Marshall University Athletics
Friday, October 4
Morgantown, W.Va.
6 PM
Marshall University
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WV Games - Day 1
Photo by: Cody Linn
Herd Swimming and Diving Leads After Day One at West Virginia Games
10/5/2024 12:58:00 AM | Women's Swimming and Diving
Kelsheimer qualifies for 3m Dive NCAA Diving Zones
Swim Results (PDF) | Diving Results (PDF) | Championship Fund
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The Marshall University Swimming and Diving team sits atop the West Virginia Games leaderboard with 719 points after day one on Friday in Morgantown, West Virginia, taking first place in six of the nine events.
The opening session was led by Grace Kelsheimer qualifying for the NCAA Diving Zones in the 3m Dive with a score of 291.08 to win the event.
"A strong showing from the group tonight. I thought Grace K's performance was the highlight of the session, getting her NCAA Zone standard," Herd Swimming and Diving Head Coach Ian Walsh said. "Saw several positive things in the pool. Kseniia (Luniushina) winning her first collegiate race in the 100 back and Eszter's (Laban) 1000 were well swum races. Molly (Warner) and Audrey (West) executed their races really well and came away with two strong performances and winning their respective events."
In addition to the six first-place finishes, The Herd captured three of the top five positions in six events including four of the top places in the 100 Breaststroke and 50 Freestyle.
MU swept the podium in the 100 Breaststroke with Audrey West (1:04.95) winning the event as Paige Banton (1:05.19) and Maddy Akin (1:05.27) took second and third, respectively.
Marshall's other victories came from Kseniia Luniushina, Audrey West, Madeline Hart, Parker Lynch (1:44.40) in the 200 Medley Relay, Eszter Laban (10:20.84) in the 1000 Freestyle, Molly Warner (1:52.33) in the 200 Freestyle and Luniushina (56.55) in the 100 Backstroke.
"The back end of the session got away from us a bit. Tomorrow will be a good test for the women to see how they respond. WVU will be ready in the morning. We will need to be prepared for a tough final stretch."
RESULTS
Team Leaderboard
1st Marshall (719 Points)
2nd West Virginia (674 Points)
3rd Wheeling (103 Points)
4th Fairmont (74 Points)
5th Salem (45 Points)
5th Davis & Elkins (45 Points)
7th West Virginia Wesleyan (5 Points)
8th Bethany (4 Points)
3-Meter Diving
1st – Grace Kelsheimer (291.08) Diving Zones Qualifier
6th – MJ Leviaguirre (218.10)
8th – Ally Humbert (202.73)
9th – Pari Surana (183.53)
200 Medley Relay
1st – Kseniia Luniushina, Audrey West, Madeline Hart, Parker Lynch (1:44.40)
3rd – Mia McBride, Paige Banton, Molly Warner, Nina Nugent (1:46.77)
4th – Lauren Ramsey, Maddy Akin, Lauren McNamara, Loraine Lungu (1:48.26)
1000 Freestyle
1st – Eszter Laban (10:20.84)
6th – Charlotte Thompson (10:44.95)
7th – Federica Savoia (10:47.76)
9th – Jenna Bopp (10:57.65)
200 Freestyle
1st – Molly Warner (1:52.33)
2nd – Madeline Hart (1:53.26)
5th – Audrey West (1:55.19)
7th – Allison Dodd (1:56.39)
8th – Eszter Laban (1:56.76)
15th – Federica Savoia (2:02.80)
16th – Charlotte Thompson (2:03.21)
100 Backstroke
1st – Kseniia Luniushina (56.55)
2nd – Mia McBride (57.06)
5th – Parker Lynch (58.70)
6th – Lauren Ramsey (58.85)
7th – Kate Bolgarskaya (59.89)
10th – Gabrielle Ivey (1:00.98)
15th – Loraine Lungu (1:04.60)
100 Breaststroke
1st – Audrey West (1:04.95)
2nd – Paige Banton (1:05.19)
3rd – Maddy Akin (1:05.27)
5th – Jenna Bopp (1:07.55)
T7th – Eszter Laban (1:08.58)
T7th – Katie Fisher (1:08.58)
11th – Nina Nugent (1:09.87)
200 Butterfly
2nd – Lauren McNamara (2:05.28)
4th – Molly Warner (2:06.92)
5th – Madeline Hart (2:07.09)
7th – Allison Dodd (2:10.25)
11th – Tatum Robinson (2:17.32)
12th – Federica Savoia (2:19.35)
50 Freestyle
2nd – Parker Lynch (24.24)
3rd – Madeline Hart (24.31)
4th – Kseniia Luniushina (24.33)
5th – Audrey West (24.43)
9th – Mia McBride (25.12)
10th – Nina Nugent (25.16)
11th – Lauren Ramsey (25.24)
13th – Loraine Lungu (25.32)
14th – Gabrielle Ivey (25.33)
15th – Katie Fisher (25.46)
T17th – Paige Banton (25.95)
21st – Kate Bolgarskaya (26.01)
22nd – Maddy Akin (26.04)
27th – Tatum Robinson (26.75)
400 Freestyle Relay
2nd – Kseniia Luniushina, Molly Warner, Eszter Laban, Parker Lynch (3:35.01)
3rd – Nina Nugent, Mia McBride, Paige Banton, Allison Dodd (3:35.69)
7th – Loraine Lungu, Katie Fisher, Maddy Akin, Lauren McNamara (3:45.99)
UP NEXT
Marshall closes out the West Virginia Games on Saturday.
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