Swimming teams split weekend meets
Both the men’s and women’s squads faced Towson for a dual meet Saturday, with the men’s squad picking up its first dual meet win of the season, 141-121, and the women’s team falling to the visitors, 203-59.
The men’s squad dominated the day with 21 top-three finishes, lead by junior Phillip Graeter, who tallied four first-place finishes. Along with junior Alex Etz, freshman Garrett Cottingham and senior Marshall Seedorff, Graeter helped tally a time of 1:36.54 in the 200-yard medley relay, coming in first. Graeter continued his record of success that day by posting a victory in the 200-yard butterfly with a season-best time of 1:54.98, earning another season-best in the 200-yard backstroke with a time of 1:54.07, and finishing first in the 200-yard individual medley in 1:55.22 to earn the top time in the Atlantic 10 this season.
The number of turnovers guard Danni Jackson posted in the first half of the Colonials game against the University of Texas at Arlington.
Junior Niklas Glenesk followed Graeter’s performance with a first place finish in the 200-yard freestyle, posting a time of 1:42.48 to surpass his top conference time of 1:42.53. He also swam the opening leg of the first-place 400-yard freestyle relay team, joined by teammates Etz, junior Luke Quimby and sophomore Niccolo Wilson, who finished five seconds ahead of Towson’s second-place team.
Sophomore Jake Mortensen and Etz earned first and third in the 100-yard backstroke, with Mortensen clocking in at 52.80 seconds and Etz following in third with a time of 54.09. Cottingham and freshman Adam Rabe took home second and third in the 100-yard breaststroke. Cottingham finished in 1:00.17, and Rabe finished in third with 1:00.59.
Seedorff and Quimby earned the top-two slots in the 50-yard freestyle. Seedorff grabbed first with a time of 21.18 seconds, and Quimby followed at second with a time of 21.79 seconds. Wilson won the 100-yard butterfly, posting a season-best time of 52.53 seconds and also placed second in the 100-yard freestyle with a season-best 47.35 seconds.
The women’s team couldn’t echo the men’s success, falling in its first home meet of the season.
The sister duo of Sydney Saunders and Sloan Saunders finished second and third, respectively, in the 100-yard freestyle. Sydney Saunders finished second in 53.86, and Sloan Saunders followed at third with a time of 53.91.
Freshman Janica Lee took second in the 200-yard individual medley, finishing in 2:11.27. The 200-yard medley team of sophomore Lindsay Moore, Lee, Zebley and Sydney Saunders grabbed second with a time of 1:49.71. The Colonials’ 400-yard freestyle relay team of Sloan Saunders, Zebley, sophomore Melissa Fernandez and Sydney Saunders also finished second in 3:35.89.
Sophomore Caroline Myers posted a second place finish in the 500-yard freestyle, finishing in 5:05.02. Freshman Morgan Zebley finished second in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 57.63.
GW next takes to the pool for the Patriot Invitational at George Mason, starting Nov. 17.
Number Crunch: 3
The number of turnovers guard Danni Jackson posted in the first half of the Colonials game against the University of Texas at Arlington.
This post was updated on Nov. 15, 2011 to reflect the following:
The Hatchet incorrectly captioned the photo that accompanied this article. It was reported that Luke Quimby was swimming freestyle. In fact, the photo shows Phillip Graeter swimming the breaststroke.
