The Pitt women’s swimming and diving team dominated the pool during the Backyard Brawl as the Panthers compiled five 1-2 finishes in 11 events to defeat West Virginia 196-104 at the Aquatic Center at Mylan Park, Saturday afternoon.
The Panthers won five of the first seven events, including three 1-2 finishes in the 200 Medley Relay, 1000 Free and the 100 Back. Tess Mock (10:29.23) and Emily Bucaro (10:31.34) finished first and second in the 1000 Free while freshman Parker Del Balso (56.24) won the 100 Back and Claire Jansen (56.47) finished in second place. Freshman Avery Kudlac (1:52.53) also won the 200 Free while fellow classmate Sydney Gring (2:01.35) won the 200 Fly.
The 200 Medley Relay teams kicked off the meet by taking first and second place. The team of Claire Jansen, Jessica Strong, Sophie Yendell and Sydney Gring finished first with a time of 1:41.26 while the team of Parker Del Balso, Angelina Messina, Avery Kudlac and Tara Culibrk finished second with a time of 1:44.97.
Pitt compiled four more first-place finishes with Del Balso (2:02.64) and Jansen (2:03.90) taking first and second place in the 200 Back. Kudlac (51.65) won the 100 Free, Yendell (54.93) won the 100 Fly and Gring (2:03.08) won the 200 IM.
The Panthers secured the Backyard Brawl win with the 200 Free Relay team of Kudlac, Yendell, Jansen, and Culibrk taking first with a time of 1:34.04.
On the diving side, Megan Iannon (278.63) and Rachel Dickerson (271.50) finished in first and second place, respectively, on the 3-meter. The Panthers also finished 1-2-3 on the 1-meter as Dickerson took first (287.78), newcomer Mariana Osorio Mendoza (287.03) came in second and Maggie Foley took third (277.20).
West Virginia sophomore Mia Cheatwood had a strong performance, winning two individual events. Cheatwood won the 100-yard breaststroke (1:03.92) and the 200-yard breaststroke (2:19.00). She also placed second in the 200-yard individual medley (2:08.01).
Freshman Maddie Smutny also won the 500-yard freestyle event (5:05.93).
Men’s Meet: Pitt tops WVU
The Pitt men’s swimming and diving team dominated the pool during the Backyard Brawl, as the Panthers compiled six 1-2 finishes in 10 event wins to defeat West Virginia 165-135 at the Aquatic Center at Mylan Park, Saturday afternoon.
Krzysztof Radziszewski (48.55) and Stepan Goncharov (48.60) finished first and second in the 100 Back. The 200 medley relay teams kicked off the meet by also taking first and second place. The team of Radziszewski, Jerry Chen, Marcin Goraj, and Dominic Toledo finished first with a time of 1:28.82 while the team of Goncharov, Max Matteazzi, Drew Jalbert and Guy Frimis finished second with a time of 1:30.35.
Pitt swept the top three spots in three different events. Dylan Reed (396.38), Daley Fraser (357.30) and Cameron Cash (342.75) went 1-2-3 on the 1-meter and also swept the 3-meter. In the 3-meter, Reed (412.13) took first, Cash came in second (407.78) and Fraser finished in third (387.00). Pitt also swept the 100 Fly with Goraj (48.58) coming in first as Mahler (49.64) came in second and Drew Jalbert (50.76) finished third.
Pitt picked up four more event wins with Chen (55.31) in the 100 Breast, Adam Mahler (1:48.62) in the 200 Fly, Goraj (1:47.86) in the 200 Back, and Goncharov (44.58) in the 100 Free.
West Virginia had the top three swimmers in the men’s 1,000-yard freestyle as senior William Mullen placed second (9:21.99) behind Puskovitch while freshman Trevor Hudson finished third (9:39.87).
WVU senior Danny Berlitz continued his dominant season with three individual victories against Pitt. Berlitz won the 200-yard freestyle (1:37.53), the 200-yard breaststroke (1:59.58) and the 200-yard individual medley (1:48.09).
Along with Berlitz, senior Roanoke Shirk and juniors Conner McBeth and Braden Osborn won the 200-yard freestyle relay (1:21.33).
McBeth also won the 50-yard freestyle event, finishing with a 20.46.
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