{"id":598776,"date":"2024-11-02T14:31:21","date_gmt":"2024-11-02T21:31:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=598776"},"modified":"2024-11-02T14:31:21","modified_gmt":"2024-11-02T21:31:21","slug":"ohio-state-downs-virginia-tech-with-men-winning-by-just-one-point","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ohio-state-downs-virginia-tech-with-men-winning-by-just-one-point\/","title":{"rendered":"Ohio State Downs Virginia Tech, With Men Winning By Just One Point"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ohio State Downs Virginia Tech, With Men Winning By Just One Point<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Ohio State Buckeyes made the trip to Christiansburg, Va., this weekend for a two-day dual meet against the Virginia Tech Hokies and emerged with a pair of victories. The women had a somewhat comfortable advantage, winning by a 196-157 margin, but the men needed every last point as the squeaked out a 177-176 triumph in a back-and-forth affair.<\/p>\n

Ohio State’s winning men’s campaign began with Sam Campbell<\/strong> touching first in the 500 freestyle (4:26.25), and\u00a0Martin Perecinsky<\/strong> followed up with a win in the 200 backstroke (1:45.45), with teammate\u00a0Cornelius Jahn<\/strong> (1:45.56) just behind for a 1-2 finish. The 200 butterfly brought another 1-2 finish, courtesy of\u00a0Tristan Jankovics<\/strong> (1:47.45) and\u00a0Alex Metzler<\/strong> (1:47.70).<\/p>\n

On the second day of the meet, the 400 IM the Buckeyes earn a 1-2-3-4 sweep, led by Jankovics in 3:47.43, and\u00a0Tomas Navikonis<\/strong> topped the 200 free in 1:36.92.\u00a0Alex Metzler<\/strong> took first in the 1000 free (9:14.70), with the Buckeyes again getting big points with a 1-2-3 finish. Ohio State’s\u00a0Tyler Read<\/strong> was the winner of 1-meter diving (373.35).<\/p>\n

But the win was not decided until the 400 free relay, where Navikonis, Evan Fentress<\/strong>,\u00a0Mario McDonald<\/strong> and\u00a0Daniel Baltes<\/strong> took first in 2:53.83, with Baltes anchoring in 42.58 to overtake Hokies anchor\u00a0Luis Dominguez Calonge<\/strong> and secure first place. Moreover, OSU also needed a third-place finish from its B-team, and that happened by a half-second to give the team the one-point triumph.<\/p>\n

The Virginia Tech men had struck first in the 200 free relay, with Youssef Ramadan<\/strong>,\u00a0Brendan Whitfield<\/strong>,\u00a0William Hayon<\/strong> and\u00a0Tanis George Mathew<\/strong> winning in 1:18.72.\u00a0Carles Coll Marti<\/strong> was the winner of the 200 IM (1:44.77) and 100 breaststroke (53.31), and\u00a0Brendan Whitfield<\/strong> won the 100 free (42.97).<\/p>\n

The Hokies made it two-for-two in relays on the first day when Ramadan, Coll Marti, Hayon and Whitfield dominated the 400 medley in 3:10.71, and the exact same quartet won the 200 medly relay (1:25.64) to open Saturday’s competition. Hayon won the 100 fly in 47.42, and Coll Marti’s grabbed two individual wins, in the 200 breast (1:57.47) and 50 free (18.70). Ramadan topped the 100 back (47.74), and\u00a0Jacob Fisher<\/strong> won 3-meter diving (373.95).<\/p>\n