Ohio State Finishes Off Sweep of Virginia Tech in Season-Opener

Ohio State's Josie Panitz -- Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick

Ohio State Finishes Off Sweep of Virginia Tech in Season-Opener

After opening up a lead against Virginia Tech Friday evening, Ohio State’s women and men returned to the pool Saturday and secured their first dual meet wins of the season. The Buckeye women dominated Virginia Tech by a score of 231.5 to 121.5, while the Ohio State men won a much closer dual meet, 187.5 to 165.5.

Ohio State’s women began Saturday’s competition with an easy win in the 200 medley relay. Nyah Funderburke, Josie Panitz, Katherine Zenick and Amy Fulmer came in at 1:39.21. Next up, Felicity Pasadyn cruised to a 7.67-second win in the 400 IM in 4:17.10, and she led a 1-2-3-4 finish for the Buckeyes. Fulmer took first in the 200 freestyle (1:47.55), and Tristan Harrison touched out teammate Morgan Kraus 54.54 to 54.58 to win the 100 butterfly, with Aislinn Walsh close behind (54.68) for 1-2-3 finish for OSU. Panitz went 2:14.98 for an easy win in the 200 breaststroke, and Maya Geringer won the 1000 free (10:08.54).

Virginia Tech made a run late in the meet as Emma Atkinson won the 100 back (53.89), and Madelyn Moore won the 50 free in 23.03, touching out Zenick (23.04) and Teresa Ivan (23.11). Izzy Mroz won 1-meter diving (318.00). The women’s meet concluded with Fanni Gyurinovics, Carmen Weiler Sastre, Emily Claesson and Atkinson scoring a 400 free relay win in 3:18.32.

The men’s meet started off with Ohio State claiming first place in the 200 medley relay in 1:27.30 behind Alex Quach, Karl Helmuth, James Ward and Ruslan Gasiev. Gasiev then tied with Virginia Tech’s Luis Dominguez Calonge to win the 200 free in 1:37.22. Ohio State’s next win came by virtue of Thomas Watkins in the 100 back (47.68), and World Championships team member Charlie Clark won the 1000 free in 9:02.58, and teammates Fabio Dalu, Alex Axon and Jonathan Edwards made it a 1-2-3-4 finish for the Buckeyes after the Hokies had built some momentum.

Jack Matthews took the win in 1-meter diving (380.63), and the team of Quach, Ward. Shaw Satterfield and Gasiev concluded the meet by winning the 400 free relay. Gasiev came from behind to pass Virginia Tech’s William Koeppen and claim the win, 2:52.84 to 2:53.29.

The strong performance by the Hokies to keep the meet began with Keith Myburgh winning the 400 IM in 3:55.47 and teammate Nico Harris taking second, and after Dominguez Calonge tied with Gasiev in the 200 free, Youssef Ramadan blasted a 46.21 to win the 100 fly. Carles Coll Marti won the 200 breast in 1:56.38 with teammates AJ Pouch and Joseph Hong taking second and third, respectively. Ramadan won again in the 50 free with a time of 19.78, but the Hokies could not hold off Ohio State’s late surge in the final three events.

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