George Washington University
Davidson
Men's Swimming & Diving Sinks Davidson
11/4/2017 12:00:00 AM | Men's Swimming and Diving
WASHINGTON - Three individual wins from Tommi Wolst helped power George Washington men's swimming and diving to a 169-124 victory over Davidson on Saturday morning at Charles E. Smith Center Pool.
Wolst took first in the 100-yard breaststroke, 100-yard butterfly and 200-yard individual medley and also swam a leg on the winning 200-yard medley relay team to help the Colonials take down the Wildcats.
GW won 11 of 16 events in all to grab a home win over an A-10 foe. Moritz Fath and Emils Pone were double individual winners for the Colonials, who improved to 3-0 in dual meets this fall.
HIGHLIGHTS
- Wolst continues to show his versatility by winning a variety of events. The Cleveland State transfer has won all seven of his individual races in dual meet competition this season.
- Pone led GW's strong showing in the two backstroke races. The sophomore won the 100-yard backstroke in 51.18 seconds to narrowly edge teammate Andrew Cho. That pair went 1-2 in the 200-yard backstroke, as well, with Pone winning in 1:51.98.
Pone also placed second in the 200-yard individual medley behind Wolst and swam a leg in GW's winning 200-yard medley relay victory.
- Fath won both distance races against Davidson. The sophomore won the 1,000-yard freestyle in 9:38.46, beating Davidson's Crossan Cooper by about a second in a thrilling finish.
- GW claimed all the available diving points. Peter Nachtwey won on the 1-meter board (290.93), while Jake Ortiz triumphed in the 3-meter competition (306.30).
- GW won both relays. Cho, Wolst, Pone and Patrick Lersch combined on the 200 medley relay, while Lersch, Cho, Youssef Ragab and Alexander Auster teamed up for the 400-yard freestyle relay.
WATCH THIS: Head Coach James Winchester, Josh Monacelli and Aneil Srivastava discuss the win over Davidson.
Hear from Head Coach James Winchester, Josh Monacelli, Aneil Srivastava, Rachel Dickinson and Lynn Zhang after the Davidson wins. #RaiseHigh pic.twitter.com/uttWTJR6C3
-- GW Swimming & Diving (@GWSwimDive) November 4, 2017
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