GENEVA, Ohio – The 2023 Atlantic 10 Swimming & Diving Championships featured a quick start throughout the opening day of events as a trio of league records fell across a high-octane Wednesday evening at SPIRE Institute. At the conclusion of the five events, George Washington held advantage on the team leaderboards for both the men's and women's sides.

In addition to the trio of records, there were two A-10 championship top five performances set on the first day of the four-day meet.

The Colonials lead the men's standings with a total 80 points while George Mason and Davidson trail not far behind at 66 and 62 points apiece, respectively. Fordham and St. Bonaventure enter the second day knotted at fourth with 56 points followed by La Salle (54 points), Massachusetts (52 points) and Saint Louis (24 points).

For the women, George Washington leads the rankings with 136 points with Duquesne holding firm at second with 94 points. Richmond and Davidson sit together at third behind 72 points apiece followed by Fordham (71 points), Mason (64 points) and UMass (55 points). La Salle (49 points) and Saint Louis (37 points) along with Bona (36 points) and Rhode Island (29 points) rounded out the standings.

DAY ONE HIGHLIGHTS

• The women's 1-meter diving prelims started off the championships in the early afternoon; Duquesne's Amy Read paced the group entering the finals slated for the evening session followed by Emma Petrovich of UMass and Annica Valmassei from Davidson.
   
• The evening session launched with some flair, as the Richmond women surpassed the previous A-10 best in the 200 medley relay by .18 seconds. Katelyn Pennell, Sara Greene, Abby Fuller and Lauren Medlin jointly clocked a 1:39.30 mark for a gold medal in the event. George Mason trailed not far behind at 1:39.75, good for the new fifth on the league's all-time performance list, for second place. GW slid in for the bronze via a 1:40.08 time.
   
• The George Washington men's 200 medley relay team of Karol Mlynarczyk, Preston Lin, Djurdje Matic and Ganesh Sivaramakrishnan topped the A-10 record books as well, outpacing the previous mark by .09 seconds for a 1:25.69 time. George Mason (1:27.51) and Fordham (1:28.28) rounded out the podium for the event.
   
• The women's 1-meter diving concluded soon after with Read defending her top prelims placement behind a 286.45 score, good for the gold medal. George Washington's Jamie Doak captured second via a 271.80 mark while Colonials teammate Dara Reyblat narrowly earned the bronze via a 270.40 score.
   
• The GW women – Phoebe Wright, Siena Senn, Julia Knox and Molly Smyers – next impressed in 800 freestyle relay, crushing the previous record by nearly three seconds behind a 7:12.19 mark, picking up the gold medal along the way. Duquesne garnered the silver medal with the Spiders sliding in for third on the event leaderboard.
   
• In the men's 800 freestyle relay, the George Washington crew – Mlynarczyk, Daniel Nagy, Marek Osina and Connor Rodgers – outpaced the field by just over a second for first place overall, moving up into fifth on the A-10 all-time performance list. Davidson managed a silver medal in the event while Mason captured the final podium slot.

The championships resume Thursday with morning preliminaries and afternoon finals. The full schedule can be here: https://atlantic10.com/sports/2022/8/10/SD23.aspx