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The all-time program mark was final set in 2009 by April Rotilio, Kaylyn Christopher, Karly Hamric and Keri Bland. The former document holders completed in 11:05.12.

This is the tenth greatest DMR time throughout the NCAA this season and the twenty fifth greatest all-time. The DMR is the fourth college document that has been set throughout this indoor season. It joins the 600-meter, the mile and the 3000-meter.

This Week in Women’s Basketball: West Virginia begins the week when it completes a two-game street swing at Oklahoma State on Tuesday, Feb. 7 … tipoff at Gallagher-Iba Arena in Stillwater, Oklahoma, is slated for 7:30 p.m. ET … WVU then concludes the week at residence, enjoying host to Iowa State on Saturday, Feb. 11 … tipoff on the WVU Coliseum in Morgantown is ready for six p.m. ET, and it will likely be the Mountaineers’ annual Pink Game for breast most cancers consciousness.

Last Week in Women’s Basketball: WVU dropped a pair of Big 12 contests final week, first falling to No. 24/25 Texas, 56-69, in Morgantown on F eb. 1 … the Mountaineers then traveled to Norman, Oklahoma, and fell, 68-93, to No. 20/17 Oklahoma on Feb. 4 … in opposition to the Longhorns, West Virginia was led in scoring by fifth-year senior guard Sarah Bates, who netted a career-high 12 factors … sophomore guard JJ Quinerly then paced WVU’s scoring efforts in opposition to OU with 24 factors.

Notes: Quinerly tallied her eleventh consecutive double-digit scoring effort of the season in opposition to the Sooners, whereas it additionally was her fourth 20-point scoring efficiency this yr … West Virginia’s protection is third within the Big 12 Conference and ranks No. 65 nationally in scoring protection, as it’s holding opponents to a median of 59.6 factors per sport … the squad additionally sits No. 1 within the league and No. 7 nationally in turnover margin (6.81), in addition to No. 1 within the Big 12 and No. 39 within the NCAA in steals per sport (10.0) … individually, Quinerly is third within the convention in steals (44) and steals per sport (2.10).

This Week in Wrestling: West Virginia performs host to Air Force on Friday, Feb. 10, for Military Appreciation Night, starting at 7 p.m. ET … navy service members in attendance will achieve free admission with a sound ID, in addition to be honored previous to the twin … the primary 500 followers in attendance will obtain a blue shaker.

Last Week in Wrestling: The Mountaineers dropped a couple of nail-biters to No. 3 Iowa State and No. 14 Northern Iowa over the weekend … fifth-year senior Killian Cardinale, ranked No. 9 within the nation, was the lone WVU grappler to go undefeated in his two bouts (2-0) … redshirt freshmen Davin Rhoads (133) and Jordan Titus (141) each earned wins over nationally ranked opponents to propel the Mountaineers to a 10-0 lead by way of the primary three matches in opposition to ISU … senior Scott Joll gained an early takedown and added 4 factors off a close to fall at 174 kilos to offer WVU again the lead at 13-10 earlier than the Cyclones rounded out the twin with three extra victories to flee with a seven-point win … After Cardinale scored a call at 125 kilos to guide off Sunday’s twin in opposition to UNI, junior Caleb Dowling secured the match-winning takedown in sudden victory over No. 19 Derek Holschlag … junior Peyton Hall adopted up with a 5-2 resolution over No. 23 Austin Yant at 165 kilos to drag the Mountaineers inside one (10-9) … UNI responded by occurring a 10-0 run with victories at 174, 184, and 197 kilos to lock up the crew win … redshirt junior Michael Wolfgram ended the day with a 7-4 resolution over No. 12 Tyrell Gordon at heavyweight after three potential takedowns have been waved off all through the match.

Notes: The Mountaineers sit at 7-5 general and 1-5 in opposition to the Big 12 … seven members of the West Virginia University wrestling crew rank among the many prime 33 of their respective weight lessons within the first coaches’ rating main as much as this yr’s NCAA Championships … the checklist of Mountaineers included Hall (No. 8 – 165), Wolfgram (No. 23 – HWT), Titus (No. 28 – 141), junior Sam Hillegas (No. 25 – 149), redshirt senior Alex Hornfeck (No. 25 – 157 ), redshirt junior Anthony Carman (No. 25 – 184 ) and redshirt sophomore Austin Cooley (No. 28 – 197) … the second NCAA Coaches’ Ranking and first RPI rating are set to be launched this week on Thursday, Feb. 9 … moreover, fifth yr senior Killian Cardinale is at present 10-0 as a starter and can possible solidify a spot within the rankings at 125 kilos after competing in West Virginia’s final 4 duals with Oklahoma, No. 12 Oklahoma State, No. 3 ISU and No. 14 UNI … in line with the TakeDown Report and quite a lot of media guides, head coach Tim Flynn is at present sixth amongst winningest energetic coaches in Division I wrestling with 251 wins … the mark additionally ranks him thirty eighth on the all-time checklist of Division I wrestling coaches … two extra wins strikes Flynn right into a tie for thirty seventh alongside Ron Gray, who coached at Kent State and Franklin & Marshall from 1968-1996 and is a distinguished member of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame.

