{"id":418395,"date":"2020-02-22T22:41:48","date_gmt":"2020-02-23T05:41:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=418395"},"modified":"2020-02-22T22:41:48","modified_gmt":"2020-02-23T05:41:48","slug":"2020-atlantic-10-swimming-and-diving-championships-day-4-george-washington-george-mason-both-first-time-champs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2020-atlantic-10-swimming-and-diving-championships-day-4-george-washington-george-mason-both-first-time-champs\/","title":{"rendered":"2020 Atlantic 10 Swimming and Diving Championships Day 4: George Washington, George Mason Both First-Time Champs"},"content":{"rendered":"

The year before seniors like Gemma Atherley, Jackie Torrez<\/strong> and Lynn Zhang<\/strong> arrived at George Washington, the Colonials finished ninth at the Atlantic 10 Championships. They\u2019ve improved their placement at the conference meet every year since, and Saturday represented the pinnacle.<\/p>\n

George Washington clinched its first league title, scoring 608 points to outdistance Fordham (534) and defending champion Duquesne (525).<\/p>\n

“The fact that we all won this as a collective just means the world,” Torrez said in a university release. “Because I know that every single person contributed. It’s just a great feeling.”<\/p>\n

On the men\u2019s side, George Mason won its first title, scoring 657 points. That was enough to deny George Washington\u2019s men a four-peat. The Colonials did get the consolation prize of the Most Outstanding Performer (Moritz Fath<\/strong>) and Most Outsanding Diver (Peter Nachtwey<\/strong>) for the second straight season each.<\/p>\n