The Wheeling Women's Swimming team returned to action today, following their third place finish last weekend at the Salem Relay Meet. It was back to winning ways for the Cardinals this weekend however, as they cruised to a first place finish at the WV Small College State Games.

The 200 relay got the meet started this afternoon, and it was gold straight away for the Cardinals. The team of Niki Chrysafi, Guilia Liberti, Laura Vehns, and Goksu Civi swam a 1:56.33 to win by 2.91 seconds. Niki Chrysafi would return to take third in the 50 backstroke with a time of 29.61, before Giulia Liberti and Greta Lovas took gold and silver respectively in the 50 breaststroke with times of 32.35 and 32.61.

The golds continued to come for Wheeling, as Laura Vehns took one of her own in the 100 butterfly, swimming 1:00.46 to dominate the field. Giulia Liberti returned in the 200 IM to take second, as the Italian swam a 2:31.50. Niki Chrysafi would return to the podium again in the 100 backstroke, as the Sophomore swam a 1:04.74 to take third place. The next event would be a Cardinal 1-2, as Giulia Liberti and Greta Lovas swam a 1:11.17 and 1:12.46 respectively in the 100 breaststroke.

Laura Vehns would take her third gold of the afternoon in the 50 butterfly, as she swam a 27.52 to beat out Lauren Lockwood of Davis & Elkins by 4 hundredths of a second. Grace Moorley would show her staying power in the 500 freestyle, as the senior stormed to gold with a time of 5:41.36 to round out the medals for the Cardinals.

The Cardinals topped the event scoring with 591 points, 98 points ahead of their closest challengers Fairmont State. The Wheeling University Women's Swimming Team will return to action next Saturday, October 10th, when they meet Frostburg State and West Virginia Wesleyan.