This Week in Swimming & Diving: The West Virginia University males’s and girls’s swimming and diving groups are off this week … the Mountaineers return on the Big 12 Swimming and Diving Championships in Austin, Texas on Feb. 22.

Last Week in Swimming & Diving: The West Virginia University males’s and girls’s diving groups wrapped up the common season on Feb. 4, in opposition to Penn State in Morgantown … sophomore Sarah Krusinski earned first place on the 3-meter (322.65) and 1-meter (278.70 … freshman Abigail Sullivan completed second on the 1-meter with a rating of 265.58 and first on the platform (238.13) … freshman Elysa Grossman added a PR on the 1-meter (233.25) … senior Marian Tiemeier scored 262.28 on the 3-meter to complete second … on the lads’s facet, sophomore Hayden Apel completed second on the 3-meter (274.65), whereas freshman Christian Torre completed third (243.30) … sophomore Glenn Eloriaga completed second on the platform (321.08), Owen Johns completed third (310.35) and Torres completed fourth (200.85).

Notes: The Mountaineer ladies earned 4 NCAA Zone-qualifying scores … Krusinski on the 1-meter and 3-meter … Sullivan on the 1-meter and platform … Krusinski additionally added two PRs.

This Week in Tennis: The West Virginia University ladies’s tennis crew (3-2, 0-0 Big 12) performs host to Marshall on Friday, Feb. 10, and Mount St. Mary’s on Saturday, Feb. 11 in Morgantown… competitors is ready to start on Friday at 12 p.m. and on Saturday at 3 p.m.

Last Week in Tennis: The West Virginia University tennis crew defeated Northern Kentucky, 6-1, on Feb. 3, in Morgantown … junior/sophomore pair Momoko Nagato and Michaela Kucharova defeated NKU’s Mariajose Hernandez and Laura Sola Grau 6-0 … sophomore Camilla Bossi and redshirt freshman Maja Dodik got here up brief within the tiebreaker 6-7 (4-7) … Fifth-year senior Pei-Ju Hsieh and sophomore Catherine Wassick fell 2-6 … the Mountaineers swept singles play profitable all six matchups to say the home-opening victory … in opposition to Penn State on Feb. 5, WVU fell 1-6, in Morgantown … throughout doubles play, Nagato and Kucharova fell 2-6, whereas Hsieh and Dodik fell 4-6 for PSU to say the doubles level leaving Bossi and Chang forward, 5-4, unfinished … shifting on to singles, Chang defeated Yvonne Zuffova, 4-6, 6-1, 7-5 … Kucharova, Nagato, Hsieh, Bossi and Dodik all suffered losses in two units to the Nittany Lions.

Notes: Last week’s contest in opposition to Northern Kentucky marks the primary in this system historical past… During the 2021-22 season, WVU defeated Marshall 5-2 … the Mountaineers maintain a 3-1 collection document in opposition to Mount St. Mary’s.

This Week in Track and Field: The West Virginia University monitor and discipline crew continues in cut up squad motion, because the Mountaineers compete on the Boston University Valentine hosted by Boston University and the Marshall Invite hosted by Marshall University on Friday, Feb. 10 and Saturday, Feb. 11.

Last Week in Track and Field: The WVU monitor and discipline crew cut up to compete on the Scarlet and White Invite hosted by Boston University on Feb. 3 and 4 and the Sykes and Sabock Challenge hosted by Penn State University on Feb. 4 … West Virginia opened the weekend with the Distance Medley Relay in Boston on Feb. 3 … the crew consisting of redshirt senior Mikaela Lucki, senior Tessa Constantine, sophomore Cassandra Williamson and sophomore Ceili McCabe set this system document with a time of 10:59.09 … redshirt senior Hayley Jackson and Williamson additionally competed within the 800-meter … Jackson crossed the end line at 2:07.17, whereas Williamson adopted her at 2:08.28.

