Swimming and Diving Breaks Five A-10 Records, Widens Leads at A-10 Championships

Swimming and Diving Breaks Five A-10 Records, Widens Leads at A-10 Championships

2/23/2024 10:43:00 PM | Men's Swimming and Diving

GW breaks five A-10 records and eight program records on day three

HAMPTON, Va. - The George Washington men's and women's swimming and diving teams wrapped Friday night in style, as both teams set new A-10 records in the 400-yard medley relay to close the night. GW has opened substantial leads on both sides as it heads into the final day of competition on Saturday. Saturday's prelims begin at 10 a.m., followed by finals at 6 p.m., all of which will be carried live on ESPN+.

HIGHLIGHTS

MEN'S

The men's 400-yard medley relay closed the meet with an A-10 and program record performance (3:05.78). The relay, swam by Ganesh Sivaramakrishnan, Ralf Roose, Djurdje Matic and Toni Dragoja took home gold and beat the previous record by well over three seconds and is an NCAA B-cut time.
In the 100-yard butterfly finals, Matic set a new A-10 record and program record (45.15) on his way to winning the gold medal. Daniel Nagy finished in third place (46.71), and both had NCAA B-cut times.
Dragoja (1:33.25) beat his own A-10 and program record, which he set on Wednesday as the lead-off in the 800-yard freestyle relay, in the 200-yard freestyle finals and won gold.

Connor Rodgers (3:46.88) and Misha Lyubavkisy (3:47.02) finished in first and second place in the 400-yard IM, respectively. Both achieved NCAA B-cut times.
Sivaramakrishnan and Karol Mlynarczyk finished in first and second in the 100-yard backstroke, respectively. Sivaramakrishnan paced the field with a 46.91, while Mlynaczyk finished in 47.84.
First-year Roose collected his first individual medal at the A-10 Championships with his second-place finish in the 100-yard breaststroke (53.06).
Ben Bradley submitted a new career-high score in the 3-meter dive and collected the silver medal for his performance (323.30).

WOMEN'S

The women's 400-yard medley relay finished the meet with an A-10 and program record swim (3:35.19). Barbara Schaal, Ava DeAngelis, Moriah Freitas and Marlee Rickert are the new record holders and A-10 Champions in the event.
Ava DeAngelis went sub-1:00 in the 100-yard breaststroke, breaking the A-10 and program record and winning the gold medal (59.75).
Phoebe Wright won the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1:47.18. Olivia Tighe finished the race in second with a time of 1:47.99.
Freitas broke the program record twice today in the 100-yard butterfly. Freitas broke the record in prelims before breaking it again in the finals with a time of 53.42. Freitas finished the race in second.
Zoe Schneider (4:17.94) and Molly Smyers (4:16.09) took second and third place in the 400-yard IM, respectively.
Schaal (53.62) and Rickert (53.65) each landed spots on the podium in the 100-yard backstroke, Schaal earning silver and Rickert earning bronze.

ALL EVENTS
FRIDAY RESULTS
Women's 100-Yard Butterfly
A-Final:
Freitas/53.42/2nd/NCAA B-cut/Program Record
Groysman/52.93/4th
Prelims:
Freitas/53.60/1st/A-final/Program Record/NCAA B-cut
Groysman/54.06/2nd/A-final
Hernandez/56.19/18th
Clark/58.20/43rd
McCormick/55.98/EXH
Fifer/57.80/EXH

Men's 100-Yard Butterfly
A-Final:
Matic/45.14/1st/A-10 Record/Program Record/NCAA B-cut
Nagy/46.71/3rd/NCAA B-cut
Tulenko/47.64/5th
Dostal/47.95/7th
Mlynarczyk/47.95/7th
B-Final:
Koo/48.74/12th
Prelims:
Matic/46.34/1st/A-final/NCAA B-cut
Tulenko/47.35/3rd/A-final
Nagy/47.51/4th/A-final
Mlynarczyk/47.63/6th/A-final
Dostal/48.11/8th/A-final
Koo/48.63/11th/B-final

Women's 400-Yard IM
A-Final:
Schneider/4:15.63/2nd/NCAA B-cut
Smyers/4:16.09/3rd/NCAA B-cut
MacWilliams/4:21.38/4th
Prelims:
Schneider/4:17.94/1st/A-final
Smyers/4:19.70/2nd/A-final
MacWilliams/4:21.71/4th/A-final

