The Virginia swim and dive teams traveled to Blacksburg on Saturday to take on Virginia Tech in the Commonwealth Clash at the Christiansburg Aquatic Center.
The top-ranked Virginia women were utterly dominant, claiming first place in all but three events in the meet and crushing the Hokies 193-107.
Gretchen Walsh, a freshman, won three individual events and finished first in the 200-meter backstroke, 200-meter individual medley and 50-meter freestyle. Junior Maddie Donohoe won both the 500-meter freestyle and the 1000-meter freestyle. Second-year student Alex Walsh took first place in the 100-meter backstroke and the 100-meter butterfly.
Just after her five-medal feat at the FINA World Championships in Abu Dhabi in December, junior Kate Douglass won both the 100m breaststroke and 100m freestyle. Senior Alexis Wenger won the 200-meter breaststroke and freshman Emma Weyant won the 200-meter freestyle.
The Cavaliers were equally successful in the relays, claiming both first and second place in the 200m individual medley, with the team of Kate Douglass, Ella Nelson, Abby Harter and Alex Walsh finishing first with a time of 3:20.10. UVA’s team, consisting of Ella Nelson, Ella Bathurst, Reilly Tiltmann and Alex Walsh, also won the 400-meter freestyle relay in the final game of the meet.
The 17th-ranked Virginia men’s swim and dive team fell to No. 16 Virginia Tech 187-113.
The UVA men won three events in the meet. Sophomore Matt King won the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 20.05 and sophomore Matt Brownstead finished just behind him in second with a time of 20.06. Senior Justin Grender took first place in the 200-meter backstroke and sophomore Noah Nichols won the 100-meter breaststroke.
Grender and King also took second place in the 100-meter backstroke and 100-meter freestyle respectively. Virginia took nine podiums in addition to its three event wins, including second and third in the 1000-meter freestyle (sophomore Tanner Hering and freshman Peter Thompson) and the 200-meter butterfly (junior Josh Fong and senior Casey Storch).
Virginia returns home to host North Carolina on Friday (1/21) and NC State on Saturday (1/22) at the Aquatic and Fitness Center.
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