On the final day of competition at the ACC Championships, the Hokies took home two more medals, a new school record and a meet MVP award.
Carles Coll Marti, the reigning ACC Champion in the 200 breaststroke, took home gold once again. The fifth-year swam a 1:49.62, breaking his own Virginia Tech record, ACC Championship record and ACC record as a whole. At the closing of the meet, Coll Marti was named Most Valuable Swimmer of the Meet on the men’s side. He is only the third Hokie to receive those honors, joining Youssef Ramadan and Brandon Fiala.
Brendan Whitfield took bronze in the 100 free with a 41.60 swim, taking home the third individual ACC medal of his career. The time was a new personal best for Whitfield. He had advanced to the A-Final of the 100 free with a 41.73 prelim swim.
The women’s 400 free relay squad set a new school record with their time of 3:12.49. Weiler Sastre, Claesson, Atkinson and Summers placed sixth overall.
Ten swimmers in total advanced to finals, with four in an A-Final, three in a B-Final and three in a C-Final.
In the 200 back, Carmen Weiler Sastre (1:51.79) and Emma Atkinson (1:52.38) advanced to the A-Final. Weiler Sastre swam a personal best 1:51.60, maintaining her spot as the second-fastest in program history and earning fifth overall. Atkinson posted a 1:51.78, good for sixth place.
On the men’s side, Levente Balogh recorded a 1:41.41 and earned a spot in the B-Final. Nico Garcia competed in the C-Final, after he posted a 1:42.55 in prelims. Balogh swam a 1:40.60 in finals and moved into fifth overall on the Hokie’s record-list.
Emily Claesson locked in a program third-best time in the 100 free with a 47.99, which earned her a spot in the B-Final. There, she swam a 48.53 and finished 16th overall.
Youssef Ramadan posted a 42.58 in 100 free prelims, which secured him a spot in the C-Final.
Eli Martin advanced to the 200 breaststroke B-Final (1:54.99) and Joseph Hong earned a spot in the C-Final (1:55.42). Martin swam a 1:54.67 good for fifth-best in the record book, and Hong recorded a personal best with his 1:55.52.
Nichelly Lysy set a personal best in the 200-breast, swimming a 2:11.14 in finals.
Kate Anderson swam an impressive 16:17.61 in the 1650 free taking sixth overall, logging a new personal best and moving her up to the fifth-fastest time in the program. Lee Naber swam a new personal best in the event, where he posted a 15:03.59 and moved up to fifth all-time in the program’s record book.
In the 2025 race for the Commonwealth Cup, the Hokie men beat out the Cavaliers 654.0 to 528.5, adding a point to the Hokie’s score. The women fell 411.5 to 1451 to the 2025 ACC Champions, giving up the point. This brings the Commonwealth Clash to 9-5 in favor of UVA.
The Hokies travel to Knoxville, Tennessee for the University of Tennessee Last Chance Meet this weekend, Feb. 28 to March 1.
Medals:
Carles Coll Marti: Gold, 200 IM, 1:40.95
Carles Coll Marti: Gold, 200-breast, 1:49.62
Brendan Whitfield: Bronze, 100 free, 41.60
Ramadan, Coll Marti, Molla Yanes, Whitfield: Bronze, 400 medley relay, 3:02.25
Ramadan, Whitfield, Molla Yanes, Hayon: Bronze, 200 free relay, 1:15.53
Final Standings:
Men –
Cal – 1271.5
- Stanford – 1065
- NC State – 1021
- North Carolina – 852
- Louisville – 814.5
- Virginia Tech – 654
- Florida State – 639
- Virginia – 529.5
- Georgia Tech – 465
- Pitt – 456.5
- SMU – 434
- Duke – 171
- Boston College – 123
- Miami – 84
- Notre Dame – 45
Women –
- Virginia – 1451.5
- Stanford – 1141
- Louisville – 935.5
- Cal- 864
- NC State – 787.5
- North Carolina – 781.5
- Florida State – 467
- Pitt – 462
- Virginia Tech – 411.5
- Miami – 387
- Duke – 376
- Notre Dame – 275
- Georgia Tech – 184
- SMU – 183.5
- Boston College – 103
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