WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Loyola University Maryland men's and women's swimming and diving teams competed at George Washington on Saturday, with the Greyhounds men winning nine events and
Haley Robinson earning three individual victories for the women's team.
Joe Hayburn won both backstroke events for the Loyola men, taking the 100-yard backstroke in 46.27 seconds and the 200 backstroke in 1:44.51. Luke Dwyer added a win in the 200 individual medley with a time of 1:48.14 after finishing second in the 200 butterfly (1:44.65) and 100 butterfly (47.83).
Thomas Cechini won the 200 freestyle in 1:38.89, while Colin Davis was second in 1:39.24. Derek Feldman took the 50 freestyle in 19.99 seconds, followed by Liam Schindler in second at 20.43. Schindler later won the 100 freestyle in 45.01, with Brennan Coyle third (45.72) and Davis fourth (45.82).
Coyle won the 100 breaststroke in 54.74 seconds, and Jack Hathaway finished third in 55.42. Elias Corn and Kaden Fatta went second and third in the 200 breaststroke with times of 2:05.01 and 2:05.06, respectively.
Liam McQuaid was second in the 1,000 freestyle in 9:33.60, with Kiernan Leary third (9:38.32), Cody Miles fourth (9:38.63) and Matthew Hughes fifth (9:43.22). Leary was also second in the 500 freestyle in 4:37.96, followed by Miles in third (4:38.03), Hayden Bartz in fifth (4:40.21) and Hughes in sixth (4:42.36).
Hayburn, Coyle, Schindler and Feldman opened the swimming portion of the meet by winning the 200 medley relay in 1:26.33. Hayburn, Hathaway, Coyle and Feldman closed the meet with another victory, taking the 400 freestyle relay in 2:58.39.
Thomas McCarthy led Loyola's men's divers with third-place finishes on both boards, scoring 253.28 points on 3-meter and 276.68 on 1-meter. Sam Hersick was fourth on 3-meter (242.25) and 1-meter (268.28). Ethan Horutz was fifth on 3-meter (226.65) and sixth on 1-meter (222.60), while George Ligozio placed sixth on 3-meter (208.58) and fifth on 1-meter (226.13).
Robinson won the 50 freestyle in 22.89 seconds, the 100 freestyle in 51.03 and the 100 butterfly in 55.00. Gianna Davis was third in both sprint freestyle events, finishing the 50 in 23.67 and the 100 in 52.15. Donja Tripp was fourth in the 50 (23.81) and seventh in the 100 (54.70), while Natalie Lomonosov placed sixth in both events with times of 24.44 and 54.05.
Lauren Lane won the women's 200 backstroke in 2:02.02, and Virginia Walsh was second in 2:03.06. Maeve Brandenburg finished fourth in 2:04.88 and Kelly Bruen was sixth in 2:07.72. Christine Datovech led Loyola in the 100 backstroke with a second-place time of 56.42, followed by Walsh in third (56.43), Brandenburg in fourth (56.80) and Bruen in sixth (57.61).
Meghan Donovan placed second in both breaststroke events, swimming 1:03.66 in the 100 and 2:18.35 in the 200. Bryce Gold was fourth in the 100 (1:04.64), Riley McGerald fifth (1:06.05) and Noelle Hoffman seventh (1:06.74). Hoffman was third in the 200 (2:21.90), followed by Makenna O'Brien in fourth (2:25.19) and McGerald in sixth (2:26.99).
Riley Fried took second in the 200 butterfly in 2:03.40, with Julia Mason third (2:06.53), Madison Testa sixth (2:11.91) and Olivia Sellers seventh (2:18.26). Fried was also second in the 200 individual medley in 2:06.92, followed by Abby Hays in third (2:08.54), Kate O'Brien in fifth (2:10.01) and McGerald in seventh (2:12.62).
Ellie Davis led Loyola in the 1,000 freestyle with a second-place time of 10:40.35. Elsie Bredbenner was third (10:45.39), Adrianna Caponiti fourth (10:47.37) and Cara Pennington fifth (11:20.06). Kellie Kincaid led the Greyhounds in the 500 freestyle, taking fourth in 5:11.33, followed by Caponiti in fifth (5:11.40), Testa in sixth (5:11.59) and Davis in seventh (5:14.34).
Lane was Loyola's top finisher in the 200 freestyle, placing fourth in 1:54.01. Cecilia Van Lierop was fifth (1:55.27), Hays sixth (1:57.24) and Kincaid seventh (1:58.07). Datovech added a third-place finish in the 100 butterfly in 55.10, followed by Brandenburg in fifth (57.28) and Davia Richardson in sixth (57.88).
Calista Fasser led Loyola's women's divers with fourth-place finishes on 1-meter (239.03) and 3-meter (237.68). Annie Dockx was sixth on 1-meter (217.58) and fifth on 3-meter (234.53), Kate Mundorf placed seventh on both boards with 189.83 and 210.15 points, respectively, and Simone Abbasi was eighth with scores of 175.80 and 186.68.
The Loyola women's 200 medley relay team of Brandenburg, Donovan, Robinson and Davis placed second in 1:41.32. Tripp, Van Lierop, Lomonosov and Davis finished third in the 400 freestyle relay in 3:28.85.