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That allowed the Cavaliers to win 13 events for a 175-115 win over the Mountaineers.<\/p>\n<p>The men\u2019s meet was officially unscored, with Virginia so limited that West Virginia broke itself into four mini-teams.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/static.virginiasports.com\/pdfs\/swim\/Results\/2027\/WVU.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Meet Results<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/meet\/acc-swimming\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ACC Swimming News<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Thompson had a big day, starting with the leadoff leg in the winning 200 medley relay in 1:37.07. She joined <strong>Emma Redman, Lawson Ficken<\/strong> and <strong>Molly Workman.<\/strong> Thompson won the 100 backstroke in 52.03 with <strong>Charlotte Wilson<\/strong> second, then claimed the 100 freestyle in 48.64 ahead of Workman and Ficken.<\/p>\n<p>Thompson capped the day with a split of 21.79 off the front of the 200 free relay, joining Workman, <strong>Caden Martin<\/strong> and Ficken to win in 1:29.24.<\/p>\n<p>Pudar swept butterfly. Her win in the 200 fly in 1:53.62 was a season-best time and won by nearly 10 seconds. In the 100, she went 52.17, edging teammate <strong>Olivia Louise Hine.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Lily Gormsen<\/strong> claimed the 1,000 free in 10:08.09 and the 500 free in 4:55.27. Redman won the 200 breaststroke in 2:09.43 and the 200 individual medley in 1:57.29.<\/p>\n<p>Workman touched first in the 200 free in 1:46.42, edging West Virginia\u2019s <strong>Rowan Baglole<\/strong> by .22 seconds. Martin (22.69) and Hine (22.91) went 1-2 in the 50 free. Wilson claimed the 200 back in 1:53.44.<\/p>\n<p>West Virginia\u2019s <strong>Taylor Clements<\/strong> edged Redman by .04 to win the 100 breast in 1:00.74 for the Mountaineers lone victory.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kenneth McGlothen,<\/strong> swimming for West Virginia Coal Rush, won the 100 back in 49.01 and 200 back in 1:46.60. He helped the Coal Rush 200 medley relay win in 1:28.93 with <strong>Deividas Timinskas,<\/strong> <strong>Noah Ott<\/strong> and <strong>Jin Rossi.<\/strong> Timinskas won the 100 breast in 54.33 and was second in the 200 breast. Rossi won the 100 free in 44.25.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Roman Torres,<\/strong> for WVU Blue, won the 100 fly in 47.28 over Ott and the 200 fly in 1:46.03.<\/p>\n<p>Virginia\u2019s victories on the men\u2019s side came via <strong>Josh Howat<\/strong> with a 19.72 in the 50 free and <strong>Seth Collet\u2019s<\/strong> 9:07.96 in the 1,000 free and 4:25.94 in the 500 free. 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