The Hokies had an exciting day two of the Virginia Tech Invitational at the Christiansburg Aquatic Center Saturday, breaking a number of school records.
In the prelims, Youssef Ramadan smashed the pool record in the 100 fly, then came back for the evening session to do it again. The Christiansburg Aquatic Center record is now set at 44.68.
Sam Tornqvist broke a school record in the 100 back with a time of 45.89, shattering the previous time of 46.28 set in 2013 by Zach McGinnis.
For the VT women, Karisa Franz set a new personal best at 53.49, the fifth-best time in Virginia Tech history. She was followed by teammate Luana Alonso who finished only one one-hundredth of a second behind Franz with the sixth-best time in school history.
Men’s and women’s swimming and diving head coach Sergio Lopez Miro on his teams’ performance:
“Today was another good day at the Hokie Invite. We had some really, really good performances and had a school record broken with Sam [Tornqvist] breaking the 100 back. He is now second in the ACC and fourteenth in the country. The girls did awesome; this is probably the fastest we have ever been heading into the ACC’s. There were a lot of really good things today. I’m excited to see how we finish out this invite.”
The Hokies had an impressive start on Day One. In the morning session, Anna Landon and Rose Pouch swam their way into Virginia Tech’s All-Time Top 10. Later in the finals, the men put up three all-time top 10 times. The women continued to improve, earning two spots in Hokie history with each relay.
VIRGINIA TECH ALL-TIME TOP 10 TIMES
Women
400 IM – Chase Travis – 4:18.69; 200 Free – Rose Pouch – 1:47.14; 100 Fly – Karisa Franz – 52.92 and Luana Alonso – 52.93.
Men
200 Medley Relay – Sam Tornqvist, Carles Coll Marti, Antani Ivanov, and Youssef Ramadan – 1:24.32; 200 Free – Luis Dominguez – 1:34.69; 100 Back – Sam Tornqvist – 45.89.
TOP 25 TIMES
Men
200 Medley Relay – Sam Tornqvist, Carles Coll Marti, Antani Ivanov, and Youssef Ramadan – 1:24.32; 100 Fly – Youssef Ramadan – 44.68; 100 Back – Sam Tornqvist – 45.89.
DAY 2 RESULTS – SWIMMING
Women
200 MEDLEY RELAY FINALS
First – Emma Atkinson (24.99), Caroline Bentz (29.37), Karisa Franz (23.51), and Anna Landon (21.89) – 1:39.76; Second – Janika Perezous (25.77), Charlotte Rigg (29.11), Luana Alonso (23.92), and Abby Larson (22.85) – 1:41.65.
Men
First– Sam Tornqvist (21.81), Carles Coll Marti (23.56), Antani Ivanov (20.07), and Youssef Ramadan (18.88) – 1:24.32 (Pool Record).; Second – Blake Manoff (21.43), Cobi Lopez Miro (24.59), Henry Claesson (21.40), and Luis Dominguez (20.00) – 1:27.42; Third – Forest Webb (21.98), AJ Pouch (24.39), Mario Molla Yanes (21.28), and Will Koeppen (20.36) – 1:28.01.
400 IM PRELIMS
Women
First – Chase Travis – 4:19.22; Third – Alex Eastmond – 4:26.01; Fourth – Allison Henry – 4:27.26; Fifth – Emma Inch – 4:32.40.
Men
First – Filippo Dal Maso – 3:50.67; Second – Keith Myburgh – 3:52.28; Third – Luan Grobbelaar – 3:54.85; Fourth – Nico Garcia – 3:55.69
400 IM FINALS
Women
First – Chase Travis – 4:18.69; Third – Alex Eastmond – 4:22.08; Fourth – Emma Inch – 4:29.50
Fifth – Allison Henry – 4:30.88.
Men
First – Keith Myburgh – 3:48.29; Second – Filippo Dal Maso – 3:49.52; Third – Luan Grobbelaar – 3:52.42; Fifth – Nico Garcia – 3:59.72.
100 FLY PRELIMS
Women
Second – Karisa Franz – 53.49; Third – Luana Alonso – 53.94; Sixth – Julia Bruneau – 55.70.
Men
First – Youssef Ramadan– 44.79; Second – Dylan Eichberg – 46.48; Fourth – Antani Ivanov – 47.83; Fifth – Henry Claesson – 48.09; Sixth – Mario Molla Yanes – 48.18; Eighth – Blake Manoff – 49.08; Ninth – Alex Neff – 49.46.
