Frostburg, MD. - The Wheeling University Women's Swimming team (1-1,1-1) kicked off their dual meet schedule on Saturday with Mountain East Conference (MEC) action. The Cardinals would split their conference opener, defeating West Virginia Wesleyan 175-23, while falling to Frostburg State 159-92. Wheeling would pick up three gold medals on the day, with their newest swimmers leading the way for the Cardinals in the pool.
Pacing the effort was Giulia Liberti, who picked up two of her team's three individual wins in the effort. She would swim in a pair of mid-distance events, kicking off her day in the 100-Meter Short Course Breaststroke. She would take her first gold medal of the season, swimming a time of 1:19.13 and taking the win by just under five seconds over Frostburg State's Taylor Emerich. The distance would increase in her second race of the day as she competed in the 200-Meter Short Course Breaststroke, and once again picked up the win with a time of 2:55.25. Liberti burst onto the scene for the Cardinals at the 2025 WVU Games and comes away with her first two wins of the season to start the dual meet schedule.
The other individual win for the Cardinals came from Niki Chrysafi, who competed in the 100-Meter Backstroke. Chrysafi would swim a time of 1:09.37, as she picked up her first gold medal performance of the season. She would also end up medaling for the Cardinals in the 200-Meter Shortcourse Backstroke, where she took second with a time of 2:33.07. The sprint swims were led by junior Caitlin Oltman, who started her day with a second place finish in the 100-Meter Freestyle. She would swim a time of 1:06.45 and added a fourth place finish in the 200-Meter Freestyle with a time of 2:43.3. In the long distance events, it was Lacie Langmyer who led the way, swimming in both the 800 and 400-Meter Freestyle. Langmyer's top event was the 800, where she swam a time of 10:25.66 to finish second overall at the event. In the 400. She would end up taking third in the 400, rounding out her day with a time of 4:59.50.
The wins would keep on coming for the Cardinals in the relay event, starting with event #1 of the afternoon. The team of Chrysafi, Lydie Sprecher, Liberti, and Grace Moorley would take the top spot in the 200-Meter Medley Relay with a time of 2:06.90 to pace the Cardinal effort. The day would round out with the 200-Meter Freestyle Relay, with Chrysafi, Moorley, Oltman, and Sprecher swimming. The foursome would take the top spot with a time of 1:56.65 for the Cardinals, rounding out the day in the pool.
The Wheeling University Women's Swimming team returns to action on Wednesday, October 15th, when they take on the Washington & Jefferson tri-meet.
