The Virginia men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams opened the season with a strong performance, with each team winning both of its meets this weekend.
At South Carolina Friday, the No. 15 men won 165-124, while the No. 10 women took a 163-132 victory. The Cavaliers’ dominance continued the next day at Clemson, where the men won 189-105 and the women took first 169-131.
Senior Ryan Hurley stood out in his specialty event, the breaststroke, taking first Friday in the 100 breaststroke (56.96) and the 200 breaststroke (2:02.39) and Saturday in the 100 breast (56.96) and 200 breast (2:01.79).
Sophomore Scot Robison touched first in three events Friday, including the 50 free (20.63), the 100 free (44.73) and the 200 medley relay team. He took the 200 free race Saturday with a time of 1:38.87.
On the women’s side, senior Megan Evo placed first in the 200 fly (2:01.72) against Clemson. She also contributed to the 200 medley relay team’s defeat of South Carolina with a time of 1:43.30 alongside teammates junior Mei Christensen, junior Katherine McDonnell and senior Kristen Wallace.
In men’s diving, freshman Briggy Imbriglia won both diving events with scores of 346.50 for the 3-meter board competition and 312.97 for the 1-meter competition against Clemson. Against South Carolina, freshman Sarah Andrekovich took fourth in the 1-meter dive with a total score of 220.72, which led the Virginia divers.
Virginia will host its first home meet of the season Wednesday at 5 p.m. against Virginia Tech.
—compiled by Emily Bareford
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