Pool Records from Jakub Poliacik, Levente Balogh Help Virginia Tech Split with Duke
Jakub Poliacik and Levente Balogh set pool records as Virginia Tech split a dual meet with Duke on Saturday.
The 11th-ranked Virginia Tech men claimed a 206-94 win over the Blue Devils in Durham, while the No. 21 Duke women’s team claimed a 147-98 victory.
Poliacik picked up a pair of Taishoff Aquatic Center records. He won the 200 freestyle in 1:35.31, a half-second under the old mark. In the 500 free, he went 4:19.87 to dash the mark by 2.6 seconds.
Balogh went 1:43.82 in the men’s 200 backstroke. That is more than a second ahead of the existing record. Balogh was also second in the 100 back in 47.11 behind the winning time of 46.93 from teammate Connor Johnson.
Eli Martin’s breaststroke prowess was a major factor for the Hokies. He swam on the winning 200 medley relay, joining Andy Roose, Aidan Paro and Javier Nunez in 1:26.24 for what ended up a Hokies 1-2. Martin won the 100 breast in 53.13, then the 200 breast in 1:55.95 and the 200 individual medley in 1:47.95, the latter by just .11 seconds over Duke’s Charlie Zuhoski.
Paro did the fly double, winning the 200 in 1:45.58 and the 100 in 46.82. Nunez claimed the 50 free in 19.90 in a 1-2 with Diego Aranda, then claimed the 100 free in 44.45. Nathan Cox swept the diving events, his 361.88 on 1-meter winning by 50 points to go with a mark of 386.78 on 3-meter.
Charlie Kulp secured Duke’s only individual swimming win by going 9:09.65 in the 1,000 free. Kulp also led off the winning 400 free relay with Milo Shue, Owen Waibel and Ryan Griffith for 2:56.60.
On the women’s side, Ali Pfaff starred for the Blue Devils. She won the 200 free in 1:46.21. She went 49.29 to win the 100 free over teammate Tierney Lenahan. Pfaff then led off Duke’s winning 400 free relay with Clare Logan, Lenahan and Riley Anderson.
Lenahan, Reese Reilly, Anderson and Heather White comprised the winning 200 medley relay that won in 1:38.89, with a Duke 1-2 to booth. Anderson was second in the 50 free, then won the 100 fly in 52.98. Lenahan won the 100 back in 52.56 in a 1-2 with Logan, and Molly Donlan led a 1-2-3 result in the 200 back with her time of 1:55.98. Reilly won the 200 breast in 2:15.23.
Quinn White claimed the 500 free in 4:49.22. Gracyn Kehoe sealed the victory with a win in the 200 IM, beating Virginia Tech’s Amanda Barnard by .02 seconds. Duke also got big points from Keira Lu, who scored 310.73 to win 1-meter. She tallied 342.15 to lead a 1-2-3 on 3-meter.
Noa Martin won the 1,000 free for Virginia Tech in 9:56.14, a quarter-second up on teammate Bengisu Caymaz. Emily Santos won the 100 breast (then fell .03 behind Reilly in the 200), Barnard claimed the 200 fly and Alexandra Hrncarova won the 50 free in consecutive events to give the Hokies some momentum early until the Duke 100 free double stopped it in its tracks.
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