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Swimming & Diving Braces for World-Class Test
12/3/2019 3:00:00 PM | Women's Swimming and Diving
Colonials also host home meet vs. Richmond
GW swimming and diving will be tested vs. world-class competition this week with 12 Colonials in action at the Toyota U.S. Open Championships. The meet, featuring a host of Olympians gearing up for the 2020 Games, runs Wednesday-Saturday at Georgia Tech's McAuley Aquatic Center.
The women's squad will also host Atlantic 10 foe Richmond on Saturday in a 10 a.m. start at Smith Center Pool to close the program's fall schedule.
LAST TIME OUT:Â GW produced a host of standout performances amid a competitive field at the Queens University Fall Frenzy on Nov. 22-24 with the women taking third and the men fifth.
Andrew Cho was named A-10 Co-Performer of the Week after posting a win in the 100 back (:48.56) and a runner-up finish in the 200 back (1:48.09), while the Colonials swept the Rookie of the Week awards with George Aspougalis and Stine Omdahl Petersen honored.
A pair of women's records fell at the meet: Omdahl Petersen took down a six-year-old mark in the 100 breast (1:02.97) and also teamed with Andrea Ho, Meghan Burton and Gemma Atherley on a record swim in the 400 medley relay (3:43.49).
A first-year from Greece, Aspougalis landed a pair of program all-time top 10 performances on the weekend. His time of 54.89 seconds in the 100 breast ranks fourth in program history, and his 1:59.74 finish in the 200 breast is good for fifth all-time.
GRAND STAGE:Â The U.S. Open Championships present an opportunity for the Colonials to measure themselves against top competition in a long-course pool as they head into winter break.
The GW contingent includes a dozen current swimmers, plus 2019 alumna Caroline Racke. The full list of Colonials in action: Cho, Aspougalis, Omdahl Petersen, Meghan Burton, Moritz Fath, Max Forstenhaeusler, Josh Legge, Ryan Patterson, Emils Pone, Youssef Ragab, Kaden Schwaiger and James Torrez.
Several Colonials have recent experience at meets of this magnitude: Pone represented his native Latvia at the World University Games last July, while Fath and Cho swam at the Phillips 66 U.S. National Championships a few weeks later.
GW at the U.S. Open Championships
Thursday
50 free - Racke
400 free - Fath, Legge
200 IM - Pone
Friday
100 fly - Burton, Forstenhaeusler, Torrez
100 back - Cho, Patterson, Pone, Schwaiger, Torrez
100 breast - Aspougalis, Omdahl Petersen, Ragab
200 free - Fath
400 IM - Pone
Saturday
100 free - Fath, Forstenhaeusler
200 back - Cho, Pone, Schwaiger
200 breast - Aspougalis, Ragab
1,500 free - Legge
FAST STARTS: Burton etched two new entries in GW's all-time top 10 via relays at the Queens University Fall Frenzy. The junior from Virginia posted a lead-off leg in the 200 free relay of 23.60 seconds, good for No. 6 on GW's all-time 50 free list. She also recorded a 100 free time of 51.88 seconds leading off the 400 free relay, checking in at No. 9 all-time.
Burton is now listed in the program's all-time top 10 in five different events, highlighted by last February's record swim in the 100 fly (:53.97) for gold at the A-10 Championships.
MAX POWER:Â Forstenhaeusler finished fourth in the 100 free at the Queens University Fall Frenzy. The senior from Germany posted a time of 44.95 seconds, best in the A-10 this season. He took silver in the event (:44.40) behind teammate Alexander Auster at the 2019 conference championships.
Forstenhaeusler also ranks in the top 10 among A-10 swimmers this season in the 200 IM (fourth, 1:51.56), 100 fly (fifth, :49.88), 200 free (seventh, 1:40.84).
SCOUTING RICHMOND:Â GW and Richmond meet in a dual meet for the fifth straight season. The Colonials have won the last two meetings, most recently taking a 133-71 decision on Nov. 30, 2018.
The Spiders finished fourth at the A-10 Championships a year ago, two spots behind the Buff and Blue.
UP NEXT:Â GW heads into winter break before ramping up the countdown to championship season in the new year. The Colonials' next competition is a home dual meet vs. Georgetown on Jan. 18 as they celebrate Senior Day at Smith Center Pool.
WATCH THIS: Hear from head coach Brian Thomas, Legge and Grace Olivardia ahead of a busy week.
