HAMPTON, Va -- George Washington men’s and women’s swimming and diving lead the Atlantic 10 Men’s and Women’s Swimming and Diving Championship after Day 2 on Thursday at Hampton Virginia Aquaplex.  

George Washington men secured gold in the 200-yard freestyle relay and Connor Rodgers took first in the men’s 200-yard individual medley. Ava Topolewski won gold for GW women in the 500-yard freestyle while the Revolutionaries finished second in the 200-yard freestyle relay.  

Andrew Bell of Massachusetts won gold in the men’s 1-meter diving event.  

George Washington men’s swimming and diving lead in first place with 342 points. George Mason is in second with 177. The Patriots are followed by La Salle (159), St. Bonaventure (159), Davidson (158), Massachusetts (128), Fordham (121) and Saint Louis (84).  

On the women’s side, the Revolutionaries sit in first with 256 points. Richmond is close behind in second with 228 points. Duquesne is third (182) followed by Fordham (150), Davidson (121), La Salle (121), George Mason (117), St. Bonaventure (96), Rhode Island (55) and Saint Louis (40).  

• George Washington’s Elliott Irwin, Holden Thomas, Ganesh Sivaramakrishnan and AJ Wood claimed first in the men’s 200-yard freestyle relay. George Mason followed in second in 1:19.25 by Tate Anderson, Kyle Johnson, Ian Rodgers and Zane Roberts. Fordham finished third behind Christian Taylor, Daniel Ribeiro, David Topi and Vitalis Onu in 1:20.19.  

• Richmond won gold in the women’s 200-yard freestyle behind Melissa Nwakalor, Presley Baber, Julia Krichev and Caitlyn Hughes. The Spiders finished in 1:30.54. GW swimmers Moriah Freitas, Chloe Hernandez, Natalie Sens and Jules Fifer placed second in 1:30.79. La Salle’s Emma Van Selm, Victoria Fenn, Maren Schermerhorn and Gabriela Herbreder were third in 1:31.66.  

• Bell defended his crown in the men’s 1-meter diving event with a first-place score of 359.80. Bell of Massachusetts won his second consecutive title. Ben O’Neill of St. Bonaventure claimed second with a score of 309.35. GW’s Ben Bradley followed in third with a score of 309.00.  

• Nwakalor of Richmond secured first place in the women’s 50-yard freestyle. She tied her own A-10 record of 21.98. She was followed by Jessica Zebrowski of Fordham (22.91) and Freitas of George Washington (22.92). 

• La Salle’s Felix Jedbratt claimed first in the men’s 50-yard freestyle at 19.20. He set a new A-10 record, which was previously set during the day’s prelims by GW’s Elliott Irwin (19.53). Irwin placed second at 19.64 and Taylor of Fordham placed third in 19.90. 

• Ali Tyler won gold in the women’s 200-yard individual medley and set a new A-10 record. Tyler of George Mason finished at 1:57.37, which broke the previous record of 1:57.81 set by Julia Knox in 2023. Ainhoa Martin of Fordham placed second in 2:00.18 and Haley Scholer of Duquesne finished third at 2:00.37. 

• Rodgers collected a victory in the men’s 200-yard IM. His time of 1:44.24 set a new A-10 record and broke his previous conference record of 1:44.49. George Mason’s Tate Anderson finished second at 1:44.29. Benjamin Sosnowski of George Washington finished third in 1:47.13.  

• Topolewski claimed the women’s 500-freestyle title for GW at 4:46.91. Orla Egan of Duquesne placed second at 4:48.52. Colleen Macwilliams of GW finished third in 4:51.10.  

• Davidson’s Dylan Felt defended his title in the men’s 500-freestyle relay at 4:17.17. Felt won his third consecutive title in the event. Daniel Choi of George Washington finished second at 4:23.11 and Alex Crown of George Mason placed third at 4:25.74. 

The championships will continue on Friday morning with the prelims at 10 a.m. and the finals at 6 p.m.