Men's 400-Yard IM
A-Final:
Con. Rodgers/3:46.88/1st/NCAA B-cut
Lyubavskiy/3:47.02/2nd/NCAA B-cut
Yanev/3:53.20/5th
Sosnowski/3:55.52/6th
B-Final:
Moldovanu/3:59.61/10th
Prelims:
Con. Rodgers/3:50.54/1st/A-final/NCAA B-cut
Lyubavskiy/3:52.98/4th/A-final
Yanev/3:56.35/5th/A-final
Sosnowski/3:58.78/7th/A-final
Moldovanu/4:00.14/11th/B-final
Choi/4:00.47/EXH

Women's 200-Yard Freestyle
A-Final:
Wright/1:47.18/1st
Tighe/1:47.99/2nd
Kudlac/1:50.05/7th
Bernosky/1:51.10/8th
Prelims:
Wright/1:48.33/1st/A-final
Tighe/1:48.97/2nd/A-final
Bernosky/1:49.86/6th/A-final
Kudlac/1:49.86/6th/A-final
Simpson/1:52.81/EXH

Men's 200-Yard Freestyle
A-Final:
Dragoja/1:33.25/1st/A-10 Record/Program Record/NCAA B-cut
A. Wood/1:38.38/8th
Prelims:
Dragoja/1:36.87/3rd/A-final
A. Wood/1:38.10/7th/A-final
Ca. Rodgers/1:43.11/EXH

Women's 100-Yard Breaststroke
A-Final:
DeAngelis/59.75/1st/A-10 Record/Program Record/NCAA B-cut
Knox/1:02.38/5th
Prelims:
DeAngelis/1:00.18/1st/A-final/Program Record/NCAA B-cut
Knox/1:02.94/7th/A-final
Harris/1:04.16/EXH

Men's 100-Yard Breaststroke
A-Final:
Roose/53.06/2nd
B-Final:
Lin/54.34/9th
Prelims:
Roose/53.20/1st/A-final/NCAA B-cut
Lin/55.21/9th/B-final
Hawkins/58.16/EXH

Women's 100-Yard Backstroke
A-Final:
Schaal/53.62/2nd/NCAA B-cut
Rickert/53.65/3rd/NCAA B-cut
B-Final:
Groysman/54.55/10th
Prelims:
Rickert/54.25/1st/A-final
Schaal/54.31/2nd/A-final
Groysman/55.13/11th/B-final
Clark/55.93//17th
McCormick/56.87/EXH

Men's 100-Yard Backstroke
A-Final:
Sivaramakrishnan/46.91/1st
Mlynarczyk/47.84/2nd
B-Final:
Clark/49.91/14th
Prelims:
Sivaramakrishnan/47.62/1st/A-final
Mlynarczyk/48.23/3rd/A-final
Clark/49.94/16th/B-final

Men's 3-Meter Dive
A-Final:
Bradley/362.40/2nd/NCAA Zones cut
M. Wood/335.70/5th/NCAA Zones cut
Wheeler/268.30/7th
Prelims:
Bradley/323.30/6th/A-final/NCAA Zones cut
M. Wood/318.25/7th/A-final
Wheeler/305.95/8th/A-final

Women's 400-Yard Medley Relay
Schaal, DeAngelis, Freitas, Rickert: 3:35.19/1st/A-10 Record/Program Record

Men's 400-Yard Medley Relay
Sivaramakrishnan, Roose, Matic, Dragoja: 3:05.78/1st/A-10 Record/Program Record/NCAA B-cut

FRIDAY RECORDS & MEDAL COUNT
A-10 RECORD: 5
PROGRAM RECORD: 8
GOLD: 8
SILVER: 8
BRONZE: 3

SCOREBOARD AFTER DAY 3
MEN'S
George Washington: 612
St. Bonaventure: 328
UMass: 313.5
Fordham: 287
George Mason: 281
Davidson: 267.5
La Salle: 251
Saint Louis: 132

WOMEN'S
George Washington: 583.5
Richmond: 306.5
Fordham: 295
Duquesne: 276.5
Davidson: 205.5
George Mason: 194
UMass: 190.5
St. Bonaventure: 174
La Salle: 112.5
Rhode Island: 105
Saint Louis: 72