Virginia Concludes Day One of Cavalier Invite
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The Virginia men’s and women’s swimming & diving teams had four pool records set on the first day of the Cavalier Invitational on Friday at the Aquatic & Fitness Center.
WOMEN’S RESULTS
- Junior Alex Walsh dropped nearly three seconds off her season best time in the 200-yard IM in prelims. She then improved that by nearly two seconds to knock off teammate Kate Douglass’s pool record set just weeks ago in the Virginia Tech dual.
- Sophomore Reilly Tiltmann swam a 100-yard backstroke time trial and set a UVA pool record with her time of 50.90.
- Freshman Aimee Canny swam the fourth-fastest time for the Cavaliers this season and NCAA “B” standard in the 200 IM with a 1:56.68 in prelims and became the fourth-fastest this season for UVA in the 50-yard freestyle with a 22.47, also an NCAA “B” time.
- In the 100-yard freestyle time trial, senior Lexi Cuomo and freshman Claire Tuggle both notched season-best times. Cuomo finished with a 48.76 and Tuggle in 48.99.
MEN’S RESULTS
- UVA’s 200-yard freestyle relay set a pool record with its time of 1:17.23. Junior Matt Brownstead, sophomore Jack Aikins, sophomore Tim Connery and senior Josh Fong, respectively, combined for the record.
- Brownstead added a pool record in the 50-yard freestyle with a 19.24 in time trials.
- Freshman Alex Hotta swam a season-best time for the top finish in the 500-yard freestyle. He finished with a time of 4:29.25, now the fourth-fastest swimmer for UVA in the event this season
- Junior Jack Moore won the 200-yard IM with a season-best time of 1:47.30 and he is the third-fastest swimmer in the event for the Cavaliers this season.
- Junior Addie Laurencelle was the top performer in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 20.14 from prelims and 20.22 in the finals.
UP NEXT
Virginia continues competition at the Cavalier Invite on Saturday (Feb. 4) with prelims at 11 a.m. and finals at 6 p.m.