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Swimming & Diving Cruises to Victories over UMBC
1/26/2025 2:12:00 PM | Men's Swimming and Diving
WASHINGTON - The George Washington men's and women's swimming and diving teams closed out its dual meet in style, celebrating Senior Day on Sunday while securing a pair of victories over the visiting Retrievers. The meet, which began Saturday in Baltimore and finished on Sunday in Washington, finished 287.50-106.50 (men) and 290-102 (women), as GW won all but four events across both days.
SATURDAY
WOMEN'S HIGHLIGHTS
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Chloe Hernandez (51.43) and Marlee Rickert (51.90) lit up the pool by taking first and second in the 100-yard freestyle to open the meet in Baltimore.
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The Revolutionaries finished first-third in the 200-yard fly, as Moriah Freitas nearly went under two minutes (2:00.50), and Molly Smyers (2:02.32) and Isabel Sayag (2:05.71) were close behind.
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Natalie Sens won the 50-yard breaststroke sprint (29.49).
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Rickert (26.14) and Ava Topolewski (27.33) finished in first and second place in the 50-yard backstroke, respectively.
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Topolewski held on to first place in the 1000-yard free (10:30.49), beating teammate Taylor Bernosky in the long-distance event by under a second (10:31.38).
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Sori Ebrahimi went quickest in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:21.73).
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Colleen MacWilliams earned first place in the 200-yard backstroke (2:02.70), while Kaylin McCormick finished second (2:09.59).
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In the 200-yard IM, Molly Smyers (2:03.48) and MacWilliams (2:04.13) earned first and second place.
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Olivia Paquette (276.98) and Veronica Fyfe (244.43) came in first and second place on the 1m board.
MEN'S HIGHLIGHTS
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Elliott Irwin tapped in .01 seconds faster than the quickest Retriever to open the meet with a GW win in the 100-yard freestyle (44.98).
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Connor Rodgers (1:47.09), Daniel Nagy (1:47.60) and Justin Dostal (1:48.61) torched through the men's 200-yard fly to take the top three spots in the event.
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Preston Lin took home first in the 50-yard breaststroke.
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Ganesh Sivaramakrishnan tapped in first in the 50-yard backstroke (22.22).
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GW captured the top three spots in the men's 1000-yard free, as Daniel Choi (9:23.42), Philip Moldovanu (9:30.35) and Cameron Rodgers (9:31.63) finished 1st-3rd, respectively.
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Irwin cashed his second win of the day in the 50-yard fly (21.69).
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Ben Sosnowski (2:00.43) and Shoon Li (2:05.20) rose to the top and earned first and second in the 200-yard breaststroke.
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Shae Stratton (1:46.16), Karol Mlynarczyk (1:48.85) and Justin Clark (1:54.56) powered through the 200-yard backstroke and finished in the top three spots.
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Connor Rodgers bested the field in the 200-yard IM (1:49.74).
MIXED HIGHLIGHTS
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GW's mixed 400-yard free 'A' relay, swam by Nagy, Thomas, Rickert and Hernandez, was over four seconds faster than the next team and took home the victory (3:13.51).
SUNDAY
WOMEN'S HIGHLIGHTS
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The Revolutionaries picked up right where they left off with a win in the 200-yard medley relay to open the meet (1:41.74), swam by Marlee, Sens, Freitas and Hernandez.
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MacWilliams (4:20.84) and Sayag (4:33.22) nabbed first and second place in the 400-yard IM.
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The Buff & Blue claimed each of the top four scores in the 200-yard free, thanks to top finishes from Topolewski (1:50.94), Smyers (1:52.18), Bernosky (1:52.45) and Fifer (1:53.45).
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Freitas claimed victory in the 100-yard fly (54.37).
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Paquette (300.53) and Fyfe (254.18) claimed first and second on the 3-meter dive.
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Hernandez (57.91) and Smyers (58.12) took first and second in the 100-yard IM.
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Hernandez went back-to-back with her victory in the 50-yard free (23.65), followed closely behind by Rickert (23.70) and Katie Simpson (24.36).
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Topolewski outlasted the field and won the 500-yard free (4:52.89), followed by Bernosky in second (5:04.89).
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Sens (1:03.24), Ebrahimi (1:05.63) and Scully (1:06.89) swept the podium in the 100-yard breaststroke.
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Rickert (55.33) and McCormick (1:00.01) took home first and second in the 100-yard backstroke, respectively.
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The women's 200-yard free relay, swam by Topolewski, MacWilliams, Simpson and Freitas, brought home first (1:33.33) to close out Senior Day.
MEN'S HIGHLIGHTS
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The men's side started well on Sunday with a win in the 200-yard medley relay (1:28.01), swam by Sivaramakrishnan, Lin, Nagy and Irwin.
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Co. Rodgers (3:53.00), Boushee (3:58.66) and Sosnowski (4:00.85) finished in first, second and third place in the 400-yard IM, respectively.
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Moldovanu (1:40.19) and Nagy (1:41.01) paced the 200-yard free and claimed the top two finishes.
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Irwin was victorious in the 100-yard fly (47.40).
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Co. Rodgers (50.02) and Stratton (52.19) took first and second in the 100-yard free.
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Irwin secured a victory in the 50-yard free (20.24), followed by Sivaramakrishnan in second place (20.95).
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Choi paced the 500-yard free (4:29.91), beating out teammate Moldovanu in second place (4:37.26).
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Lin (56.24) and Clark (56.84) finished one-two in the 100-yard breast.
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Sivaramakrishnan (47.96), Stratton (49.75), Thomas (49.75) and Mlynarczyk (49.81) earned the top four spots in 100-yard back.
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To close out Senior Day, the men's 200-yard medley relay grabbed a win (1:23.39), swam by Boushee, Nagy, Dostal and Hawkins.
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