the end. Villanova opened the meet with a victory in the 400 medley relay with a time of 3:51.46 from the team of Darby Goodwin, Elise Pidutti, Fiona Hardie, and Alexa Fabbri. They were followed the Iowa State team of Marissa Engel, Kasey Roberts, Kaylee Kucera, and Mary Kate Luddy (3:53.92) and the West Virginia team of Courtney Miller, Emma Harris, Jaimee Gillmore, and Sydnee Karam (3:54.45). West Virginia’s junior Emma Skelley grabbed the 1000 free (10:85), ahead of two Villanova women. Iowa State’s junior Silqi Luo had the highest finish in the 200 free for a Big 12 school with third (1:52.65), while West Virginia’s senior Miller had a second place finish in the 100 back (56.71).

Two Iowa State women grabbed the top two spots in the 100 breast–the sophomore Roberts claimed first (1:04.76), while sophomore Danica Delaquis was second (1:07.14). West Virginia’s Harris was third (1:07.65). West Virginia senior Natalie Johnsen was third in the 200 fly with a time of 2:06.63 and teammate Jaimee Gillmore was second in the 50 free (24.16). Luo was again third in an individual event with her 52.69 100 free, while Iowa State’s Engel was second in the 200 back (2:04.26), with West Virginia’s Amelie Currat following for third (2:04.91).

Kasey Roberts doubled up with her win in the 200 breast (2:20.54). She was followed by West Virginia’s Harris (2:22.85), and Iowa State teammate Delaquis (2:25.45). Skelley grabbed third in the 500 free (5:02.50), while her teammate Celia Martinez De La Torre picked up a third place finish in the 100 fly (57.96). Roberts then followed up with a win in the 200 IM (2:05.41) for a hat trick.

The 200 free relay fell the same way as the 400 medley did–A Villanova victory, followed by Iowa State in second and West Virginia in third. The Villanova women came out on top in both meets, while Iowa State took the win over West Virginia.

Full results: 2016 West Virginia/Villanova/Iowa State – Results

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Sarah Douglas Cox

8 years ago

Great job Iowa State!