GENEVA, Ohio – George Washington won its fifth Atlantic 10 Men's Swimming and Diving Championship title Saturday, recording 879.5 points in the four-day championship at SPIRE Institute.
 
The Colonials entered the day with a commanding lead, securing their fifth title in the last six years. GW won 25 medals during the four days, 14 of which were gold. Colonials' coach Brian Thomas earned his third A-10 Men's Swimming Coach of the Year.
 
George Mason placed second with 528 points, followed by St. Bonaventure with 482 points. Davidson finished fourth with 430.5 points, while Massachusetts finished fifth with 424.5 points. La Salle (242), Fordham (235.5), and Saint Louis (230) filled out the seven-team rankings.
 
GW’s Marek Osina won seven medals, setting a conference record in the 200-yard IM (1:44.72), earning the Most Outstanding Swimmer. Osina received gold medal in the 200-yard back with a time of 1:42.22, the 400-yard IM (3:46.40),  and serving as part of the two of the four gold-medal winning GW relay teams.  Connor Rodgers earned the Most Outstanding Rookie Swimmer, winning both the 500 free and 800 free events. He took bronze in the 200-yard fly with a time of 1:46.72.

GW’s Durde Matic won three gold medals, setting conference records in both the 200-yard butterfly with a time of 1:45.17, and 100-yard fly (45.79). Matic received his third gold medal in the 50-yard free setting conference records with a time of 19.56 and serving as part of the four gold-medal winning GW relay teams.

Zyad Morsy of St. Bonaventure, won the 3-meter dive with a score of 313.40 was named the Most Outstanding Men's Diver. Morsy also placed fourth in the 1-meter dive with a score of 293.95. Bonnies diving coach Connor Dorff was the Men's Diving Coach of the Year. SBU had two divers finish in the top eight of each event in the diving portion of the A-10 Championship.

GW’s Phillip Moldovanu won the 1,650-yard freestyle in 15:22.31, followed by teammate DH Hwang in second-place with a time of 15:24.92. St. Bonaventure sophomore, Max Murray finished third with a time of 15:46.00.
 
George Mason junior, Josh Fletcher took gold in the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 44.48, followed by junior Tyler Kawakami of George Washington in second-place (44.74). Davidson freshman, Ben McClain placed third with a time of 44.83. Jack Artis of UMass grabbed gold in the 200-yard breaststroke for the Minutemen with a time of 1:59.31, followed by George Mason junior Thomas Chapman in second-place (1:59.79), and Saint Louis junior, Daniel Verdico in third (2:01.09), respectively. 
 
The George Washington 400-yard freestyle relay team of Durde Matic, Ethan Tulenko, Tyler Kawakami, and Marek Osina earned a gold medal for the Colonials in the final event with a time of 2:56.49.