{"id":352935,"date":"2019-02-20T21:46:16","date_gmt":"2019-02-21T04:46:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=352935"},"modified":"2019-02-20T21:48:11","modified_gmt":"2019-02-21T04:48:11","slug":"2019-atlantic-10-championships-day-1-george-washington-takes-the-lead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2019-atlantic-10-championships-day-1-george-washington-takes-the-lead\/","title":{"rendered":"2019 Atlantic 10 Championships Day 1: George Washington, Duquesne Defend Team Titles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By Lianne McCluskey, Swimming World Intern.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s2\">The George Washington Men\u2019s Swimming &amp; Diving team began the Atlantic 10 Swimming &amp; Diving Championship meet in record setting fashion, opening the men&#8217;s events with a new conference and meet record in both the 200 Medley and 800 Freestyle Relays. The Colonials are seeking their third straight overall victory at the 2019 Atlantic 10 Conference Championship.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s2\">The Duquesne Women are also defending their first-ever conference title, currently by narrow margins. On Wednesday night they took the lead with 72 points, 2 points in front of the Fordham. The Rams won the 200 Medley Relay, but the Dukes took the lead back after their win in the 800 Free Relay.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was a good start tonight,&#8221; Duquesne coach <strong>David Sheets <\/strong>told\u00a0<em>Swimming World<\/em>. &#8220;We now focus on our events for tomorrow and beyond, but tonight&#8217;s swims will help us build confidence and momentum.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.atlantic10.com\/ViewArticle.dbml?&amp;DB_OEM_ID=31600&amp;ATCLID=211773448\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Meet Landing Page<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/results.spire.institute\/2019_a10\/?DB_OEM_ID=31600\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Live Results<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/results\/2019-atlantic-10-championships-day-1-day-1\/ncaa-college\/2019\/February\/20?rtn=%2Fresults%2Fncaa-college%3Fpage%3D1%26orderBy%3DResult.MeetStartDateTime%26sortDirection%3D1%26q%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Day 1 Results<\/a><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Women\u2019s 200 Medley Relay<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Fordham University beat out George Washington by less than a tenth of a second for the first relay win of the night. Third place finishers Duquesne and fourth place Richmond all hit the touchpad within 1 second of each other, proving for an exciting meet ahead. The Rams winning relay of <strong>Michelle Martin, Milly Furneaux, Kiara Norris<\/strong>, and <strong>Tara Brunner<\/strong>\u00a0clocked 1:40.96.<\/p>\n<h2>Men&#8217;s 200 Medley Relay<\/h2>\n<p>George Washington&#8217;s relay of <strong>Emils Pone, Tommi Wolst, Max Forstenhaesler, <\/strong>and<strong> Alex Auster<\/strong> lit up the pool with a new Atlantic 10 Conference and Meet Record. Their time of 1:27.06 lead the way, with last year&#8217;s overall runner-up George Mason trailing close behind, and the La Salle Explorers taking bronze.<\/p>\n<h2>Men&#8217;s 1 Mtr Diving Finals<\/h2>\n<p>George Mason Junior <strong>Gerald Hodges<\/strong> took the crown in the 1 mtr diving event on Wednesday evening with a score of 317.65. George Washington <strong>Peter Nachtwey<\/strong> took silver, while La Salle Freshman <strong>Steven Stasolla<\/strong> scoring bronze.<\/p>\n<h2>Women&#8217;s 800 Free Relay<\/h2>\n<p>The Duquesne Relay of <strong>Emma Brinton, Hanna Everhart, Lauren Devorace <\/strong>and<strong> Carson Gross<\/strong> won the final women&#8217;s relay of the night with a time of 7:15.69, nearly four seconds ahead of Richmond in 2nd place and missing the conference and meet record by less than half a second. The George Washington Colonials followed closely in 3rd.<\/p>\n<h2>Men&#8217;s 800 Free Relay<\/h2>\n<p>The Colonial men finished off the night with a 4 second lead at the finish. In a winning time of 6:28.60, just shy of a new pool record, <strong>Moritz Fath, Youssef Ragab, Dylan Arzoni <\/strong>and<strong> Emils Pone<\/strong> set another conference and meet record to cap off the first night of the championship. Davidson College finished runner up, and La Salle took another bronze home for the evening.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"352952\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2019-atlantic-10-championships-day-1-george-washington-takes-the-lead\/day-1-women-results\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Day-1-Women-Results.png\" data-orig-size=\"685,151\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Day 1 Women Results\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Day 1 Women Results&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Day-1-Women-Results.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Day-1-Women-Results.png\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-352952\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Day-1-Women-Results.png\" alt=\"Day 1 Women Results\" width=\"685\" height=\"151\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Day-1-Women-Results.png 685w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Day-1-Women-Results-280x62.png 280w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Day-1-Women-Results-300x66.png 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Day-1-Women-Results-450x99.png 450w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Day-1-Women-Results-150x33.png 150w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Day-1-Women-Results-500x110.png 500w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Day-1-Women-Results-533x117.png 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 685px) 100vw, 685px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"352953\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2019-atlantic-10-championships-day-1-george-washington-takes-the-lead\/day-1-men-results\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Day-1-Men-Results.png\" data-orig-size=\"691,124\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Day 1 Men Results\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Day 1 Men Results&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Day-1-Men-Results.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Day-1-Men-Results.png\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-352953\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Day-1-Men-Results.png\" alt=\"Day 1 Men Results\" width=\"691\" height=\"124\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Day-1-Men-Results.png 691w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Day-1-Men-Results-280x50.png 280w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Day-1-Men-Results-300x54.png 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Day-1-Men-Results-450x81.png 450w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Day-1-Men-Results-150x27.png 150w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Day-1-Men-Results-500x90.png 500w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Day-1-Men-Results-533x96.png 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 691px) 100vw, 691px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Lianne McCluskey, Swimming World Intern. 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