The women's squad will also host Atlantic 10 foe Richmond on Saturday in a 10 a.m. start at Smith Center Pool to close the program's fall schedule.
LAST TIME OUT:Â GW produced a host of standout performances amid a competitive field at the Queens University Fall Frenzy on Nov. 22-24 with the women taking third and the men fifth.
Andrew Cho was named A-10 Co-Performer of the Week after posting a win in the 100 back (:48.56) and a runner-up finish in the 200 back (1:48.09), while the Colonials swept the Rookie of the Week awards with George Aspougalis and Stine Omdahl Petersen honored.
A pair of women's records fell at the meet: Omdahl Petersen took down a six-year-old mark in the 100 breast (1:02.97) and also teamed with Andrea Ho, Meghan Burton and Gemma Atherley on a record swim in the 400 medley relay (3:43.49).
A first-year from Greece, Aspougalis landed a pair of program all-time top 10 performances on the weekend. His time of 54.89 seconds in the 100 breast ranks fourth in program history, and his 1:59.74 finish in the 200 breast is good for fifth all-time.
GRAND STAGE:Â The U.S. Open Championships present an opportunity for the Colonials to measure themselves against top competition in a long-course pool as they head into winter break.
The GW contingent includes a dozen current swimmers, plus 2019 alumna Caroline Racke. The full list of Colonials in action: Cho, Aspougalis, Omdahl Petersen, Meghan Burton, Moritz Fath, Max Forstenhaeusler, Josh Legge, Ryan Patterson, Emils Pone, Youssef Ragab, Kaden Schwaiger and James Torrez.
Several Colonials have recent experience at meets of this magnitude: Pone represented his native Latvia at the World University Games last July, while Fath and Cho swam at the Phillips 66 U.S. National Championships a few weeks later.
GW at the U.S. Open Championships
Thursday
50 free - Racke
400 free - Fath, Legge
200 IM - Pone
Friday
100 fly - Burton, Forstenhaeusler, Torrez
100 back - Cho, Patterson, Pone, Schwaiger, Torrez
100 breast - Aspougalis, Omdahl Petersen, Ragab
200 free - Fath
400 IM - Pone
Saturday
100 free - Fath, Forstenhaeusler
200 back - Cho, Pone, Schwaiger
200 breast - Aspougalis, Ragab
1,500 free - Legge
FAST STARTS: Burton etched two new entries in GW's all-time top 10 via relays at the Queens University Fall Frenzy. The junior from Virginia posted a lead-off leg in the 200 free relay of 23.60 seconds, good for No. 6 on GW's all-time 50 free list. She also recorded a 100 free time of 51.88 seconds leading off the 400 free relay, checking in at No. 9 all-time.
Burton is now listed in the program's all-time top 10 in five different events, highlighted by last February's record swim in the 100 fly (:53.97) for gold at the A-10 Championships.
MAX POWER:Â Forstenhaeusler finished fourth in the 100 free at the Queens University Fall Frenzy. The senior from Germany posted a time of 44.95 seconds, best in the A-10 this season. He took silver in the event (:44.40) behind teammate Alexander Auster at the 2019 conference championships.
Forstenhaeusler also ranks in the top 10 among A-10 swimmers this season in the 200 IM (fourth, 1:51.56), 100 fly (fifth, :49.88), 200 free (seventh, 1:40.84).
SCOUTING RICHMOND:Â GW and Richmond meet in a dual meet for the fifth straight season. The Colonials have won the last two meetings, most recently taking a 133-71 decision on Nov. 30, 2018.
The Spiders finished fourth at the A-10 Championships a year ago, two spots behind the Buff and Blue.
UP NEXT:Â GW heads into winter break before ramping up the countdown to championship season in the new year. The Colonials' next competition is a home dual meet vs. Georgetown on Jan. 18 as they celebrate Senior Day at Smith Center Pool.
WATCH THIS: Hear from head coach Brian Thomas, Legge and Grace Olivardia ahead of a busy week.
.@GWCoachBThom, Josh Legge and Grace Olivardia preview a busy week that includes a dozen Colonials at the U.S. Open Championships and a women's meet vs. Richmond at Smith Center Pool. #RaiseHigh pic.twitter.com/uXkTsy1ftK
— GW Swimming & Diving (@GWSwimDive) December 4, 2019
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