2025 Atlantic-10 Swimming and Diving Championships
- Feb. 19 – 22, 2025
- Hampton Virginia Aquaplex, Hampton, VA
- SCY
- Defending Champions:
- Men: George Washington (4x)
- Women: George Washington (3x)
- Championship Central
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- Meet Mobile: “2025 A-10 Men’s and Women’s Championships”
After several days of swimming and diving action, the dust has settled in Hampton, Virginia with George Washington taking both Atlantic-10 Championship Titles. For the Revolutionaries, this marks their 5th consecutive title on the men’s side and their 4th consecutive title on the women’s side.
Overall, the Revolutionaries racked up a significant number of points on both sides. For the women, GW led the field woith 598.5 points, coming in ahead of Richmond (571). On the men’s side, GW scored a record 883.5 points to easily win the competition ahead of St. Bonaventure (517.5).
Final Scores – Men
- George Washington University – 883.5
- St Bonaventure University – 517.5
- George Mason University – 509
- Davidson College – 446
- La Salle University – 358
- University of Massachusetts – 332
- Fordham University – 250
- Saint Louis University – 209
Final Scores – Women
- George Washington University – 598.5
- University of Richmond – 571
- Duquesne University – 525
- Fordham University – 339
- George Mason University – 324
- Davidson College – 300.5
- University of Massachusetts – 284
- La Salle University – 268
- St Bonaventure University – 241
- University of Rhode Island – 189
- Saint Louis University – 72
The Revolutionaries also won multiple conference honors on the final night of competition. For the men, Connor Rodgers took home the Most Outstanding Performer award, while Shae Stratton was selected as the Rookie of the Year. For the women, GW’s Olivia Paquette was named the Most Outstanding Diver for the 2nd consecutive season after winning the 1-meter dive and placing 2nd in the 3-meter event. GW coach Chico Rego also earned his first Coach of the Year honors, taking home the award on the men’s side.
Other conference award winners included George Mason’s Ali Tyler, who was named the Most Outstanding Female Swimmer of the Meet following her record-breaking performances in multiple events. Duquesne’s Ashley Freel earned Most Outstanding Rookie honors after winning a conference title in the 100 butterfly.
Andrew Bell of UMASS was named the A-10’s Most Outstanding Diving Performer on the men’s side for the 2nd consecutive year, with his coach Missy Bernosky taking home the Men’s Diving Coach of the Year honors as well.
Matt Barnay of Richmond was named the Women’s swimming Coach of the Year after his team placed 2nd overall, while Davidson’s Greg Ferrucci was named the Women’s Diving Coach of the Year.
Day 4 Event Recap
On the final night of competiton, Davidson and GW opened the meet with wins in the men’s and women’s 1650 freestyle, respecticely. Davidson’s Dylan Felt led the men’s field with en route to a 3rd consecutive gold medal in the event to finish in a time of 15:08.21. In the women’s 1650, Ava Topolewski of GW claimed her 3rd consecutive gold medal in the event with a winning time of 16:24.19.
Connor Rodgers of GW led the men’s 200 butterfly in record-breaking fashion, coming into the wall in a conference record of 1:43.40, marking his third record of the weekend. GW also claimed the women’s edition of the race with Moriah Freitas taking home the gold in a time of 1:58.92.
Another record fell in the women’s 100 free as Ali Tyler of GMU tied the 8-year old conference record of 48.62 en route to gold.
In the men’s 200 backstroke, GW freshman Shae Stratton took home the gold by over a second with a 1:42.96. Teammate Elliot Irwin claimed first in the 100 freestyle, with a 42.73.
Ben Sosnowski added another victory for GW on the men’s side with a time of 1:56.23 to claim gold in the 200 breaststroke, the 2nd fastest in league history.
Fordham’s Ainhona Martin posted a fast 2:11.55 in the 200 breaststroke to mark a breaststroke sweep for the weekend. Duquesne’s Haley Scholar won the women’s 200 backstroke (1:54.96), going 1-2 with her teammate Sierra Snow (1:55.91).
On the diving boards, Andrew Bell claimed the 3-meter diving title for the men, setting a new meet record with his score of 428.15.
To close out the meet, Richmond posted a winning time of 3:19.32 in the women’s 400 freestyle relay, with the team of Lena Amare, Presley Baber, Katie Chignell, and Melissa Nwakalor. GW then ended the meet on a high note with the team of Elliott Irwin, Ganesh Sivaramakrishnanesh, Daniel Nagy, and AJ Wood smashing the A-10 record in the men’s 400 freestyle relay to capture gold in a time of 2:53.10.
