Kimmy Shannon Blasts 400 IM Record as Pitt Sweeps Villanova
Kimmy Shannon lowered her Pittsburgh school record in the 400 individual medley as Pitt swept in-state foe Villanova Friday night.
The Panthers’ women’s team prevailed by a 211-87 margin, the men by a 228-70 score. Pitt won 30 of 32 events at Trees Pool, setting four facility records plus the school mark by Shannon.
Shannon owned the school record at 4:08.47 from ACCs in the spring of 2025, but she obliterated that time Friday by going 4:06.18. Shannon also won the 1,000 free with a time of 9:46.05.
The meet started with matching meet records in the 400 medley relays. The women’s quartet of Claire Jansen, Angelina Messina, Sydney Gring and Avery Kudlac took down the record with a time of 3:33.14. The men’s team (Mason Leach, Eli Hobson, Alan Vergine, Julian Koch) also took the mark in 3:07.85. The women’s 200 free relay of Kudlac, Gring, Mary Clarke and Jansen went 1:29.04 to set a pool mark in the 200 free relay.
Gring and Kudlac went 1-2 in both the 200 free and 100 free, Gring winning in 1:46.61 and 43.59, respectively. Jansen did the backstroke double, winning the 100 in 53.22 and the 200 in 1:53.81 with Shannon second. Messina won the 100 breast, Allie Witdoeckt claimed the 100 fly and Avery Hafele’s 23.03 outsprinting teammate Sof Tijunelis by .11 seconds for the 50 free crown.
Pitt also swept diving, Mariana Osorio Mendoza scoring nearly identical 297-point scores on both boards.
Koch swam a pool record of 45.58 seconds in the 100 fly to lead the men’s team. Koch also won the 200 free in 1:35.83.
Cy Zhang won the 500 free and 1,000 free. Vergine was second to Koch in the 100 fly and second to Alex Bauer in the 400 IM around winning the 200 fly. Joseph Gardner won the 100 breast, and runner-up Gray Attmore won the 200. The same held true in backstroke with 200 back winner Jacobo Nuca first finishing runner-up to Leach in the 100. Donat Fabian’s 20.06 edged Hobson in the 50, Merlin Belmon won the 100 free in 43.59.
Villanova’s wins came via Meghan Tiernan, who went 1:58.48 to edge Olivia Yoo by .08 seconds in the women’s 200 fly, and Nate Warson 338.40 to win men’s 1-meter diving.
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