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Thursday, February 17
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Women's Swimming & Diving Builds Lead at A-10 Championships
2/17/2022 9:57:00 PM | Women's Swimming and Diving
McCarthy won gold in 500 free Thursday
GENEVA, Ohio - Led by a gold medal from Erin McCarthy and silvers from Molly Smyers and Julia Knox, GW women's swimming and diving got points from 11 different scorers across the three individual events to grow its lead at the Atlantic 10 Championships on Thursday night at SPIRE Institute.
McCarthy and Smyers went 1-2 in the 500-yard freestyle to open the night, while Knox was runner-up in the 200-yard individual medley with an NCAA B-cut time of 1:59.20 that dropped the program record.
In the final race of the night, Marlee Rickert, Becca Brown, Barbara Schaal and Grace Olivardia combined to earn a bronze medal in the 200-yard freestyle relay in 1:31.12.
The Buff and Blue have 241 points at the halfway mark of the four-day meet to lead Richmond (197 points), Davidson (177) and Duquesne (165) in the team standings.
HIGHLIGHTS
- After taking bronze in the 500 free last year, McCarthy rolled to gold with a personal-best time of 4:48.47 that was just two-tenths of a second off Bambi Bowman's program record that has stood since 1995. Smyers dropped 1.53 seconds off her qualifying time to take silver in 4:51.38, which ranks No. 4 in program history. Andrea Moussier (eighth, 4:54.86) joined them in the championship final, while Taylor Bernosky (13th, 4:56.47) and Moriah Freitas (16th, 4:59.65) swam in the B final there.
- Knox was second in 200 IM qualifying and then went even faster in the final to snap Emily Zhang's four-year-old program mark in her runner-up finish. Stine Omdahl Petersen finished 12th in the event with a finals time of 2:03.31.
- Olivardia led the way in the 50 free, taking fifth in a personal-best time of 23.27 seconds. Rickert won the B final in her own personal-best time of 23.20 seconds with Brown (13th, :23.45) and Rebecca Smolcic (14th, :23.48) also scoring.
- Rickert, Brown and Schaal all picked up their second relay medal in as many days after earning silver in the 200 medley relay on Wednesday.
UP NEXT: The meet continues Friday with preliminary races beginning at 10 a.m. and finals set for 6:30 p.m. All of the action will be streamed via ESPN+.
McCarthy and Smyers went 1-2 in the 500-yard freestyle to open the night, while Knox was runner-up in the 200-yard individual medley with an NCAA B-cut time of 1:59.20 that dropped the program record.
In the final race of the night, Marlee Rickert, Becca Brown, Barbara Schaal and Grace Olivardia combined to earn a bronze medal in the 200-yard freestyle relay in 1:31.12.
The Buff and Blue have 241 points at the halfway mark of the four-day meet to lead Richmond (197 points), Davidson (177) and Duquesne (165) in the team standings.
HIGHLIGHTS
- After taking bronze in the 500 free last year, McCarthy rolled to gold with a personal-best time of 4:48.47 that was just two-tenths of a second off Bambi Bowman's program record that has stood since 1995. Smyers dropped 1.53 seconds off her qualifying time to take silver in 4:51.38, which ranks No. 4 in program history. Andrea Moussier (eighth, 4:54.86) joined them in the championship final, while Taylor Bernosky (13th, 4:56.47) and Moriah Freitas (16th, 4:59.65) swam in the B final there.
- Knox was second in 200 IM qualifying and then went even faster in the final to snap Emily Zhang's four-year-old program mark in her runner-up finish. Stine Omdahl Petersen finished 12th in the event with a finals time of 2:03.31.
- Olivardia led the way in the 50 free, taking fifth in a personal-best time of 23.27 seconds. Rickert won the B final in her own personal-best time of 23.20 seconds with Brown (13th, :23.45) and Rebecca Smolcic (14th, :23.48) also scoring.
- Rickert, Brown and Schaal all picked up their second relay medal in as many days after earning silver in the 200 medley relay on Wednesday.
UP NEXT: The meet continues Friday with preliminary races beginning at 10 a.m. and finals set for 6:30 p.m. All of the action will be streamed via ESPN+.
At the halfway mark of the A-10 Championships, we remain on top in both team races! Hear from @GWCoachBThom after the second night of finals in Ohio.#RaiseHigh pic.twitter.com/BwenAjiAFY
— GW Swimming & Diving (@GWSwimDive) February 18, 2022
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