Two individuals and two relay teams represent the hosting West Virginia Mountaineers Thursday evening at the Big 12 Swimming & Diving Championships at Mylan Park.
The Texas Longhorns currently dominate the team standings after placing first in every event thus far through Tuesday and Wednesday. West Virginia ranks sixth of the eight competing women’s teams and fourth among five men’s teams.
BYU junior Jordan Tiffany became the first non-Longhorn swimmer of the week to place first in an event. Tiffany broke the Aquatic Center record and won the men’s 100 butterfly with a time of 44.51 seconds.
Following suit was WVU senior Danny Berlitz, who placed first in the men’s 200 IM. He was closely followed by graduate student Ivan Puskovitch.
Berlitz, who took home the fifth place medal in the 200 IM Wednesday, posted the top time in preliminaries for the 400 IM. Less than a second behind him was graduate student Ivan Puskovitch, who ranked third in the preliminary round and was the only Mountaineer to join Berlitz in Thursday’s finals.
In the finals, Berlitz and Puskovitch earned West Virginia’s first top-three medals in this year’s championships. Berlitz capitalized on his preliminary round momentum to grab and maintain a first-place lead throughout.
Puskovitch, an Olympic-qualifying marathon swimmer, paced himself differently, finishing the first 50-yard stretch in eighth place. He quickly moved up to third before taking second place in the final pool length to pair himself at the top with Berlitz.
Also performing well in finals for WVU was the women’s 400 medley relay team. With a time of 3:39.41, the Mountaineers placed fifth in the event.
Results in each event’s finals were as follows:
Women’s 1m Diving Results
1. Hailey Hernandez (Texas) – 358.35 points
2. Shiyun Lai (Kansas) – 340.45 points
3. Anna Kwong (TCU) – 336.3 points
4. Bridget O’Neil (Texas) – 324.75 points
5. Chase Farris (Houston) – 322.9 points
6. Caroline Kupka (Texas) – 318.35 points
7. Amanda Stalfort (Texas) – 307.6 points
8. Jordan Skilken (Texas) – 305.95 points
Women’s 100-yard Butterfly Swimming Results
1. Emma Sticklen (Texas) – 50.61 (Pool Record)
2. Olivia Bray (Texas) – 50.8
3. Ava Longi (Texas) – 52.28
4. Joleigh Crye (Cincinnati) – 53.6
5. Jeanne Dahmen (TCU) – 53.72
6. Noor El Gendy (Houston) – 54.11
7. Lydia Lafferty (Kansas) – 54.34
8. Abbie Alvarez (Houston) – 54.36
Men’s 100-yard Butterfly Swimming Results
1. Jordan Tiffany (BYU) – 44.51 (Pool Record)
2. Cole Crane (Texas) – 45.98
3. Piotr Sadlowski (TCU) – 46.33
4. Tanner Edwards (BYU) – 46.71
5. Alec Filipovic (Texas) – 46.72
6. Sam Artmann (Texas) – 46.76
7. Ryan Branon Jr. (Texas) – 47.02
8. Tony Puertas (BYU) – 47.35
Women’s 400-yard Individual Medley Results
1. Campbell Stoll (Texas) – 4:07.14
2. Alicia Wilson (Texas) – 4:09.04
3. Angie Coe (Texas) – 4:09.38
4. Libby Michel (Cincinnati) – 4:16.2
5. Alessandra Senis (TCU) – 4:16.87
6. Alondra Ortiz (Houston) – 4:17.75
7. Sydney Inman (TCU) – 4:21.17
8. Syd Nethercutt (Houston) – 4:21.8
Men’s 400-yard Individual Medley Results
1. Danny Berlitz (WVU) – 3:43.02
2. Ivan Puskovitch (WVU) – 3:47.61
3. Alec Enyeart (Texas) – 3:47.74
4. Kyle Bumgardner (Cincinnati) – 3:50.42
5. Geremia Freri (TCU) – 3:53.43
6. Kornel Kohalmi (TCU) – 3:53.58
7. Erik Menchhofer (Cincinnati) – 3:54.21
8. Tama Tuitama (BYU) – 3:50.42
Women’s 200-yard Freestyle Swimming Results
1. Kelly Pash (Texas) – 1:42.97 (Pool Record)
2. Erin Gemmell (Texas) – 1:44.34
3. Erica Sullivan (Texas) – 1:46.39
4. Emma Davidson (Texas) – 1:47.02
5. Jessica Davis (Cincinnati) – 1:47.13
6. Julie Rose (Cincinnati) – 1:47.45
7. Mikayla Popham (TCU) – 1:47.83
8. Tatum Cooley (BYU) – 1:51.2
Men’s 200-yard Freestyle Swimming Results
1. Coby Carrozza (Texas) – 1:32.63
2. Nate Germonprez (Texas) – 1:33.00
3. Camden Taylor (Texas) – 1:33.9
4. Manning Haskal (Texas) – 1:35.82
5. Payton Plumb (BYU) – 1:36.09
6. Joshua Reed (BYU) – 1:36.51
7. Luke Dimiceli (TCU) – 1:36.84
8. Milan Fabian (TCU) – 1:37.25
Men’s 3m Diving Participants
1. Noah Duperre (Texas) – 446.8 points
2. Brendan McCourt (Texas) – 411.8 points
3. Tanner Braunton (Texas) – 410.1 points
4. Mickey Strauss (BYU) – 409.15 points
5. Manuel Borowski (Texas) – 406.35 points
6. Ollie Cazaly (TCU) – 359.6 points
7. Pierce Brooke (Texas) – 356.15 points
8. Elliott Dillon (TCU) – 356.1 points
Women’s 400-yard Team Medley Relay Participants
1. Texas – 3:27.18
2. Cincinnati – 3:33.89
3. TCU – 3:37.27
4. Houston – 3:38.11
5. WVU – 3:39.41
6. Kansas – 3:39.77
7. BYU – 3:40.22
8. Iowa State – 3:43.11
Men’s 400-yard Team Medley Relay Participants
1. Texas – 3:04.04
2. TCU – 3:07.77
3. Cincinnati – 3:10.43
4. WVU – 3:12.82
D – BYU – 3:08.83
Photo from WVU Swimming & Diving
