CLEMSON, South Carolina, October 25. THE Virginia men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams defeated Clemson to wrap up its season-opening road trip in South Carolina. The women, ranked 10th in the nation, earned a 169-131 victory while the 15th-ranked men beat the Tigers 189-105. <\/p>\n
Three Virginia swimmers were triple-event winners against Clemson. Third-year Mei Christensen claimed the 100 back (54.51), 200 back (1:57.17) and 200 IM (2:03.25). The men were led by third-year Eric Olesen and fifth-year Ryan Hurley. Olesen won the 100 back (49.68), 100 fly (49.95), and was a member of the winning 200 medley relay team. Hurley won both the 100 breast (56.96), and 200 breast (2:01.79) and was also a member of the victorious 200 medley relay team along with teammates Peter Geissinger and Scot Robison.<\/p>\n
Other event winners for the Virginia women included Jen Narum in the 1000 free (9:59.79) and 500 free (4:54.36), Katherine McDonnell in the 100 breast (1:04.52) and 200 breast (2:18.15), Megan Evo in the 200 fly (2:01.72) and newcomer Lauren Smart in the 100 fly (55.63).<\/p>\n
For the Cavalier men, Taylor Smith claimed the 1000 free (9:19.15), Robison won the 200 free (1:38.87) and Darren Ankosko earned first place in the 500 free (4:34.00). Meanwhile, Pat Reams had a first-place performance in the 200 fly (1:50.27) while first-year David Wren finished first in the 200 back (1:49.32).<\/p>\n
Newcomer Briggy Imbriglia won both diving events, earning a mark of 346.50 on the 3-meter board and 312.97 on the 1-meter.<\/p>\n
Virginia will play host to Virginia Tech at 5 p.m. Wednesday at the Aquatic and Fitness Center. Diving events will begin shortly after 4 p.m. and live results will be available through the link on VirginiaSports.com.<\/p>\n
Special thanks to Virginia for contributing this report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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