Notes: The Distance Medley Relay program document was beforehand set in 2009 by April Rotilio, Kaylyn Christopher, Karly Hamric and Keri Bland … the previous document holders completed in 11:05.12 … the brand new DMR program document is nice sufficient for tenth greatest within the NCAA this season, whereas it’s good for twenty fifth all-time … Jackson’s 800-meter time is nice sufficient for fourth-best in program historical past, whereas Williamson earned fifth together with her efficiency.

This Week in Rifle: The No. 3 West Virginia University rifle crew travels to Lexington, Kentucky, to face off in opposition to the No. 4-ranked Kentucky Wildcats on Saturday, on Feb. 11.

Last Week in Rifle: The Mountaineers have been off final week.

Notes: West Virginia takes on Kentucky for the third time this season after claiming victory within the first two conferences … the Mountaineers are 22-11 all-time in opposition to the Wildcats … WVU is third in mixture common this season with 4732.083 factors per match … West Virginia is also third in smallbore and air rifle … senior Mary Tucker leads nation in mixture rating, averaging 1191.222 factors per match … Tucker additionally leads the nation in smallbore common with 593.222.

This Week in Gymnastics: The Mountaineers proceed their street swing after they journey to Denver, Colorado, to tackle Big 12-foe No. 8 Denver on Sunday, Feb. 12 … motion inside Magness Arena is slated for 4 p.m. ET.

Last Week in Gymnastics: WVU fell to Pitt by a rating of 195.200-196.550 inside Fitzgerald Fieldhouse in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on Feb. 3 … the Panthers (6-6) topped the Mountaineers (7-5) on each occasion, together with 48.725-48.5 on vault, 49.4-48.85 on uneven bars, 49.15-48.675 on steadiness beam and 49.275-49.175 on ground train … sophomore Brooke Alban led WVU on bars with a 9.825, whereas freshmen Brooke Irwin and Emma Wehry earned the highest scores on vault with a pair of 9.775s … senior Emily Holmes-Hackerd as soon as once more led the way in which of ground with a 9.875, and classmate Kianna Yancey paced the beam rotation with a 9.85 … within the closing particular person occasion standings, Irwin and Wehry completed in a tie for third on vault, whereas Yancey completed solo third on beam … on ground, Holmes-Hackerd completed in a tie for first place.

Notes: West Virginia’s 48.85 on bars was a season excessive on the occasion … Holmes-Hackerd’s first-place end on ground marked her fourth consecutive meet atop the ultimate ground standings … junior Ellen Collins made her profession debut on ground, in addition to her 2023 season debut, in opposition to the Panthers … she earned a 9.825, her highest rating on any occasion in her profession … junior Agatha Handono additionally made her season debut at Pitt … the Mountaineers sit at No. 22 on ground train on this week’s Road to Nationals rankings … West Virginia has now been ranked within the Road to Nationals ground rankings for twenty-four consecutive weeks, courting again to Jan. 25, 2021.

This Week in Golf: WVU finally ends up competitors on Monday with 4 people (Kurtis Grant, Oli Menard, Todd Duncan and Kaleb Wilson competing within the Thomas Sharkey Individual Collegiate in Statesboro, Georgia … as a crew, the Mountaineers will return to competitors on the Gators Invitational on Feb. 11 in Gainesville, Florida.

Last Week in Golf: The Mountaineers shot 8-under-par within the closing spherical of the Arizona Intercollegiate in Tucson, Arizona, to wrap up its first spring event … West Virginia tied for the second-lowest spherical within the closing 18 holes to complete eleventh within the event with rounds of 298-291-280=869 (+5) … the 8-under-par third spherical is the 14th lowest spherical in class historical past vs. par … enjoying on the par-72 Tucson Country Club, junior Jackson Davenport shot 4-under-par within the closing spherical and completed tied for 14th at 5-under-par with rounds of 74-69-68=211 … junior Will Stakel shot 2-under-par within the closing spherical and completed at 3-over-par with rounds of 73-76-70=219 … sophomore Max Green shot 1-under-par within the closing spherical and completed at 3-over-par with rounds of 78-70-71=219 … senior Trent Tipton was additionally underneath par within the closing 18 holes, capturing 1-under and completed 4-over-par with rounds of 73-76-71=220 … freshman Westy McCabe recorded rounds of 84-78-80=242.