Virginia Fairhurst ’81 competed in women’s swimming for 3 seasons. As a freshman, she lowered the OWU record in the 500 freestyle by nearly 10 seconds with a 6:03.8 effort in a 73-48 win over Wittenberg. She was the team’s high scorer with 173 points and set school records in the 200 IM (2:30.5), 200 freestyle (2:07.05), 500 freestyle (5:51.4), 100 backstroke (1:08.13), and 100 butterfly (1:06.63) and swam on record-setting 200 medley (2:03.3) and 200 freestyle relay (1:51.0) teams. Ohio Wesleyan was 8-2 in dual meets and finished fourth at the Small College Invitational meet. Her sophomore year, she again lowered the 500 freestyle record (5:51.0) in a dual meet against Wittenberg, then shaved another 6 seconds off the mark 4 days later (5:45.0) in a dual meet against Oberlin. At the Small College Invitational meet, she won the 200 freestyle, lowering her school record to 2:03.975; finished fourth in the 500 freestyle, lowering her school record to 5:32.331; and finished fourth in the 100 freestyle (:58.268); and sixth in the 100 butterfly (1:07.389). She was part of the 200 freestyle relay team that won in a school-record 1:46.233. She ranked second on the team in scoring with 111 points as Ohio Wesleyan went 7-2 in dual meets and finished second of 13 teams at the Small College Invitational meet. As a junior, she won the 200 freestyle and posted her best times of the season in an 88-42 win at Kenyon. Ohio Wesleyan finished with a 7-3 record and a fourth-place finish (of 13) at the Small College Invitational meet.