George Washington University
Pittsburgh
Women’s Swimming & Diving Defeats Pitt for First Time in Program History; GW Splits Results at Pitt
11/4/2023 7:45:00 PM | Women's Swimming and Diving
WASHINGTON - The George Washington men's and women's swimming and diving teams split results in a dual meet at Pittsburgh, as the women defeated Pitt for the first time in program history, taking down the Panthers, 171-128, on Saturday afternoon, while the men fell to the Panthers, 200-98. Notably, the women's victory comes in a long-course meters meet, an environment that GW does not traditionally train nor compete in.
WOMEN'S HIGHLIGHTS
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On the diving boards, Olivia Paquette submitted the top score and set a new GW record in the 3m (315.83). Paquette beat her own school record (309.00) in the event, which she set last season. Dara Reyblat finished in second place in the 3m (291.68) and third place in the 1m (277.20).
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Molly Smyers (1:19.14) and Ava Topolewski (2:19.21) finished within milliseconds of one another and nabbed first and second place in the 200 LCM butterfly. Moriah Freitas rounded out the podium sweep, finishing in third place (2:21.28).
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Topolewski continued to dominate the long-distance swims, winning both the 1500 LCM freestyle (17:03.20) and 400 LCM freestyle (4:26.54). First-year Zoe Schneider followed Topolewski in the 400 LCM freestyle and finished in second place (4:32.96).
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Phoebe Wright picked up a win in the 200 LCM freestyle (2:05.41), while Yulia Groysman followed closely behind and finished in third (2:07.69). Wright later picked up her second victory of the day when she paced all swimmers in the 200 LCM backstroke (2:15.47)
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Junior Barbara Schaal won the 100 LCM backstroke (1:03.64); Marlee Rickert tapped in third in the event (1:06.17).
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Ava DeAngelis (1:11.94) and Julia Knox (1:12.97) combined for first and second place in the 100 LCM breaststroke. The duo later combined for a first and third finish in the 200 LCM breaststroke, as DeAngelis secured her second victory (2:37.82) of the day and Knox finished in third (2:38.77)
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GW finished the swimming portion of the meet taking first and third in the 400 LCM freestyle relay. The first place team finished in 3:52.22, and was swam by Wright, Schaal, Riley Kudlac and Topolewski.
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Rickert (27.10) and Schaal (27.15) took second and third in the 50 LCM freestyle, respectively.
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Knox (2:20.81) and Smyers (2:22.81) collected seven points with their second- and third-place finishes in the 200 LCM IM.
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Junior Moriah Freitas took home second place in the 100 LCM butterfly (1:02.91).
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On the heels of her A-10 Rookie of the Week performance, first-year Kudlac finished the 100 LCM freestyle in third place (58.59).
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GW earned four points from its second-place finish (1:57.51) in the 200 LCM Medley Relay, in a race swam by Wright, DeAngelis, Freitas and Kudlac.
MEN'S HIGHLIGHTS
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Philip Moldovanu (8:34.95) and Cameron Rodgers (8:39.45) tapped in first and second in the 800 LCM freestyle, respectively.
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Sophomore Daniel Nagy paced all swimmers in the 200 LCM butterfly (2:03.85), while junior Connor Rodgers tapped in third (2:06.22).
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Graduate student Misha Lyubavskiy picked up a second-place finish in the 200 LCM freestyle (1:56.27), before following that up with a win in the 400 LCM freestyle (4:07.83).
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Djurdje Matic won the 100 LCM butterfly (52.70) and was followed by Nagy (54.33) in second.
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Sophomore Toni Dragoja took second place in the 100 LCM freestyle (52.61).
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The men's LCM Medley Relay took third place (1:42.50), via Karol Mlynarczyk, Preston Lin, Djurdje Matic and Toni Dragoja.
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Mlynarczyk finished in third in the 100 LCM backstroke (58.36).
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In the 100 LCM breaststroke, Lin finished in third place (1:06.58).
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Tulenko grabbed third in the 50 LCM freestyle (23.93), and was just .18 seconds off the first-place pace.
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The Revolutionaries finished in third place in the 400 LCM freestyle relay to close the swimming portion of the meet, swam by Mlynarczyk, Gragoja, Nagy and Rodgers.
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