CANTON, Ohio – Wheeling University men’s swimming team finished high in the overall rankings, sitting at 3^rd overall, after Day 1 of the Great Midwest Athletic Conference/Mountain East Conference Swimming & Diving Championships. While Frostburg State’s women’s swimming team is sitting at 4^th overall.
 
One the men’s side behind Wheeling is Davis & Elkins, Frostburg State, Salem, Fairmont State, and West Virginia Wesleyan from the MEC. While on the women’s side behind Frostburg State is Fairmont State, Wheeling, Davis & Elkins, Salem, and West Virginia Wesleyan.
 
Wheeling took 4^th overall in the women’s 200 Medley Relay behind the University of Findlay, Ashland University, and Hilldale College of the G-MAC.
 
In the men’s 200 Medley Rela, Wheeling placed 3^rd behind Findlay and Ashland. Frostburg State’s Genevieve Rippeon won the women’s 1000 Freestyle with a time of 10:22.25. While Wheeling’s Segmen Duygun took 3^rd in the men’s 1000 Freestyle with a time of 9:42.44.
 
In the men’s 200 IM, Lasse Schrieken placed 3^rd with a time of 1:52.39. Vlad Fedoseev of Fairmont State took 3^rd in the 50 Freestyle with a time of 20.70.
 
Fairmont State’s women took 4^th in the 200 Freestyle Relay with a time of 1:38.51 while Frostburg State placed 6^th overall. In the men’s 200 Freestyle Relay, Wheeling placed 3^rd with a time of 1:25.24 finishing just ahead of Frostburg State which placed 4^th overall, followed by Salem, Fairmont State, and Davis & Elkins.
 
Wednesday's prelims are set to begin at 10 a.m.
 
2026 Mountain East Conference All-MEC Swimming
(*The top three MEC Times at the G-MAC/MEC Swimming & Diving Championships earns all-conference recognition)
 
Women’s 200 Medley Relay
First Team All-MEC: Wheeling (Chrysafi, Liberti, Sprecher, Moorley)
Second Team All-MEC: Frostburg State (Betancourt, Denard, Payne, Meadows)
Honorable Mention: Fairmont State (Hoover, Ridenour, Shryock, Miller)
 
Men’s 200 Medley Relay
First Team All-MEC: Wheeling (Dimakis, Kucuk, Schonekes, Olivares)
Second Team All-MEC: Davis & Elkins (Williamson, Oshiro, Schrieken, Queiroz)
Honorable Mention: Frostburg State (Filipovits, Wetherhold, King, Reynolds)
 
Women’s 1000 Freestyle
First Team All-MEC: Genevieve Rippeon (Frostburg State)
Second Team All-MEC: Jenna Handeerger (Frostburg State)
Honorable Mention: Mia Abruzzino (Fairmont State)
 
Men’s 1000 Freestyle
First Team All-MEC: Segmen Duygun (Wheeling)
Second Team All-MEC: Bradin Norris (Frostburg State)
Honorable Mention: Leonardo Vallerini (Davis & Elkins)
 
Women’s 200 IM
First Team All-MEC: Alexis Ramsey (Frostburg State)
Second Team All-MEC: Taylor Emrich (Frostburg State)
Honorable Mention: Alicia Perez (Fairmont State)
 
Men’s 200 IM
First Team All-MEC: Lasse Schrieken (Davis & Elkins)
Second Team All-MEC: Archie Pigott (Wheeling)
Honorable Mention: Leonardo Oshiro (Davis & Elkins)
 
Women’s 50 Freestyle
First Team All-MEC: Maitlyn Miller (Fairmont State)
Second Team All-MEC: Julianne Hobson (Davis & Elkins)
Honorable Mention: Lydie Sprecher (Wheeling)
 
Men’s 50 Freestyle
First Team All-MEC: Vlad Fedoseev (Fairmont State)
Second Team All-MEC: Gustavo Queiroz (Davis & Elkins)
Honorable Mention: Jan Spehar (Davis & Elkins)
 
Women’s 200 Freestyle Relay
First Team All-MEC: Fairmont State (Hoover, Miller, Householder, Abruzzino)
Second Team All-MEC: Frostburg State (Naddeo, Payne, Chase, Meadows)
Honorable Mention: Salem (Rohde, Repinz, Brooks, Hamilton)
 
Men’s 200 Freestyle Relay
First Team All-MEC: Wheeling (Dimakis, Tayali, Kilic, Kirby)
Second Team All-MEC: Frostburg State (Horner, Wetherhold, Stokes, Reynolds)
Honorable Mention: Salem (Joseph, Caesar, Voros, Maurer)