HAMPTON, Va. – Bolstered by a dominant performance across four days of action, George Washington claimed the program's seventh overall and fourth straight Atlantic 10 Men's Swimming and Diving title, behind 844 points Saturday evening at the Hampton Virginia Aquaplex.
 
There were Co-Most Outstanding Men’s Performers of the Year as Davidson sophomore Dylan Felt and George Washington junior Connor Rodgers split the 2024 honors as both set multiple records this weekend. Most Outstanding Rookie of the Year accolades went to La Salle’s Andrea Savoca. The Most Outstanding Diver of the Year went to Massachusetts sophomore Andrew Bell.
 
George Washington led from the start, widening its gap each night. The Revolutionaries ended the championships with 844 points after having 612 after Friday, 330 on Thursday and 111 points on Wednesday. Massachusetts came in second place with 455.5 points.
 
St. Bonaventure (435) followed at third while George Mason (422) and Davidson (408.5) slid in at fourth and fifth, respectively. Fordham locked down the No. 6 overall spot behind 386 points while La Salle (347) and Saint Louis (185) rounded out the standings at seventh and eighth.
 
George Washington head coach Brian Thomas was named the Men's Coach of the Year while Minutemen diving coach Missy Bernosky earned accolades as the Men's Diving Coach of the Year.
 
The Revolutionaries accounted for nine of the 11 new league records on the men's side, including, the 800 freestyle relay, 50-yard freestyle, 100-yard butterfly, 200-yard freestyle, 400-yard medley relay, 100-yard freestyle, 200-yard breaststroke, 200-yard butterfly,and 400-yard freestyle relay.
 
The two non-GW records were broken by Davidson’s Dylan Felt, one on Thursday night in the 500-yard freestyle and the other on Saturday night in the 1,650-yard freestyle.
 
DAY FOUR HIGHLIGHTS

• In the morning preliminaries, George Washington had two top five finishes in Atlantic 10 history.
  • Toni Dragoja foreshadowed the record he’d set in the evening session, swimming the fastest 100-freestyle time in league history (for eight hours) at 43.01.
  • Ralf Roose notched the third-fastest time in Atlantic 10 history, preluding a record he’d set later at 1:56.50.
• Davidson’s Dylan Felt set his second Atlantic 10 record of the weekend, topping his own time from a year ago in the 1,650-freestyle, swimming the mile in 14:55.89. George Mason’s Alex Crown finished the mile with the fourth-best time in Atlantic 10 history, winning silver with a 15:12.22 swim. Mikhail Lyubavskiy from GW won the bronze medal with a 15:22.75 time.
• George Mason’s Tate Anderson won the 200-backstroke with a 1:44.52 swim. Eric Eastham of UMass took home the silver medal at 1:44.96. Anderson’s Mason teammate, Joe Durocher finished in third place at 1:46.62.
• In the 100-free, the gold and silver medal winners set the top-two times in Atlantic 10 history, with George Washington’s Toni Dragoja swimming a 42.71 race to set the record, while La Salle’s Felix Jedbratt posted the second-fastest time in league history at 42.95. Fordham’s Guy Gropper finished in third place at 43.52.
• George Washington set another record in the 200-breaststroke with Ralf Roose swimming the fastest race in league history with a 1:56.12 swim. La Salle’s Andrea Savoca came in second place at 1:57.15, while George Mason’s Tyler Lentine finished third with a 1:57.96 time.
• The Atlantic 10 Co-Performer of the Year Connor Rodgers beat his own record in the 200-butterfly with a 1:44.36 swim, the fastest in league history. St. Bonaventure’s Alexander Behr won the silver medal with the fourth-fastest time in A-10 history at 1:44.97. In third place was Justin Dostal at 1:45.43.
• Of course the weekend wrapped up with one last record, as the George Washington 400-freestyle relay team topped a 10-year record with a 2:53.25 score, led by Toni Dragoja, Ganesh Sivaramakrishnan, Djurdje Matic, and Connor Rodgers. Fordham finished with the second-fastest time in league history at 2:54.59 to earn a silver medal, while La Salel earned bronze at 2:56.52.

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