Buckeyes in the Lead After Day One of Virginia Tech Dual Meet

Friday, November 1

Blacksburg, VA

5:00 PM

Ohio State

Virginia Tech

Buckeyes in the Lead After Day One of Virginia Tech Dual Meet

11/1/2024 7:38:00 PM | Men's Swim & Dive

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State men's and women's swimming and diving teams are in the lead after the first day of a dual meet against Virginia Tech. The No. 12 Buckeye men lead the No. 10 Hokies, 87-80, and the No. 12 women lead Virginia Tech, 86-81.

Women's Meet Notes

The 200 free relay team of Katherine Zenick, Teresa Ivan, Erin Little and Erin Bockrath placed second with a time of 1:31.67 to open the meet.
Sienna Angove (2:00.82), Paige Hall (2:02.32) and Krista Marlin (2:02.94) placed 1-2-3 in the 200 IM.
Mila Nikanorov and Gwen Woodbury took the top two spots in the 500 free. Nikanorov swam a time of 4:48.62 and Woodbury finished in 4:56.03.
Ava DeAngelis placed third in the 100 breast, finishing in 1:02.69. Maria Ramos placed fourth with a time of 1:03.13.
Marlin, Hall and Delia Lloyd placed second, third and fourth, respectively, in the 200 back. Marlin finished in 1:58.10, Hall finished in 1:58.12 and Lloyd finished in 1:59.32.
Bockrath placed third in the 100 free with a time of 50.18. Little (50.81) placed fourth and Ivan (51.35) placed fourth.
Paola Pineda Vazquez (356.70), Lena Hentschel (351.75) and Mia Prusiecki (316.95) placed 1-2-3 in the 3-meter dive. All three scores are NCAA Zones qualifiers.
Jessica Eden won the 200 fly with a time of 2:03.69. Lucy Malys finished second with a time of 2:04.06.
The Buckeyes closed out the night with a third-place finish in the 400 medley relay. The team of Nyah Funderburke, Ramos, Hall and Bockrath raced to a time of 3:42.59.

Men's Meet Notes

The Buckeyes opened the meet taking second and third place in the 200 free relay. The team of Tomas Navikonis, Matt Klinge, Evan Fentress and Daniel Baltes finished second with a time of 1:19.81. Mario McDonald, Henry Dvorak, Tim Brown and Joseph Roth turned in a time of 1:22.94 to place third.
In the 200 IM, Tristan Jankovics and Alex Metzler placed second and third, respectively. Jankovics finished in 1:46.77 and Metzler touched the wall at 1:49.51.
Sam Campbell (2:26.25), TJ Frost (4:28.02) and Jordi Vilchez (4:28.74) finished 1-2-3 in the 500 free.
Karl Helmuth placed second in the 100 breast, turning in a time of 54.52.
Martin Perecinsky won the 200 back, touching the wall at 1:45.45. Cornelius Jahn was just behind him, placing second with a time of 1:45.56.
Navikonis turned in an NCAA B standard time of 43.02 in the 100 free en route to a second-place finish.
Tyler Read won the 1-meter dive with an NCAA Zones qualifying score of 373.35. Kylie Flory placed third with a score of 344.63, which is also an NCAA Zones qualifying score.
Jankovics was the winner of the 200 fly, finishing in 1:47.45. Metzler finished second, turning in a time of 1:47.70.
The final event of the evening was the 400 medley relay. The Buckeyes placed second with the team of Jahn, Helmuth, Klinge and Navikonis finishing in 3:14.14.