HAMPTON, Va. – Following a meet-high 13 events completed, the Atlantic 10 wrapped up a successful penultimate day of competition at the 2024 Swimming & Diving Championships at Hampton Virginia Aquaplex, breaking five league records while registering another 12 Top Five all-time performances across a pair of sessions Friday.
On the team leaderboard, the George Washington women managed to extend their advantage behind a slew of solid results, pushing out to 583.5 total points. Richmond currently sits in second via 306.5 points while Fordham (295), Duquesne (276.5) and Davidson (205.5) round out the top five.
For the men, GW has also established a large gap at the top of the standings, ballooning their point total out to 612 after the third day. St. Bonaventure trails in second at 328 points while Massachusetts (313.5), Fordham (287) and George Mason (281) hold on to third, fourth and fifth, respectively.
DAY THREE HIGHLIGHTS
- The second slate of individual events opened the mid-morning prelims, including the men's & women's 400 individual medley, the men's & women's 100 butterfly, the men's & women's 200 freestyle, the men's & women's 100 breaststroke and the men & women's 100 backstroke. The women's 3-meter diving rounded out their prelims in the early afternoon.
- During the morning preliminaries session, five performances climbed into the top five rankings of their respective events, including:
- George Washington's Ava DeAngelis submitted a 1:00.18 mark in the women's 100-breastroke, the fourth-best in conference history
- In the men’s 200-freestyle, Davidson’s Dylan Felt set what was then a conference record with a 1:34.61. Himself and GW’s Toni Dragoja would both top that mark later in the evening.
- Djurdje Matic from GW posted a 46.34 time in the 100-butterfly, good for fifth all-time in league history, which foreshadowed him winning the event later in the evening.
- GW’s 400 medley relay time of 3:38.80 stands as the fifth-best time in league history at the end of the night after the Revolutionaries broke the league record in the evening
- Fordham’s Jessica Zebrowski won the Rams first event of the night in the 100-butterfly, taking gold with a 53.24 mark, the fifth-best in Atlantic 10 history. George Washington’s Moriah Freitas earned second place with a 53.42 time while Fordham also took third with Manon Compagner finishing at 53.47
- A conference record was broken on the men’s side of the 100-fly, as GW’s Djurdje Matic broke his own league record, winning gold for the third year in a row at 45.14, more than half a second better than his previous best mark of 45.68. La Salle’s Felix Jedbratt came in second at 46.67 and GW’s Daniel Nagy was right behind him in third at 46.71
- Next up was the 400 Individual Medley where on the women’s side, Fordham’s Ainhoa Martin won the event for the second year in a row with a 4:15.06 mark. Coming in second was GW’s Zoe Schneider (4:15.63), while GW’s Molly Smyers (4:16.09) finished third.
- George Washington’s Connor Rodgers took the men’s 400 IM for the second year in a row with a 3:46.88 time, the fifth-best in league history. GW’s Misha Lyubavskiy came in second place at 3:47.02 and Massachusetts’ Sam Haddad finished in third at 3:49.90.
- In the 200-freestyle, Phoebe Wright of George Washington won the event with a 1:47.18 swim, the third-fastest time in Atlantic 10 history. Her teammate Olivia Tighe won the silver medal with a 1:47.99 time while Richmond’s Megan Carson earned bronze at 1:48.74.
- A record was shattered on the men’s side by all of the medal winners. In a tight race, George Washington’s Toni Dragoja set the A-10 record, winning gold at 1:33.25. Davidson’s Dylan Felt had the second-fastest swim in league history, winning silver with a 1:33.83 time, topping his 1:34.61 time from prelims. The bronze medal earner, Tate Anderson of George Mason finished with the fourth-best time in conference history at 1:35.17.
- The Revolutionaries set another league record in the women’s 100-breaststroke with Ava DeAngelis swimming faster than anyone else in conference history with a 59.75 time. Fordham’s Emma Shaughnessy came in second place at 1:01.13 and George Mason’s Emma DeJong came in third at 1:01.67.
- On the men’s side in the 100-breast, La Salle won its first gold medal of the weekend, with Andrea Savoca finishing at 52.72, the third-best time in Atlantic 10 history. GW’s Ralf Roose clocked in with the fourth-best time in league history, winning the silver medal at 53.06. Davidson’s Andrew Schou came in third place with a 53.83 swim.
- We move to the 100-yard backstroke, where on the women’s side, George Mason’s Ali Tyler won the event with a 53.48 time. Barbara Schaal of George Washington came in second with a 53.62 swim, while her teammate Marlee Rickert won bronze at 53.65.
- In the men’s 100-yard backstroke, Ganes Sivaramakrishnan of George Washington won the gold medal with a 46.91 time. His teammate, Karol Mlynarczyk joined him on the podium in second place at 47.84. Luigi Termine of St. Bonaventure came in third place at 48.39.
- In the lone diving event of the evening, Andrew Bell of UMass won the 3 Meter as he did the 1 Meter with a score of 406.95. Ben Bradley of GW came in second with a 362.40 mark. Lucas Dekaney of La Salle finished third with a 349.65 score.
- We ended the night with the 400-yard medley relay, where George Washington set the conference record on both the women’s and men’s side. Their time of 3:35.19, led by Barbara Schaal, Ava DeAngelis, Moriah Freitas and Marlee Rickert shattered the league record by over a second and beat all their peers in the face by over four seconds. Fordham finished second at 3:39.51 and George Mason finished third at 3:39.96.
- In the final event of the evening, the GW men topped the A-10 record by close to five seconds with a 3:05.78 relay, led by Ganesh Sivaramakrishnan, Ralf Roose, Djurdje Matic and Toni Dragoja. Led by Tarik Gusic, Andrea Savoca, Felix Jedbratt and Toni Dragoja, La Salle won the silver medal with the fourth-best time in league history at 3:11.61. Fordham won the bronze medal with a 3:13.21 relay.
The 2024 A-10 Swimming and Diving Championships conclude tomorrow with 13 events. Prelims begin at 10:00 am and the finals begin at 6:00 pm. Follow along here.