Championship Legacy; Women’s Swimming & Diving Wins Fourth Straight A-10 Championship

HAMPTON, Va. - GW swimming & diving is on top of the Atlantic 10 Conference once again.

The George Washington University men's and women's swimming & diving teams have captured their fourth consecutive double Atlantic 10 title, becoming the first school ever to do so. The men's team has now won the last five A-10 Championships, and eight of the last nine conference titles, while the women's team has won each of the last four A-10 Championships, and five of the last six conference titles.

The Revolutionaries' men's team finished the championship meet with 883.5 points, 336 points clear of St. Bonaventure in second place. GW's women's team closed with 598.5 points, just 27.5 points ahead of Richmond in a fight to the finish.

Head Coach Chico Rego was named the A-10 Men's Coach of the Year after leading the Revolutionaries back to the promised land in his first year coaching at 22 & G. Head diving coach Christopher Lane helped the Revolutionaries to his seventh and eighth conference championships as a member of the staff, while assistant coach Kyrylo Shvets earned his third and fourth championships on staff, and first-year assistant coach Gabi Trainor earned her first two A-10 titles.

Connor Rodgers was named the A-10 Men's Most Outstanding Performer for the second year in a row after a record-setting meet. Rodgers was perfect, scoring 60 points with gold medals and A-10 records in all three events - the 200 IM, 400 IM and 200 fly.

Diver Olivia Paquette was named the A-10 Women's Most Outstanding Diver for the second year in a row after her 37-point contribution, helping the women's team regain its crown with a gold medal in the 1-meter dive and a silver medal in the 3-meter dive.

Shae Stratton was named the A-10 Men's Most Outstanding Rookie, helping GW to the top with 35 points in his first trip to the conference. Stratton excelled in the backstroke events, earning gold in the 200 back and placing fourth in the 100 back.

SATURDAY HIGHLIGHTS
MEN'S

The GW men won gold in all four of the short-distance individual races today, as Shae Stratton won the 200-yard backstroke (1:42.96), Elliott Irwin won the 100-yard freestyle (42.73), Ben Sosnowski won the 200-yard breaststroke (1:56.23) and Connor Rodgers won the 200-yard butterfly (1:43.40). Rodgers and Sosnowski set A-10 records with their wins.
Rodgers completed a historic A-10 Championship run, setting A-10 records in each of his gold-medal races (200 butterfly, 200 IM, 400 IM).
Daniel Choi and Michael Wood earned silver medals on the final night. Choi finished the 1,650-yard freestyle in second(15:20.66) just ahead of teammate Philip Moldovanu in third (15:25.89). Wood earned his first career medal in the 3-meter dive (252.85), while both he and Ben Bradley (339.50) secured NCAA Zones scores.
Two bronze medals came the way of the Revolutionary men when Philip Moldovanu placed third in the 1,650-yard freestyle (15:25.89) and Justin Dostal tapped third in the 200-yard butterfly (1:44.72).
Fittingly, in the final race of the meet, GW broke the A-10 record in the 400-yard freestyle while winning gold. The new conference and school record belongs to Irwin, Sivaramakrishnan, Nagy and Wood (2:53.10).

WOMEN'S

Ava Topolewski won the individual championship in the 1650-yard free for the third year in a row. She finished with a 16:24.19 in the event.
Leading Richmond by just 0.5 points entering the second-to-last event, GW's Moriah Freitas and Molly Smyers had the opportunity to create separation and did just that in the 200-yard butterfly. Freitas won the event (1:58.93) for the third straight year, while Smyers finished in third (2:00.32), launching GW from a half-point lead to a 35.5 point lead entering the final relay.
In the championship-clinching race, GW's 400-yard freestyle relay got the job done, holding onto the lead with a bronze medal swim (3:20.21). The race was swam by Chloe Hernandez, Marlee Rickert, Colleen MacWilliams and Jules Fifer.

