Navy vs George Washington
- Friday, October 21, 2022
- Annapolis, Md.
- SCY (25 yards)
- Results
- Team Scores:
- Women: Navy 157, George Washington 143
- Men: Navy 153.5, George Washington 130.5
Courtesy: Navy Sports
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — The Navy swimming and diving teams combined for 18 outright event victories to post a pair of wins over George Washington, Friday evening at Lejeune Hall in Annapolis. The men’s meet saw the Mids (3-0) record a 153.5-130.5 win over the Colonials (1-2), and Navy (2-1) defeated George Washington (2-3), 1557-143, in the women’s dual.
Leading all competitors in wins on the day was Jackson Schultz (Sr., Millersville, Md.) with victories in the 100 breast (54.74), 200 breast (1:59.83) and 200 IM (1:50.35) events. Everet Andrew (So., Wilmette, Ill.) and Austin Lockhart (So., Fort Mills, S.C.) joined Schultz with multiple event victories during the meet. Andrew won the 1000 (9:22.21) and 500 free (4:34.08) races and Lockhart took both sprint free events (20.75, 45.78).
Hannah Pratt (Jr., Fishers, Ind.) and Lauren Walsh (Fr., Shelton, Conn.) each won two events for the Navy women’s team. Pratt touched the wall first in the 200 (1:52.52) and 100 free (52.06) races and Walsh was the medalist in the 100 breast (1:04.24) and 200 IM (2:03.88) contests.
Conor Cranfield (So., Fort Myers, Fla.) also won the 200 free for the Mids and teammate Blakeman Shaw (So., Coral Gables, Fla.) tied for first place in the three-meter diving event.
The remaining individual event wins for the Navy women’s team came from Catherine Weaverling (So., Glen Mills, Pa.), 100 back; Abbie Sullivan (Jr., Haverhill, Mass.), 200 fly; Katie Corbi (Sr., Waxhaw, N.C.), 50 free; and Libby Miller (Sr., Gates Mills, Ohio), 200 breast.
Navy also combined for four relay event wins on the day.
Navy will be back in Lejeune Hall Saturday for an 11 a.m. meet against UMBC.
Courtesy: George Washington Athletics
ANNAPOLIS, Md. – The Buff and Blue dominated the diving boards, but GW swimming and diving fell to Navy, 157-143 (women’s) and 153.5-130.5 (men’s), on Friday night.
Highlights:
The divers had a very strong performance on Friday, winning three dives outright, and tying for the top-dive on the fourth. Olivia Paquette had the top-rated 3 meter dive and second best 1-meter dive (247.58), while Caitlin Inall submitted the top 1-meter dive (254.63). The two gathered up 25 points in their efforts towards the women’s final score.
On the men’s team, it was Spencer Bystrom dominating on the boards. Bystrom took home top dives in both men’s 1-meter (282.90) and 3-meter (307.65 *tied), and he earned 16.5 points for the men’s final score.
First-year Ava Topolewski continued her dominance in long-distance freestyle races, taking first in both the 500-yard (5:03.62) and 1,000-yard (10:14:09) freestyles. It’s the second meet in a row that Topolewski took first in the events.
The men’s team found success in the backstroke. Karol Mlynarczyk came away with two first place swims in the 100-yard (49.04) and 200-yard (1:49.76) backstrokes, while Marek Osina secured second in the 200-yard backstroke (1:50.93) and Ryan Patterson took second in the 100-yard backstroke (51.71).
Sophomore Moriah Freitas did well in each of her races. Freitas found success again in the butterfly for the second consecutive week as she won the 100-yard butterfly (56.95). Freitas backed up her win with a bundle of second place finishes, in the 100-yard freestyle (53.45), 200-yard freestyle (2:06.10) and 200-yard medley relay (1:46.41) with Marlee Rickert, Ava DeAngelis and Becca Brown.
Sophomore Julia Knox came away with a pair of second-place finishes in the 200-yard individual medley (2:05.68) and the 500-yard freestyle (5:03.97), in which she placed just behind Topolewski. Knox also took third in the women’s 200-yard freestyle (1:53.77), missing the first-place swimmer by just over one second.
First-year Daniel Nagy took home his second consecutive 200-yard butterfly (1:51.91) win after impressing in the race a week ago.
Quoteable:
“I’m super proud to see our women’s program continue to grow,” Head Coach Brian Thomas remaked. “Our group showed a ton of grit climbing back into the meet after an early deficit. The divers crushed it to keep us within striking distance and we had four or five phenomenal performances in the last couple events. It was fun to see some pressure turn into fast swims, a couple more touches and we would’ve pulled it off. The men still have some work to do when it comes to being at our best when the circumstances aren’t perfect. Lots to learn from today.”
Looking Ahead:
GW swimming and diving is off until November 11-12, when it heads to Pittsburgh for a diving-only meet. The swimmers will head to Pittsburgh the following weekend, on November 18-19, while the divers head to Wolfpack Diving Invite, hosted by NC State.
