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Atlantic 10 Championships Day 2
Swimming & Diving Cracks Both 50 Free School Records; Medals Nine Times on Day 2 of A-10 Championships
2/19/2026 11:09:00 PM | Men's Swimming and Diving
HAMPTON, Va. – GW swimming & diving picked up steam on Day Two of the 2026 Atlantic 10 Swimming & Diving Championships. GW won nine medals on Thursday, and although the gold was elusive, seven silver medals and at least one athlete in every single A-final helped GW's men jump into first place and the Revolutionaries' women move into second place, gaining ground on Richmond.
Thursday was starred by GW's sprinters Joselle Mensah and Holden Thomas breaking both the men's and women's 50-yard freestyle GW records. Mensah (:22.85) topped Chloe Hernandez's three-year old record (:22.91; 2023) in the 50 free A-final, while Thomas (:19.40) knocked off Djurdje Matic's record time (:19:42; 2024) in the leadoff of the 200-yard free relay.
On the women's side, GW had two seniors complete amazing career feats, medaling at A-10s in a specific event in all four years of their career. Ava Topolewski came in second place in the 500-yard freestyle (4:45.78), picking up her second career silver medal to go along with two career golds in the 500. Olivia Paquette scooped a silver from the 3-meter competition, her third career silver medal to go with one gold medal in the 3-meter event.
The best single event for GW on Thursday was the men's 200-yard IM, where the Revolutionaries earned six of the eight A-final slots. The prelim guaranteed GW a big result, which it got with two medals and 83 points for the men's team total.
GW had five student-athletes medal at A-10s for the first time in their careers. Heitor Napolitano Fonseca Reis won silver in the 500-yard freestyle (4:22.30) with the third fastest time in GW history. Andres Brooks took silver in the 200-yard IM with the fourth fastest time in school history (1:45.92), while Matija Radjenovic took bronze in the same event and won his first career medal with a bronze (1:46.94). Mensah's silver in the 50 free was her first medal at A-10s, and so was Talya Erdogan's bronze in the 500-yard free (4:49.80).
The Revolutionaries are back for Day Three of the A-10 Championships tomorrow with prelims at 10:00 a.m. and finals at 6:00 p.m. All of the day's action will be carried on ESPN+.
TEAM SCORES
MEN'S
George Washington: 270
George Mason: 199
St. Bonaventure: 186
La Salle: 175
Davidson: 161
Fordham: 139
Saint Louis: 108
WOMEN'S
Richmond: 242
George Washington: 214
Duquesne: 189
La Salle: 174
Fordham: 168
St. Bonaventure: 129
Davidson: 87
George Mason: 84
Rhode Island: 83
Saint Louis: 54
GW MEDAL COUNT
Gold: 1
Silver: 7
Bronze: 3
GW RESULTS (THURSDAY ONLY)
Women's 3-Meter Dive Prelims
Paquette/292.50/1st/A-final
Brown/245.80/T-8th/A-final
Reyblat/229.80/13th
Women's 3-Meter Dive Finals
Paquette/296.75/2nd/Silver Medal
Brown/268.35/4th/8th in GW top 10
Reyblat/253.25/11th
Women's 500-Yard Freestyle Prelims
Topolewski/4:53.06/2nd/A-final
Erdogan/4:53.61/3rd/A-final
Cleaver/5:16.33/40th
Women's 500-Yard Freestyle Finals
Topolewski/4:45.78/2nd/Silver Medal
Erdogan/4:49.80/3rd/Bronze Medal
Men's 500-Yard Freestyle Prelims
Napolitano Fonseca Reis/4:23.44/1st/A-final
Choi/4:24.58/3rd/A-final
Men's 500-Yard Freestyle Finals
Napolitano Fonseca Reis/4:22.30/2nd/Silver Medal/3rd in GW history
Choi/4:26.33/6th
Women's 200-Yard IM Prelims
MacWilliams/2:01.45/3rd/A-final
Lydon/2:02.92/9th/B-final/9th in GW history
Gomez Carpi/2:08.51/28th
Women's 200-Yard IM Finals
MacWilliams/2:01.09/4th/6th in GW history
Lydon/2:03.81/11th
Men's 200-Yard IM Prelims
Boushee/1:46.83/2nd/A-final/8th in GW history
Sosnowski/1:47.20/3rd/A-final
Brooks/1:47.52/4th/A-final
Dostal/1:47.62/5th/A-final
Tobler/1:48.83/7th/A-final
Radjenovic/1:48.83/A-final
Li/1:52.21/exh
Men's 200-Yard IM Finals
Brooks/1:45.92/2nd/Silver Medal/4th in GW history
Radjenovic/1:46.94/3rd/Bronze Medal
Sosnowski/1:47.34/5th
Boushee/1:47.51/6th
Tobler/1:47.56/7th
Dostal/1:49.91/8th
Women's 50-Yard Free Prelims
Mensah/22.97/3rd/A-final
Sens/23.15/7th/A-final
Hren/23.39/13th/B-final
Simpson/23.54/18th
Harris/24.10/31st
Clark/25.12/56th
Ebrahimi/29.96/59th
Women's 50-Yard Free Finals
Mensah/22.85/2nd/Silver Medal/GW record
Sens/23.02/6th
Hren/23.15/11th/T-10th GW history
Men's 50-Yard Free Prelims
Thomas/19.70/2nd/A-final
Nagy/20.30/6th/A-final
Sivaramakrishnan/20.41/9th/B-final
Wood/20.50/14th/B-final
Stratton/20.65/18th
Borsato/24.61/40th
Zamir/25.09/41st
Lin/25.47/42nd
Fritts/20.84/Exh
Hawkins/21.22/Exh
Men's 50-Yard Free Finals
Thomas/19.50/2nd/Silver Medal/T-2nd in program history
Nagy/20.11/6th/T-8th program history
Sivaramakrishnan/20.10/10th
Wood/20.25/13th
Women's 200-Yard Free Relay
Mensah/Sens/Hren/Topolewski/1:31.56/4th
Men's 200-Yard Free Relay
Thomas/Nagy/Sivaramakrishnan/Wood/1:18.35/2nd/Silver Medal/Thomas GW 50 free record (19.40 opening split)
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