Men's Swimming & Diving Falls to West Virginia

Saturday, October 18

Newark, Del.

11 AM

University of Delaware

137.5

162.5

West Virginia

Photo by: Noah Barraclough

10/18/2025 6:37:00 PM | Men's Swimming & Diving

NEWARK, Del. - University of Delaware men's swimming and diving program was defeated by West Virginia University by a score of 162.5 to 137.5 at Rawstrom Natatorium on Saturday.

HEN HIGHLIGHTS

Addison Collins picked up the second fastest time in program history in the 100-yard freestyle at 43.93, passing his own previous career best.
Matvei Namakonov emerged victorious in all four races that he competed in.
Will D'Orazio won his first race of the day for the second week in a row.

RESULTS

Delaware placed first in seven of the events on the day, including both relays.

The following athletes finished in first place in their respective events:

James Haney, Namakonov, Kade Snyder, and A. Collins started the men's meet off by winning the 200-medley relay at 1:27.00.
Namakonov won the 100-breast at 52.35, and was followed up in second and third place by Manuel Osorio and Malcolm Collins, respectively.
D'Orazio finished strong in the 200-fly, cruising into first place over the final two laps to finish with a total time of 1:49.76.
Namakonov picked up his third win in the 50-free in the sixth-fastest time in program history, at a fitting 20.25 time.
Kaloyan Levterov won the 200-back at 1:46.88, with Denys Mialkovskyi just .05 seconds behind.
The 400-medley relay ended the meet, which Namakonov, Josh Donovan, Brady Robidas, and A. Collins helped UD pick up first place by over a second.

UP NEXT
The Blue Hens travel up to Philadelphia, Pa. on November 1, to take on the University of Pennsylvania.

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