{"id":495508,"date":"2022-01-15T18:59:53","date_gmt":"2022-01-16T01:59:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=495508"},"modified":"2022-01-17T06:57:09","modified_gmt":"2022-01-17T13:57:09","slug":"virginia-virginia-tech-split-as-gretchen-walsh-youssef-ramadan-lead-the-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/virginia-virginia-tech-split-as-gretchen-walsh-youssef-ramadan-lead-the-way\/","title":{"rendered":"LumaLanes Performance of the Week: Virginia, Virginia Tech Split as Gretchen Walsh, Youssef Ramadan Lead the Way"},"content":{"rendered":"

Virginia, Virginia Tech Split as Gretchen Walsh, Youssef Ramadan Lead the Way<\/strong><\/p>\n

Performance of the Week, Sponsored by LumaLanes<\/em><\/p>\n

The two ACC rivals in the Commonwealth of Virginia faced off Saturday in Christiansburg, and the reigning national-champion Virginia women captured a big victory, 193-107. Meanwhile, the Virginia Tech men stormed ahead of UVA to win 187-113.<\/p>\n

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For the Cavalier women<\/a>,\u00a0Gretchen Walsh\u00a0<\/strong>was brilliant as she won the 50 free (22.18) but also placed first in events outside her normal sprint specialty events, the 200 back (1:54.67) and 200 IM (2:01.24). This was a big performance for Walsh after she missed the midseason Tennessee Invitational for undisclosed reasons. Meanwhile, Walsh’s versatile older sister Alex Walsh<\/strong>\u00a0won the 100 back (52.68) and 100 fly (52.74).\u00a0Kate Douglass<\/strong>, who joined Alex Walsh on the Olympic podium in the 200 IM at the Tokyo Games, won the 100 breast (1:00.01) and 100 free (48.11), and\u00a0Maddie Donahoe\u00a0<\/strong>placed first in the 1000 (10:00.69) and 500 free (4:52.54).<\/p>\n

The Hokie men won big behind the efforts of Egyptian sophomore Youssef Ramadan<\/strong> and senior Antani Ivanov<\/strong>. Ramadan captured first place in the 100 back (47.58), 100 free (43.23) and 100 fly (46.84), and then he completed the day by leading off VT’s first-place 400 free relay. Meanwhile, Ivanov won the 1000 free (9:19.40), 200 fly (1:45.12) and 500 free (4:25.97).<\/p>\n

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The Virginia swimming & diving teams split in its dual at Virginia Tech on Saturday morning at the Christiansburg Aquatic Center.<\/p>\n

The UVA women won 193-107, while the men fell 113-187. The Cavaliers won 16 events overall in the meet.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s always a tough trip heading down to Virginia Tech coming off our block of winter training and we like to use this as a gauge and steppingstone for the back half of the season,\u201d head coach Todd DeSorbo<\/strong> said. \u201cThe men and women executed races really well, which is what is most important in mid-January. I expect both the men and women to continue to improve as the winter progresses towards championship season. Our divers, especially the women, had a great day on the boards. Quite a few season and personal bests, so I\u2019m excited to see them improving significantly. Overall, a quick day trip for some good racing to kick off the semester. Hats off to VT for some great competition as always. Looking forward to next weekend to compete at home and honor our fourth years in their last home dual meets.\u201d<\/p>\n

No. 1 Virginia women at Virginia Tech<\/strong><\/p>\n