Women's Swimming & Diving Defends the District

Saturday, January 12

Washington, DC

1 PM

George Washington University

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126

Georgetown

Photo by: Gary A. Cameron

1/12/2019 8:25:00 PM | Women's Swimming and Diving

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Colonials claimed sweep of Georgetown and American on Saturday

WASHINGTON- George Washington women's swimming and diving returned from winter break Saturday with a sweep of local foes at McCarthy Pool.

Gemma Atherley, Isabela Patino and Courtney Sicinski each claimed a pair of individual event wins to help the Colonials take down host Georgetown and American.

The Buff and Blue finishes the season 3-0 head-to-head against District competition after beating Howard in the fall.

HIGHLIGHTS
- Atherley picked up a pair of pool records to lead the Colonials. The junior set a new mark on the way to her win in the 200-yard backstroke (2:02.87) before teaming with Sydney Melnick, Grace Olivardia and Rebecca Smolcic on another one in the 200-yard freestyle relay (1:36.40). She also claimed victory in the 200-yard freestyle in 1:51.63 followed by teammates Andrea Moussier and Emily Zhang.
- Sicinski took both breaststroke events. The Colonials went 1-2-3 in the 200 breast with Sicinski finishing in 2:23.70, ahead of Jackie Torrez and Ann Juneau. The first-year from Pennsylvania also won the 100 breast in 1:07.75 with Juneau in second.
- Patino edged Torrez for the top spot in the 200-yard butterfly (2:05.10) before winning again in the 100-yard butterfly in 57.06 seconds with teammate Meghan Burton in second.
- The Colonials swept the top three spots in the 200-yard individual medley with a win from Zhang in 2:07.26 followed by Torrez and Juneau.
- Moussier was a winner in the 500-yard freestyle in 5:01.39.
- Zhang (100 free), Burton (100 back), Smolcic (50 free), Andrea Ho (200 back) and Tali Lemcoff (1,000 free) also recorded individual runner-up finishes.
- Gabriella Arendes was GW's top diver on both boards. The sophomore from New York took fourth on the 3-meter board (266.20) and fifth on 1-meter (250.40).

UP NEXT: GW is back in action next Saturday with a quad-meet in which it will face Virginia Tech, Cincinnati and James Madison in Christiansburg, Va.

WATCH THIS: Hear from head coach Brian Thomas after Saturday's sweep.

We picked up a pair of sweeps over Georgetown and American this afternoon! Hear from @GWCoachBThom after the meet. #DefendTheDistrict #RaiseHigh pic.twitter.com/dG1xEcWCSM
— GW Swimming & Diving (@GWSwimDive) January 13, 2019