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Men's Swimming & Diving Back in Action at Georgetown
1/10/2019 1:36:00 PM | Men's Swimming and Diving
Colonials set for tri-meet vs. local foes Saturday
DH HwangFr. || Honolulu, HI
Hwang earned a spot in GW's all-time top 10 thanks to a sterling collegiate debut in the 1,650-yard freestyle at the Queens University Fall Frenzy. The first-year's time of 15:54.36 was good for sixth in the event. He made the A final of the 500-yard freestyle at the meet and also scored in the 200-yard freestyle and 200-yard butterfly.
Meghan BurtonSo. || Midlothian, VA
Burton posted GW all-time top 10 performances in all four of her individual events at the Queens University Fall Frenzy. The transfer from Arizona State qualified for the A final in the 100-yard butterfly (56.65) and 200-yard backstroke (2:02.72) and also scored in the 50-yard freestyle (:23.89) and 100-yard backstroke (:56.92).
LAST TIME OUT: The women's squad headed into break with a 133-71 win over Atlantic 10 foe Richmond on Nov. 30 at The St. James sports complex in Springfield, Va. Isabela Patino led the way with wins in the 100-yard butterfly and 200-yard freestyle en route to A-10 Rookie of the Week honors.
Before that, the Colonials were in action at the Queens University Fall Frenzy in North Carolina, where they finished runner-up to the host Royals on both sides. Jackie Torrez (400 IM, 200 fly), Moritz Fath (200 free, 500 free) and Emils Pone (200 back) picked up individual victories, headlining a slew of excellent swims at the three-day meet.
MAKING A SPLASH: GW's newcomers have made quite an impact already this season, combining to win six A-10 Rookie of the Week awards. Patino joined Andrea Moussier (three wins) and Dylan Arzoni (two wins) in the club of Colonials who've been recognized. The Buff and Blue earned at least one weekly award after each weekend of competition in the fall.
Peter Nachtwey holds the program record for most Rookie of the Week honors after winning four times last season.
Eight first-years -- Patino, Moussier, Arzoni, Rebecca Smolcic, Grace Olivardia, Courtney Sicinski, James Torrez and Josh Legge -- have posted swims that rank on the program's all-time top 10 list already this season.
SCOUTING GEORGETOWN: Georgetown put together a 2-1 record in dual-meet action on the men's side in the fall with the women at 1-3. Four Hoyas took part in the U.S. Winter National Championships last month with Drew Carbone qualifying for the 2020 U.S. Olympic Trials in the 100 and 200 back.
GW split with the Hoyas as part of a tri-meet last January with the men coming out on top, 164-78, and the women falling in a close one, 127-115.
SCOUTING AMERICAN: The Eagles are 4-3 on the women's side in head-to-head competition this season and 0-7 on the men's side. They were most recently in action at the George Mason Invitational on Nov. 15-17 with the men in seventh place and the women eighth.
GW swept American last season with the men winning, 192-47, and the women taking a 158-82 victory.
COMING UP: GW is back in action on Jan. 19 at Christiansburg Aquatic Center in Virginia with a tri-meet against host Virginia Tech and Cincinnati.
WATCH THIS: Hear from head coach Brian Thomas, Olivardia and Patrick Lersch ahead of Saturday's meet.We're back at it Saturday with a local tri-meet at Georgetown. Hear from @GWCoachBThom, Grace Olivardia and Patrick Lersch on our winter training and getting back to competition. #RaiseHigh pic.twitter.com/8YuzJOGu1f
— GW Swimming & Diving (@GWSwimDive) January 10, 2019
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