George Washington University Athletics
Swimming and Diving Completes Record-Breaking First Day at A-10 Championships
2/21/2024 8:20:00 PM | Women's Swimming and Diving
Revolutionaries smash four conference records on day one
HAMPTON, Va. - It didn't take long for the Revolutionaries to make their presence felt at the 2024 Atlantic 10 Swimming and Diving Championships, as GW broke four A-10 records, five program records and won all four relays on day one. The Buff & Blue return for day two of the Atlantic 10 Championships tomorrow, with prelims starting at 10 a.m. and finals at 6:30 p.m., all of which will be carried live on ESPN+.
DAY 1 HIGHLIGHTS
WOMEN
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GW stood atop the podium in the first race of the meet as the 200-yard medley relay broke the A-10 record and won gold (1:38.23), swam by Marlee Rickert, Ava DeAngelis, Moriah Freitas and Barbara Schaal.
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The women's team went two-for-two on day one with another gold medal and A-10 record in the 800-yard freestyle relay (7:10.63), swam by Phoebe Wright, Julia Knox, Olivia Tighe and Ava Topolewski. Wright also broke the GW program record in the 200-yard freestyle as the lead-off swimmer in the race (1:46.80).
MEN
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The men's 800-yard freestyle relay crushed the A-10 record by almost four seconds and won gold (6:24.92), swam by Toni Dragoja, Misha Lyubavskiy, Daniel Nagy and Connor Rodgers. Dragoja broke a second A-10 record in the race with his 1.33:35 in the lead-off 200-yard freestyle.
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Karol Mlynarczyk, Preston Lin, Djurdje Matic and Ganesh Sivaramakrishnan won gold in the 200-yard medley relay (1:25.70). It was the only race of the day that GW didn't break an A-10 record, which was only missed by .01 seconds.
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Ben Bradley led the way for GW in the 1-meter dive, finishing in fifth place with a personal-best and NCAA Zones qualifying score (306.20).
ALL EVENTS
WEDNESDAY
Men's 1m Dive
Prelims:
Wood/266.90/6th
Bradley/261.55/8th
Wheeler/248.70/10th
A-Final:
Bradley/306.20/5th
Wood/268.45/8th
B-Final:
Wheeler/246.20/3rd
Women's 200-Yard Medley Relay
Rickert, DeAngelis, Freitas, Schaal: 1:38.23/1st place/A-10 Record/Program Record
Men's 200-Yard Medley Relay
Mlynarczyk, Lin, Matic, Sivaramakrishnan: 1.25.70/1st place
Women's 800-Yard Freestyle Relay
Wright, Knox, Tighe, Topolewski: 7:10.63/1st place/A-10 Record/Program Record
Men's 800-yard Freestyle Relay
Dragoja, Lyubavskiy, Nagy, Con. Rodgers: 6:24.92/1st place/A-10 Record/Program Record
SCOREBOARD AFTER DAY 1
MEN'S
George Washington: 111
UMass: 91
St. Bonaventure: 90
La Salle: 84
George Mason: 63
Fordham: 60
Saint Louis: 55
Davidson: 51
WOMEN'S
George Washington: 80
Fordham: 66
Duquesne: 62
UMass: 60
Richmond: 60
St. Bonaventure: 48
George Mason: 44
Davidson: 38
La Salle: 36
Rhode Island: 34
Saint Louis: 32
