The Syracuse University women's swim team defeated West Virginia 122.5 - 118.5. On the men's side, West Virginia won 144-90.

For Results go to http://www.suathletics.com/Pdfs/swimming/2005/1/15/WVU.pdf

Duenas took first place in the 200 individual medley (2:08.27), the 200 butterfly (2:05.83) and as part of the 400 medley relay team along with junior Vanessa Martinez (Maunabo, Puerto Rico/Notre Dame H.S.), sophomore Randi Beaulieu (Mississauga, Ontario/Cawthra Park H.S.) and freshman Katie Maaske (Jacksonville, Fla./Bolles School).

Diver Tory McKenna (Westford, Mass./Westford Academy) placed second in both the one and three-meter dives. She scored 215.17 points on the one-meter and 213.38 points on the three-meter board.

West Virginia freshman Maritza Paredes continued her dominance in the freestyle events. After winning the 100 and 200 free events last weekend against Pitt Paredes repeated on Saturday by setting the Natatorium record in the 200 free (1:51.90) and winning the 100 free (52.15).

WVU was able to take the top two spots in the 50 free as Tudor took first (24.77) and sophomore Lizzy Cleary tied for second (25.13)

The women's divers proved to be just as overpowering as the men's were. Coming off of a solid meet last weekend sophomore Jennifer Nyce won the three meter board (227.10) and the one meter board (217.28) against the Orange.

To close out the meet for the women the 400 free relay comprised of Tudor, Paredes, Elyse Fisher and Manuela Trabert dominated the field with a time of 3:34.76, five seconds better than Syracuse's relay.

Senior Josh Scott (Clayton, Calif./Clayton Valley H.S.) was the standout on the men's side with first-place finishes in both the 200 freestyle (1:43.01) and the 500-yard freestyle (4:40.20).

The Mountaineer men (5-4) got back to over .500 on the afternoon with strong swims across the board from many different swimmers.

WVU was able to set the pace for the meet in the first race when Rick Mann, Felipe Cunha, Pedro Pinto and Matt Drozd combined on the 400 medley relay to defeat their Syracuse counterpart by more than 10 seconds (3:24.63).

In the 50 free the Mountaineers were able to place swimmers first, second and third. Chris Hagedorn was able to win the race in a time of 20.96 with teammates Matt Drozd (21.13) and Rick Mann (21.93) right behind him.

Later on the men took the top three spots in the 100 free when Hagedorn took first in 46.68, Kyle Williams finished second in 47.65 and Mann grabbed third in 47.72.

Freshman Pablo Marmolejo broke the pool record in the 200 IM in a time of 1:52.52. The swim replaces Pinto's time of 1:53.75 as the Natatorium's fastest time. Marmolejo also placed second in the meet in the 200 back (1:52.37)

Senior Brian Donahue swept the diving events on the afternoon with teammate Kenny McAdoo taking second in both events. Donahue scored a 228.90 on the three meter board and a 232.20 on the one meter board. McAdoo earned a 200.05 score on the three meter board and a 208.80 on the one meter board.

The men wrapped up the day by breaking the natatorium record in the 400 free relay. Drozd, Pinto, Hagedorn and Williams completed the relay in 3:05.02.