CANTON, Ohio – Davis & Elkins enters the final day of the G-MAC/MEC Swimming & Diving Championships as the MEC’s high-scoring team on the men’s side sitting in 3^rd place overall. While on the women’s side Frostburg State is currently in 4^th overall.
 
Rounding out the men’s team rankings is Wheeling in 4^th, Frostburg State sits at 5^th, Salem is in 6^th. They are followed by Fairmont State in 6^th and West Virginia Wesleyan is in 9^th place.
 
For the women, Fairmont State is in 5^th, flowed by Wheeling in 6^th. Davis & Elkins is currently in 8^th, followed by Salem and West Virginia Wesleyan.
 
Frostburg State’s Genevieve Rippeon won the women’s 500 Freestyle with a time of 5:00.94 while Delaney Householder of Fairmont State took 3^rd place in the event. Householder then took 3^rd in the women’s 100 Backstroke with a time of 56.49.
 
In the women’s 100 Breaststroke, Giulia Liberti of Wheeling placed 5^th with a time of 1:07.30.
 
Jenna Handwerger of Frostburg State took 3^rd in the women’s 200 Butterfly with a time of 2:07.98.
 
Frostburg State took 3^rd in the women’s 800 Freestyle Relay while Fairmont State placed 5^th and Wheeling took 6^th overall.
 
On the men’s side, Wheeling’s Segmen Duygun took 2^nd in the men’s 500 Freestyle with a time of 4:39.27.
 
Davis & Elkins’ Jan Spehar took 2^nd in the men’s 100 Backstroke with a time of 49.98 while Sean Filipovits of Frostburg State placed 6^th overall.
 
While West Virginia Wesleyan’s Yigit Ataman took 2^nd in the men’s 100 Breaststroke with a time of 55.38. Leonardo Oshire placed 3^rd in the event with Charlie Whitsed tied for 4^th overall.
 
In the men’s 200 Butterfly, Frostburg’s Dylan King took 4^th overall with a time of 1:53.60 with fellow Bobcat Bradin Norris placed 8^th in the event.
 
Davis & Elkins placed 2^nd in the men’s 800 Freestyle Relay with a time of 6:51.71 while Salem took 4^th followed by Wheeling in 5^th place.
 
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 500 Freestyle
First Team All-MEC: Genevieve Rippeon (Frostburg State)
Second Team All-MEC: Delaney Householder (Fairmont State)
Honorable Mention: Mia Abruzzino (Fairmont State)
 
Men’s 500 Freestyle
First Team All-MEC: Segmen Dygun (Wheeling)
Second Team All-MEC: Leonardo Vallerini (Davis & Elkins)
Honorable Mention: Alvaro Arruga Moreno (Salem)
 
Women’s 100 Backstroke
First Team All-MEC: Delaney Householder (Fairmont State)
Second Team All-MEC: Gabriela Betancourt (Frostburg State)
Honorable Mention: Niki Chrysafi (Wheeling)
 
Men’s 100 Backstroke
First Team All-MEC: Jan Spehar (Davis & Elkins)
Second Team All-MEC: Sean Filipovits (Frostburg State)
Honorable Mention: Joshua Stokes (Frostburg State)
 
Women’s 100 Breaststroke
First Team All-MEC: Giulia Liberti (Wheeling)
Second Team All-MEC: Olivia Ridenour (Fairmont State)
Honorable Mention: Kallie Gyurisin (Frostburg State)
 
Men’s 100 Breaststroke
First Team All-MEC: Yigit Ataman (West Virginia Wesleyan)
Second Team All-MEC: Leonardo Oshiro (Davis & Elkins)
Honorable Mention: Charlie Whitsed (Davis & Elkins)
 
Women’s 200 Butterfly
First Team All-MEC: Jenna Handwerger (Frostburg State)
Second Team All-MEC: Alexis Ramsey (Frostburg State)
Honorable Mention: Morgan Greenlee (Frostburg State)
 
Men’s 200 Butterfly
First Team All-MEC: Dylan King (Frostburg State)
Second Team All-MEC: Bradin Norris (Frostburg State)
Honorable Mention: Payton Williamson (Davis & Elkins)
 
Women’s 800 Freestyle Relay
First Team All-MEC: Frostburg State (Emrich, Meadows, Handwerger, Rippeon)
Second Team All-MEC: Fairmont State (Householder, Shryock, Perez, Abruzzino)
Honorable Mention: Wheeling (Moorley, Baiano, Oltman, Langmyer)
 
Men’s 800 Freestyle Relay
First Team All-MEC: Davis & Elkins (Schrieken, Vallerini, Spehar, Williamson)
Second Team All-MEC: Salem (Arruga Moreno, Voros, McAlister, Maurer)
Honorable Mention: Wheeling (Currie, Reigel, Kirby, Kilic)