PIKEVILLE, Ky. - University of Pikeville men's and women's swim teams competed against WVU-Tech this past weekend.  

On the men's side, UPIKE the 200-medley relay team of Bryce Barton, RJ Goins, Jacob Rubado, and Zane Whitaker scored a pair of team points after finishing third. UPIKE also took third in the 200-freestyle relay. Sophomore Jacob Rubado finished second in the 100-breaststroke and third in the 50-freestyle.  

Zane Whitaker swam a 25.80 in the 50-freestyle, good for fourth. Whitaker also finished third in the 100-freestyle with a time of 57.39 and scoring three team points for the Bears. Ryder Slone swam a 26.08 in the 50-freestyle, then scored three points after taking third in the 100-individual medley. Slone also took fifth in the 100-freestyle.  

RJ Goins took second in the 200-individual medley and the 500-freestyle. Bryce Barton scored four team points in the 200-backstroke and 100-backstroke, then scored three in the 100-butterfly.  

On the women's side, Madelyn Smith scored nine team points after swimming a 2:33.04 in the 200-freestyle. Smith took first in the 100-breastroke with a time of 1:17.87. Smith also took the top spot in the 500-freestyle with a time of 6:39.33.  Daylin Patrick took second in the 50-freestyle with a time of 32.69. Patrick also took second in the 100-backstroke and the 100-freestyle.  

WVU-Tech's men's and women's squads tallied 221 points while UPIKE's men's and women's squads tallied 75. Coach Bernie Haney's team will be back in action on November 9th when they travel to Portsmouth, Ohio, for a meet with Shawnee State University.  

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