Jessica Thompson, Lana Pudar Lead Virginia Over West Virginia
Jessica Thompson and Lana Pudar helped a split-squad of Virginia swimmers to a win over West Virginia on Saturday.
The meet at the Aquatic and Fitness Center in Charlottesville went ahead even with the Cavaliers mostly occupied with the College Swimming League final on Friday. That allowed the Cavaliers to win 13 events for a 175-115 win over the Mountaineers.
The men’s meet was officially unscored, with Virginia so limited that West Virginia broke itself into four mini-teams.
Thompson had a big day, starting with the leadoff leg in the winning 200 medley relay in 1:37.07. She joined Emma Redman, Lawson Ficken and Molly Workman. Thompson won the 100 backstroke in 52.03 with Charlotte Wilson second, then claimed the 100 freestyle in 48.64 ahead of Workman and Ficken.
Thompson capped the day with a split of 21.79 off the front of the 200 free relay, joining Workman, Caden Martin and Ficken to win in 1:29.24.
Pudar swept butterfly. Her win in the 200 fly in 1:53.62 was a season-best time and won by nearly 10 seconds. In the 100, she went 52.17, edging teammate Olivia Louise Hine.
Lily Gormsen claimed the 1,000 free in 10:08.09 and the 500 free in 4:55.27. Redman won the 200 breaststroke in 2:09.43 and the 200 individual medley in 1:57.29.
Workman touched first in the 200 free in 1:46.42, edging West Virginia’s Rowan Baglole by .22 seconds. Martin (22.69) and Hine (22.91) went 1-2 in the 50 free. Wilson claimed the 200 back in 1:53.44.
West Virginia’s Taylor Clements edged Redman by .04 to win the 100 breast in 1:00.74 for the Mountaineers lone victory.
Kenneth McGlothen, swimming for West Virginia Coal Rush, won the 100 back in 49.01 and 200 back in 1:46.60. He helped the Coal Rush 200 medley relay win in 1:28.93 with Deividas Timinskas, Noah Ott and Jin Rossi. Timinskas won the 100 breast in 54.33 and was second in the 200 breast. Rossi won the 100 free in 44.25.
Roman Torres, for WVU Blue, won the 100 fly in 47.28 over Ott and the 200 fly in 1:46.03.
Virginia’s victories on the men’s side came via Josh Howat with a 19.72 in the 50 free and Seth Collet’s 9:07.96 in the 1,000 free and 4:25.94 in the 500 free. Howat was also second in the 100 free.
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