Swimming & Diving Comes Up Short vs. Penn State

Saturday, January 31

University Park, PA

10:00 AM

George Washington University

97.00

180.00

Penn State

Women's swimming & diving swimming freestyle at Smith

1/31/2026 2:38:00 PM | Women's Swimming and Diving

Final Results

WASHINGTON – GW swimming & diving finished the regular season on Saturday with a dual meet at Penn State. The home Nittany Lions emerged with a pair of wins, outscoring the Revolutionaries, 176.00-122.00 (men's) and 180.00-97.00 (women's).

GW's distance swimmers, Ava Topolewski and Daniel Choi, headlined the meet for the Buff & Blue, tying with a team-high 18 points, each with wins in the 1,000-yard free and 500-yard free. Choi had comfortable finishes in both events, winning the 500-yard free by over two seconds (4:29.02) and the 1,000-yard free by more than seven seconds (9:14.16). Topolewski won a tight race in the 1,000-yard free (9:53.01), finishing less than a second ahead of second place, later claiming the 500-yard free by just under two seconds (4:50.77).

Also performing well on the women's side, Colleen MacWilliams cashed in with one win and two runner-up finishes. MacWilliams touched first in the 200-yard back (2:04.67), while finishing second in the 200-yard free (11:50.49) and the 400-yard IM (4:21.37). Olivia Paquette was GW's top diver on Saturday, winning the 1-meter dive (257.85) and finishing third in the 3-meter dive (280.80).

Of note on the men's side, Matija Radjenovic won the 200-yard free (1:37.70) and finished in third place in the 200-yard breast (2:03.21). The men's team also had a pair of first-year swimmers shine in Andres Brooks and Heitor Napolitano Fonseca Reis. Brooks finished first in the 400-yard IM (1:53.08) with third and fifth place results in the 200-yard free (1:39.96) and the 200-yard fly (1:53.08), respectively. Napolitano Fonseca Reis claimed victory in the 200-yard fly (1:48.11) and a third-place result in the 500-yard free (4:31.33).

The Revolutionaries will now prepare for the conference championship meet. The 2026 Atlantic 10 Championships will be held at the Hampton Aquaplex in Hampton, Va., from Feb. 18-21, where GW will attempt to win its sixth-straight men's conference championship and its fifth-straight women's conference championship.