GW MEDAL COUNT:
Gold: 16
Silver: 13
Bronze: 13

MAJOR AWARDS:
Shae Stratton - Men's Most Outstanding Rookie
Olivia Paquette - Women's Most Outstanding Female Diver
Connor Rodgers - Men's Most Outstanding Performer
Chico Rego - Men's Coach of the Year

TEAM SCORES:
MEN
George Washington: 883.5
St. Bonaventure: 517.5
George Mason: 509
Davidson: 446
La Salle: 358
UMass: 332
Fordham: 250
Saint Louis: 209

WOMEN
George Washington: 598.5
Richmond: 571
Duquesne: 525
Fordham: 339
George Mason: 324
Davidson: 300.5
UMass: 284
La Salle: 268
St. Bonaventure: 241
Rhode Island: 189
Saint Louis: 72

SATURDAY
Women's 200-Yard Backstroke Prelims:
MacWilliams/1:59.54/7th/A-Final
Clark/2:00.79/10th/B-Final

Women's 200-Yard Backstroke A-Final:
MacWilliams/1:59.06/7th

Women's 200-Yard Backstroke B-Final:
Clark/2:00.69/3rd

Men's 200-Yard Backstroke Prelims:
Stratton/1:44.04/1st/A-Final
Boushee/1:45.75
Mlynarczyk/1:46.13/4th/A-Final
Sivaramakrishnan/1:48.36/11th/B-Final

Men's 200-Yard Backstroke A-Final
Stratton/1:42.96/Gold Medal
Boushee/1:44.55/4th
Mlynarczyk/1:45.92/5th

Men's 200-Yard Backstroke B-Final
Sivaramakrishnan/1:46.40/2nd

Women's 100-Yard Freestyle Prelims:
Rickert/50.43/4th/A-Final
Hernandez/50.45/5th/A-Final
Fifer/51.29/14th/B-Final
Simpson/51.90/22nd

Women's 100-Yard Freestyle A-Final:
Rickert/50.15/5th
Hernandez/50.36/6th

Women's 100-Yard Freestyle B-Final:
Fifer/51.09/6th

Men's 100-Yard Freestyle Prelims:
Iwin/43.41/2nd/A-Final
Wood/43.91/4th/A-Final
Tobler/44.95/11th/B-Final
Thomas/45.34/18th

Men's 100-Yard Freestyle A-Final:
Irwin/42.73/Gold Medal
Wood/43.88/4th

Men's 100-Yard Freestyle B-Final:
Tobler/44.99/12th

Women's 200-Yard Breaststroke Prelims:
Ebrahimi/2:17.44/10th/B-Final
Sens/2:19.60/16th/B-Final
Scully/2:21.97/23rd
Harris/2:23.08/29th

Women's 200-Yard Breaststroke B-Final:
Sens/2:17.20/5th
Ebrahimi/2.18.00/8th

Men's 200-Yard Breaststroke Prelims:
Sosnowski/1:55.71/1st/A-Final/A-10 Record/Program Record
Lin/2:01.23/11th/B-Final

Men's 200-Yard Breaststroke A-Final:
Sosnowski/1:56.23/Gold Medal

Men's 200-Yard Breaststroke B-Final:
Lin/2:00.60/2nd

Women's 200-Yard Butterfly Prelims:
Freitas/2:00.03/3rd/A-Final
Smyers/2:00.23/4th/A-Final
Sayag/2:04.14/16th/B-Final

Women's 200-Yard Butterfly A-Final:
Freitas/1:58.93/Gold Medal
Smyers/2:00.32/Bronze Medal

Women's 200-Yard Butterfly B-Final:
Sayag/2:01.65/3rd

Men's 200-Yard Butterfly Prelims:
Dostal/1:45.70/1st/A-Final
Nagy/1:46.13/2nd/A-Final
Connor Rodgers/1:46.35/5th/A-Final

200-Yard Butterfly A-Final:
Rodgers/1:43.40/Gold Medal/A-10 Record/Program Record
Dostal/1:44.72/Bronze Medal
Nagy/1:45.11/4th

Men's 3-Meter Dive Prelims:
Bradley/301.20/2nd/A-Final
Wood/277.35/8th/A-Final
Wheeler/265.80/9th/B-Final

Men's 3-Meter Dive A-Final:
Wood/352.85/Silver Medal
Bradley/339.50/5th

Men's 3-Meter Dive B-Final:
Wheeler/299.85/1st

Women's 1650-Yard Freestyle Finals:
Topolewski/16:24.19/Gold Medal
Cleaver/17:22.35/6th
Bernosky/16:55.34/17th

Men's 1650-Yard Freestyle Finals:
Choi/15:20.66
Moldovanu/15:25.89
Cameron Rodgers/15:40.59

Women's 400-Yard Freestyle Finals:
Hernandez/Rickert/MacWilliams/Fifer/3:20.21/Bronze Medal

Men's 400-Yard Freestyle Finals:
Irwin/Sivaramakrishnan/Nagy/Wood/2:53.10/Gold Medal/A-10 Record/Program Record

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