MORGANTOWN, W. Va – Villanova swimming and diving wrap up their time at the WVU invitational. At the conclusion of the meet, the women's team finished in second place with a total score of 1753.5 closely behind William and Mary scoring 1853. The men finish off in third place overall with their score of 1200 behind Navy and West Virginia.
The Wildcats finished today's competition with two first place finished. Sophomore
Justin Nowicki swam 1:48.95 in the preliminaries of the 200 fly, he was able to shave off a second and touched the wall at 1:47.76 in the finals helping him claim first. Sophomore
Peri Gaguzis took first in the 1650 free with her time of 16:51.79, cutting off over 7 second from her personal best.
Following closely behind Nowicki is
Theo Morse taking sixth in the 200 fly with his time of 1:51.54 and a personal best for him. Freshman
Melson Arquillano took seventh clocking a 1:52.93.
Gaguzis was not alone in the 1650 free,
Pepper Ritchey was able to claim eighth place with her time of 17:15.72 with
Marlene Blanke following in tenth timing in at 17:22.18. On the men's side, Freshman
Owen Nye claimed third place with his time of 15:49.40.
Patrick Casey grabbed eighth touching the wall at 15:57.89.
In the 200 back, Alane Leen got a personal best and second place with her time of 1:59.41.
Francesca Raimondi got 13
th clocking a time of 2:06.95. The men had
Aubrey Bowles in 13
th with his time of 1:50.05.
Cole Gorsuch was close behind him in 15
th touching in at 1:52.01.
Fourth place in the 100 free went to sophomore
Riley Kudlac (50.92) and eighth was claimed by
Amylia Higgins (51.83).
Patrick Hemingway was able to claim 12
th for the men as he swam 45.46.
Gavin Peck achieved 14
th swimming 45.54 and got a new personal best.
The 200 breast fourth place went to
Annie Honkamp touching the wall at 2:16.60. In ninth is
Winnie Jalet and her time of 2:19.54. The men had
Max Christensen claiming 11
th (2:04.81),
Henry Halloran taking 14th (2:05.49) and
Wade Weston with his time of 2:05.67.
Katie White swam 2:00.82 in the preliminaries where she took first, in the finals she was able to claim second place and cut her time down to 2:00.16.
Arabella Lee achieved fourth place clocking in at 2:01.38. Following her was
Meghan Tiernan with 2:01.72 and
Anna Farley with her time of 2:01.74, and a new personal best.
The 'Cats are back in action on December 15
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