George Washington University Athletics
Swimming and Diving Builds on Leads at A-10 Championships
2/22/2024 10:34:00 PM | Men's Swimming and Diving
Revolutionaries tear down another two A-10 records on Thursday
HAMPTON, V.a. - The second day of the 2024 Atlantic 10 Swimming and Diving Championships concluded on Thursday night with both GW teams widening the gap between them and second place. GW won six of nine events on Thursday, breaking two A-10 records and four program records along the way. The championship meet resumes Friday with prelims at 10 a.m. and finals at 6:30 p.m., all of which will be carried on ESPN+.
HIGHLIGHTS
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Djurdje Matic won the 50-yard freestyle (19.54) for the second time in his career at the A-10 Championships and broke his own conference record while doing so.
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The men's 200-yard freestyle relay gave GW its third relay win in as many tries, as Toni Dragoja, Ganesh Sivaramakrishnan, Ethan Tulenko and Matic finished in 1:18.54.
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Connor Rodgers completed his A-10 IM gold medal collection with his win in the 200-yard IM (1:44.74). The win in the 200-yard IM is the fourth different event that Rodgers has won gold in at the A-10 Championships (200 IM in 2024, 400 IM & 200 Fly in 2023 & 500 Free in 2022). First-year Georgi Yanev secured his first individual A-10 medal in the event with his third-place finish (1:46.92).
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Misha Lyubavskiy earned second place in the 500-yard freestyle (4:21.63) with an NCAA B-cut swim.
WOMEN'S
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GW broke the A-10 and program record and won gold in the women's 200-yard freestyle relay (1:30.48). The record was broken by Chloe Hernandez, Barbara Schaal, Marlee Rickert and Moriah Freitas.
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The Buff & Blue occupied all three spots on the podium in the 500-yard freestyle. First-year Zoe Schneider stood atop the podium with a new GW program record (4:44.37), while sophomores Ava Topolewski (4:44.44) and Phoebe Wright (4:46.44) finished in second and third, respectively. All three swimmers achieved NCAA B-cuts in the event.
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Olivia Paquette broke the program record and won gold in the 1-meter dive with an NCAA Zones qualifying score (287.40). Dara Reyblat finished just behind Paquette and took third (255.25), while first-year Veronica Fyfe just missed the podium in her first trip to the A-10 Championships and finished fourth (253.65).
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Julia Knox finished the 200-yard IM in second place (1:58.99) with an NCAA B-cut time, just ahead of Ava DeAngelis who took third (2:00.72).
ALL EVENTS
THURSDAY RESULTS
Women's 500-Yard Freestyle
A-Final:
Schneider/4:44.37/1st/Program Record/NCAA B-cut
Topolewski/4:44.44/NCAA B-cut
Wright/4:46.44/NCAA B-cut
B-Final:
MacWilliams/4:53.87/10th
Bernosky/4:56.14/12th
Tighe/4:56.77/13th
Prelims:
Topolewski/4:46.54/1st/A-final/NCAA B-cut
Schneider/4:48.05/2nd/A-final
Wright/4:50.00/4th/A-final
MacWilliams/4:57.02/10th/B-final
Bernosky/4:57.06/11th/B-final
Tighe/4:58.58/15th/B-final
Men's 500-Yard Freestyle Relay
A-Final:
Lyubavskiy/4:21.63/2nd/NCAA B-cut
Moldovanu/4:26.43/6th
B-Final:
Nagy/4:27.57/9th
Prelims:
Lyubavskiy/4:25.60/3rd/A-final
Moldovanu/4:29.00/6th/A-final
Nagy/4:33.28/14th/B-final
Dostal/4:34.18/21st
Choi/4:32.35/EXH
Ca. Rodgers/4:41.93/EXH
Women's 200-Yard IM
A-Final:
Knox/1:58.99/2nd/NCAA B-cut
DeAngelis/2:00.72/3rd
Smyers/2:00.99/5th
Prelims:
Knox/2:00.58/2nd/A-final
Smyers/2:01.15/3rd/A-final
DeAngelis/2:01.30/4th/A-final
Men's 200-Yard IM
A-Final:
Con. Rodgers/1:44.74/1st/NCAA B-cut
Yanev/1:46.92/3rd
Sosnowski/1:48.68/7th
Prelims:
Yanev/1:46.73/1st/A-final
Con. Rodgers/1:46.82/2nd/A-final
Sosnowski/1:49.37/7th/A-final
Women's 50-Yard Freestyle
A-Final:
Hernandez/5th/23.04/5th
Freitas/23.08/6th
B-Final:
Schaal/23.04/10th
Rickert/23.14/12th
Kudlac/23.17/13th
Prelims:
Hernandez/23.07/7th/A-final
Freitas/23.12/8th/A-final
Schaal/23.14/9th/B-final
Rickert/23.20/12th/B-final
Kudlac/23.26/15th/B-final
Fifer/23.67/EXH
McCormick/23.92/EXH
Simpson/23.95/EXH
Harris/24.21/EXH
Men's 50-Yard Freestyle
A-Final:
Matic/19.54/1st/A-10 Record/Program Record/NCAA B-cut
Dragoja/4th/19.70/NCAA B-cut
B-Final:
Sivaramakrishnan/20.26/11th
Tulenko/20.33/13th
Prelims:
Matic/19.62/1st/A-final/NCAA B-cut
Dragoja/19.99/4th/A-final
Tulenko/20.46/12th/B-final
Sivaramakrishnan/20.60/16th/B-final
A. Wood/20.71/19th
Koo/20.83/26th
Lin/21.44/41st
Clark/21.50/42ndRoose/24.28/51st
Hawkins/20.93/EXH
Women's 1M Dive
A-Final:
Paquette/287.40/1st/Program Record/NCAA Zones cut
Reyblat/255.25/3rd
Fyfe/253.65/4th
Prelims:
Paquette/276.30/1st/A-final
Reyblat/240.45/5th/A-final
Fyfe/240.35/6th/A-final
Women's 200-Yard Freestyle Relay
Hernandez, Schaal, Rickert, Freitas: 1:30.48/1st/A-10 Record/Program Record
Men's 200-Yard Freestyle Relay
Dragoja, Sivaramakrishnan, Tulenko, Matic: 1:18.54/1st
THURSDAY RECORDS & MEDAL COUNT
A-10 RECORD: 2
PROGRAM RECORD: 4
GOLD: 6
SILVER: 2
BRONZE: 3
MEN'S
George Washington: 283
Fordham: 177
St. Bonaventure: 172
UMass: 169
George Mason: 155
La Salle: 139
Davidson: 125
Saint Louis: 86
WOMEN'S
George Washington: 330
Richmond: 180.5
Duquesne: 160
Fordham: 158
Davidson: 116
St. Bonaventure: 110
UMass: 103.5
George Mason: 102.5
La Salle: 74.5
Rhode Island: 67
Saint Louis: 58
