WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS
SWIMMING & DIVING
DAVID DIXON
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MEN: 3-1/0-0 BIG 12 WOMEN: 2-3/0-1 BIG 12
• West Virginia competed in its third season at the Aquatic Center at Mylan Park in 2022 • The men’s team earned a third-place finish at the 2022 Big 12 Swimming and Diving Championship, while the women’s team finished in fourth place • In total, the Mountaineers combined to earn 13 medals at the conference meet, including one gold, four silver and eight bronze • Nine members of the team earned a spot on the All-Big 12 First Team, while 24 were recognized on the All-Big 12 Second Team • Seven divers qualified for the 2021 NCAA Zone A Diving Championships: Camille Burt, Marian Tiemeier, Sarah Krusinski, Nick Cover, PJ Lenz, Owen Johns and Glenn Eloriaga • Two Mountaineers qualified for the 2022 Men’s NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships: swimmer Dixon and diver Lenz • Dixon earned a bid to the national meet for the fifth consecutive season, becoming the first Mountaineer in program history to do so. Lenz also qualified for the NCAA Championships for the second straight year. • Two program records were broken during the 2021-22 campaign, including William Mullen’s record-breaking performance at Big 12s in the 1650 freestyle (15.21.57); the record was previously set by Craig Cooper in 1983. Additionally, fifth-year Ana Zortea broke a program record in the women’s 100-yard backstroke, as she bested the previous school record of 53.50 – set by Amelie Currat in 2018 – with a time of 53.41. • The two squads were again named CSCAA Scholar All-America Teams in the fall and spring semesters • Lenz, Josh Madzy, Conrad Molinaro, Burt and Abigail Riggs were named recipients of the Dr. Gerald Lage Academic Achievement Award, the Big 12 Conference’s highest academic honor • Thirty-five Mountaineers were named to the 2022 Academic All-Big 12 Swimming and Diving Team; of those, 29 were named to the first team and two student-athletes earned the honor with a 4.0 GPA, the most among other Big 12 schools • Thirteen were named to the Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team • Thirteen were named as CSCAA Scholar All-Americans • WVU sent 24 swimmers to the 2022 CSCAA National Invitational Championships for the first time in program history.
