{"id":293056,"date":"2018-01-21T19:13:25","date_gmt":"2018-01-22T02:13:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=293056"},"modified":"2018-01-21T19:13:25","modified_gmt":"2018-01-22T02:13:25","slug":"big-12-weekly-recap-wvu-men-defeat-pitt-kansas-tops-william-jewel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/big-12-weekly-recap-wvu-men-defeat-pitt-kansas-tops-william-jewel\/","title":{"rendered":"Big 12 Weekly Recap: WVU Men Defeat Pitt, Kansas Tops William Jewel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By Jason Tillotson.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The heated rivalry between WVU and Pitt ended in mixed results while the Jayhawks of Kansas University swam right by the squad at William Jewel University.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a closer look at the action around the Big 12 conference this week:<\/p>\n<h3>WVU vs. Pitt<\/h3>\n<p>The\u00a0West Virginia University men were able to defeat longtime rival, University of Pittsburgh by 187-113 while the mountaineer women suffered a 193-107 defeat.<\/p>\n<p>On the men&#8217;s side Mountaineer Junior\u00a0<strong>Merwane El Merini<\/strong> scored significant points for WVU by winning two individual and two relay events alongside his freshman teammate <strong>David Dixon<\/strong> who secured two individual relay wins along with a single relay victory. One of Dixon&#8217;s victories was the 200-yard butterfly where he would swim an impressive 1:45.80.<\/p>\n<p>Other impressive swims came from WVU Junior <strong>Tristen DiSibio<\/strong> in the 100-yard breaststroke\u00a0where he posted\u00a0a swift time of 55.68 to take his first individual victory of the meet. DiSibio was also a part of the Mountaineer men&#8217;s pool-record breaking 200-yard medley relay\u00a0which posted a time of\u00a01:29.94 to take the win over Pitt by almost two seconds.<\/p>\n<p>El Merini\u00a0was able to nab\u00a0another win in the 100-yard freestyle where he put together a 45.75, just ahead of his teammate came ahead of <strong>Drew Damich<\/strong>, who\u00a0touched second with his time of 46.01, completing the WVU 1-2 punch in the event.<\/p>\n<p>On the women&#8217;s side, despite a tough loss the lady Mountaineers put up a few impressive swims throughout the session.<\/p>\n<p>WVU Junior <strong>Emma Harris<\/strong> posted solid times in the 100-yard and 200-yard breaststroke, where she was 1:06.35 and 2:22.30, respectively. Mountaineer Sophomore <strong>Julia Nilton<\/strong> was able to post a 53.19 in the 100 freestyle while <strong>Morgan Bullock<\/strong> posted a swift 2:03.53 in the 200-yard IM.<\/p>\n<p>For complete results, click <a href=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/sidearm.sites\/wvuni.sidearmsports.com\/documents\/2018\/1\/18\/WVU_Pitt_Results_1_18_18.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Up next for the Mountaineers will be their senior day meet against Iowa State and Villanova on January 27th.<\/p>\n<h3>Kansas vs. William Jewel<\/h3>\n<p>Kansas kicked off their easy victory over William Jewel with a 1-2 sweep of the 200-yard medley relay with times of 1:45.97 and 1:48.79, ahead of William Jewel&#8217;s top relay which touched in\u00a01:56.43.<\/p>\n<p>Freshman standout <strong>Lauryn Parrish<\/strong> got the ball rolling for the Jayhawks as she won the 1000-yard freestyle in 10:24.33 alongside her teammate <strong>Aley Shimel<\/strong> who posted a 10:52.90.<\/p>\n<p>The Jayhawks took another 1-2 finish in the very next event, the 200-yard freestyle which was led by <strong>Haley Bishop<\/strong> who put together a 1:51.06, ahead of teammate <strong>Jenny\u00a0Nusbaum<\/strong> who posted a swift 1:51.37 for second place. Another KU sweep was seen in the 400-yard IM with KU&#8217;s deep IM squad of <strong>Madison Straight<\/strong> (4:28.76), <strong>Ellie Flanagan<\/strong> (4:29.15) and Downey (4:32.76).<\/p>\n<p>William Jewel did put up a good fight in the final event of the day, the 200-yard freestyle relay where they came second with a time of\u00a01:42.53, about a second behind Kansas who posted a time of\u00a01:41.47 to win the event, and the meet.<\/p>\n<p>For full results, click <a href=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/sidearm.sites\/kuathletics.com\/documents\/2018\/1\/18\/KU_v_WJ_Results.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Up next for the Jayhawks is another home dual with Arkansas on January 26th.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Jason Tillotson. The heated rivalry between WVU and Pitt ended in mixed results while the Jayhawks of Kansas University swam right by the squad at William Jewel University. 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