GENEVA, Ohio -- George Washington is in first place on both the men’s and women’s leaderboard after day one of the 2022 Atlantic 10 Swimming and Diving Championship at Spire Institute. 

The Colonials secured 80 points in the men’s championship, followed by St. Bonaventure at second place (64), Davidson (60), Massachusetts (56), Fordham (54), Saint Louis (52), La Salle (50), and George Mason (34), respectively.

GW’s men’s team took the lead early with a win in the 200-yard medley relay with a time of 1:25.78, breaking their 2021 conference record (1:26.91), meet record (1:27.06), and pool record (1:26.02).  The relay team consisted of senior Marek Osina, junior Tyler Kawakmai, sophomore Djurdje Matic, and sophomore Karol Mlynarczyk. 

George Mason earned a second place finish in the 200-yard medley relay with a time of 1:27.50, and was led by freshman Alexander Franklin, junior Sammy Lucht, sophomore Sorab Aman, and senior Will Rastatter. 

GW, the reigning 2021 champions, claimed first place in the 800-yard freestyle relay (Marek Osina, Josh Legge, Connor Rodgers, and Ethan Tulenko) clocking in at 6:31.72.  St. Bonaventure (Maciej Danilewski, Alec Thomas, Alexander Behr, and Jacob Ruffolo) stamped a second place finish with a time of 6:34.41.

On the women’s side GW tallied 104 points on the first day of competition, followed by Davidson (79). Richmond (78), Duquesne (77), Massachusetts (72), Fordham (71), St. Bonaventure (62), La Salle (62), George Mason (30), and Rhode Island (30), respectively.  

The Spiders took the top spot in the 200-yard medley relay (Katelyn Pennell, Sara Greene, Abby Fuller, and Lauren Medlin) recording a time of 1:39.49. George Washington placed second with a time of 1:40.41 (Marlee Rickert, Stine Petersen, Barbara Schaal, and Becca Brown). 

Duquesne finished first in the 800-yard freestyle relay (Mendy De Rooi, Hayley Taylor, Emma Menzer, and Hanna Everhart) with a time of 7:15.00, breaking the 2021 conference record held by George Washington (7:15:43).

Phoebe Shaya of La Salle took the top spot in the women's 1-meter dive with a final score of 265.60

Championships will resume tomorrow morning at 10:00 am with preliminaries followed by finals at 6:30 pm.