100 FLY FINALS
Women
First – Karisa Franz – 52.92; Second – Luana Alonso – 52.93; Sixth – Julia Bruneau – 55.59.
Men
First – Youssef Ramadan – 44.68 (Pool Record); Second – Antani Ivanov – 45.48; Third – Dylan Eichberg – 46.36; Fourth – Blake Manoff – 46.71; Sixth – Alex Neff – 48.97.
200 FREE PRELIMS
Women
Second – Reka Gyorgy – 1:47.26; Third – Emma Atkinson – 1:47.54; Fourth – Rose Pouch – 1:48.69; Fifth – Morgan Miller – 1:48.92; Sixth – Megan Judge – 1:49.18; Eighth – Loulou Vos – 1:50.51; Ninth – Anna Summers – 1:51.25.
Men
First – Carles Coll Marti – 1:34.56; Second – Luis Dominguez – 1:36.60; Third – Noah Desman – 1:36.97; Fourth – Nikolas Lee-Bishop – 1:37.97; Fifth – Hunter Cassady – 1:38.29
Sixth – Youssef Ramadan – 1:39.88; Seventh – Hayden Jay – 1:40.02; Eighth – Mario Molla Yanes – 1:41.54.
200 FREE FINALS
Women
First – Emma Atkinson – 1:46.09; Second – Reka Gyorgy – 1:46.52; Third – Rose Pouch – 1:47.14; Fourth – Sarah Shackelford – 1:47.65; Sixth – Morgan Miller – 1:48.96; Seventh – Loulou Vos – 1:50.26; Eighth – Anna Summers – 1:50.45.
Men
First – Luis Dominguez – 1:34.69; Second – Carles Coll Marti – 1:34.70; Third – Noah Desman – 1:36.94; Fourth – Mario Molla Yanes – 1:37.82; Fifth – Nikolas Lee-Bishop – 1:38.43 Sixth – Hunter Cassady – 1:38.54; Seventh – Hayden Jay – 1:39.31.
100 BREAST PRELIMS
Women
Fourth – Jenna Thompson – 1:03.59; Fifth – Charlotte Rigg – 1:04.06; Sixth – Anna Landon – 1:04.18; Eighth – Caroline Bentz – 1:04.22; Ninth – Allison Henry – 1:05.35.
Men
Second – Carles Coll Marti – 54.06; Third – AJ Pouch – 54.13; Fourth – Keith Myburgh – 54.25;
Sixth – Joseph Hong – 55.02; Eighth – Jake Ryan – 56.02; Tenth – Luan Grobbelaar – 57.60.
100 BREAST FINALS
Women
Fourth – Anna Landon – 1:03.48; Fifth – Charlotte Rigg – 1:03.67; Sixth – Allison Henry – 1:03.75; Eighth – Jenna Thompson – 1:04.65; Ninth – Caroline Bentz – 1:05.35
Men
Second – AJ Pouch – 53.83; Third – Joseph Hong – 54.33; Fifth – Keith Myburgh – 55.02; Seventh – Cobi Lopez Miro – 55.88; Eighth – Luan Grobbelaar – 56.02.
100 BACK PRELIMS
Women
First – Emma Atkinson – 53.30; Third – Sarah Shackelford – 54.79; Fourth – Alex Slayton – 55.57; Fifth – Janika Perezous – 55.64; Sixth – Karisa Franz – 55.79; Tenth – Anna Summers – 56.62.
Men
First – Sam Tornqvist – 46.53; Second – Forest Webb – 47.45; Third – Gabriel Yuk – 48.09; Fourth – Will Koeppen – 48.35; Sixth – Ben Eckerson – 48.81; Eighth – Nico Garcia – 49.56;
Tenth – Abraham Apfel – 52.04.
100 BACK FINALS
Women
Third – Janika Perezous – 54.79; Fifth – Karisa Franz – 55.86; Seventh – Alex Slayton – 56.08;
Eighth– Anna Summers – 56.31.
Men
First – Sam Tornqvist – 45.89 (School Record); Second – Forest Webb – 47.02; Third – Gabriel Yuk – 47.34; Fourth – Will Koeppen – 48.04; Seventh – Nico Garcia – 48.84; Ninth – Ben Eckerson – 49.83; Tenth – Abraham Apfel – 50.78.