Women's Swimming & Diving Takes A-10 Dual Meet

Friday, November 30

The St. James - Springfield, VA

5 PM

George Washington University

133

Richmond

12/3/2018 6:00:00 PM | Women's Swimming and Diving

Results

Colonials wrapped fall with win over Richmond

SPRINGFIELD, Va. -- GW women's swimming and diving closed its fall slate on Friday with a 133-71 win over Richmond in the first collegiate swim meet held at the newly opened pool at The St. James sports complex.

Isabela Patino led the way for the Colonials against the Spiders with wins in the 200-yard freestyle and 100-yard butterfly.

HIGHLIGHTS:

- Patino put together a pair of season-best swims in the meet. The first-year from California led a 1-2-3-4 finish in the 100 fly with a time of 56.82 seconds, which ranks eighth on the program's all-time top 10 list. She was followed by Jackie Torrez, Andrea Ho and Caroline Racke.

The Colonials took the top three spots in the 200 free with Patino touching in 1:54.01 to edge teammate Emily Zhang by two-tenths of a second.

- Torrez won the 400-yard individual medley in 4:31.49 with Zhang again finishing second.

- Courtney Sicinski, a first-year from Pennsylvania, was GW's top finisher in the 100-yard breaststroke, taking second in 1:07.32 behind Richmond's Maggie Purcell. Ho paced the Buff and Blue in the 100-yard backstroke as runner-up in 59.39 seconds.

- GW's top diving finish was a second-place showing from Gabriella Arendes on on the 1-meter board (243.5).

UP NEXT: GW heads into winter break before diving into preparation for its championship season. The next competition for the both the men and women is a local tri-meet at Georgetown with American on Jan. 12, 2019.

WATCH THIS: Hear from head coach Brian Thomas after the victory.

Great effort from our women to win an A-10 dual meet over Richmond! @GWCoachBThom reviews tonight's action from @TheStJames_. #RaiseHigh pic.twitter.com/DcuBhzlZ0q
— GW Swimming & Diving (@GWSwimDive) December 1, 2018