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Topolewski Sets 1000-Yard Free Record as Swimming & Diving Splits vs. Navy
11/1/2025 5:08:00 PM | Women's Swimming and Diving
ARLINGTON, Va. – GW swimming & diving went 1-1 vs. Navy on Saturday at Long Bridge Park, as the Buff & Blue women's team took down the Midshipmen, 164.00-136.00, while the men's team was defeated, 184.00-111.00.Â
The women's squad was dominant, winning 12 of 16 events in the meet, highlighted by Ava Topolewski's program-record performance in the 1,000-yard freestyle. Topolewski tapped in at 9:47.43, shaving 0.37 seconds off her own school record. Topolewski was unbeaten in the meet, also taking first place in the 200-yard fly (2:01.58), the 500-yard free (4:50.94) and the 200-yard free relay (1:32.90), in a combined effort with Colleen MacWilliams, Natalie Sens and Joselle Mensah.
MacWilliams and Michael Wood were also perfect on the afternoon, as MacWilliams captured three individual victories in the 200-yard free (1:49.22), 200-yard back (1:59.70) and 400-yard IM (4:20.15), and Wood swept the men's 1-meter board (285.95) and 3-meter board (322.55).
Other Revolutionaries that earned individual victories included: Sens (100-yard breast; 1:02.14), Mensah (50-yard free; 23.40), Olivia Paquette (1-meter dive; 255.45), Isabel Sayag (100-yard fly; 55.22), Daniel Nagy (100-yard fly; 48.37), and Andres Brooks (400-yard IM; 3:54.63). Along with the 200-yard free relay, GW also grabbed a win in the women's 200-yard medley relay (1:41.82).
GW continues training ahead of its mid-season invitationals later this month, when the swimmers head to NC State for the Wolfpack Elite Invitational (Nov. 20-22), and the divers compete at the Navy Diving Invitational (Nov. 21-23).Â
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