WVU Tech women's and men's swimming hosted NCAA DI Virginia Military Institute Saturday in Beckley. The Golden Bears also participated in virtual meets against Centre College and Bethel University.
Words from head coach William Hughes regarding Saturday's action:
Despite being outnumbered, WVU Tech Swimming improved in individual events against VMI. Four Golden Bears took first place finishes in the combination dual/virtual meet.
In the dual meet vs VMI, sophomore women's captain Andrea Segovia recorded a first place finish in the 200 Freestyle (2:22.92), and had two second place finishes in 100 Free and 100 Breast.
Junior men's Captain Pau Eslava took first place in the 200 Fly (2:14.27) marking his second National "B" Cut of the season. Eslava also recorded third and fourth place finishes.
Freshman Refiloe Mashao took first place in the 800 Free with a time of 9:06.56, a second place finish in the 400 Free (4:25.14) and was fifth in the 100 Free (58.94).
Fellow freshman Guillermo Usechi made a personal best in his 100 Freestyle event taking first place with 55.20. He also earned third and fourth place finishes in 50 Free and 100 Breast.
Women's co-captain sophomore Brenna Emery made a significant time cut in her quest for a national cut by dropping nearly three seconds in her 100 Back event (1:14.65).
Freshmen Richard Sahennie, Madison Udy and Makayla Udy showed significant improvement as they helped their relay teams to third and fourth place finishes.
The Golden Bears will be off until the Spring semester when they return to the pool on January 9 at Salem University.
