Men's Swimming & Diving Completes Day One at West Virginia/Cincinnati

Friday, October 23

Morgantown, W.Va.

5 PM

University of Delaware

West Virginia

Day One Results Diving Results

Photo by: John Bowers Photography

10/23/2026 10:54:00 PM | Men's Swimming & Diving

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – University of Delaware men's swimming & diving finished day one at its first tri meet of the season against West Virginia and Cincinnati.

Grady Redding set freshman records in the 100-fly and 100-free, while Hamza Elmarakby set the 50-free freshman record.

RESULTS
Delaware picked up five top three finishes, with Redding, Elmarakby, Kade Snyder, and Brady Robidas combining for all five.

The first event for the men of the day was the 200-medley relay, which Redding, Elmarakby, Snyder, and Robidas placed second in at 1:27.01.

Redding picked up his first record of the day with a 47.12 finish in the 100-fly, placing second. He broke Snyder's former record from spring 2025. Snyder placed third in that race at 47.20.

Paxton Martinez finished in fifth in the 1-meter (six dives) at 273.70.

Elmarakby placed second in the 50-free at 20.09. That time broke the freshman record, set by Matvei Namakonov '26 in 2023 of 20.11.

In the 100-back, Snyder finished in second at 47.27, a season best time by 0.60 seconds.

UP NEXT
The Blue Hens' finish up this meet on Friday, October 24 at 10 a.m.

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