{"id":637424,"date":"2026-02-22T09:45:52","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T16:45:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=637424"},"modified":"2026-02-22T15:44:42","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T22:44:42","slug":"richmond-women-george-washington-men-continue-winning-streaks-at-a-10-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/richmond-women-george-washington-men-continue-winning-streaks-at-a-10-championships\/","title":{"rendered":"Richmond Women, George Washington Men Continue Winning Streaks at A-10 Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"

Richmond Women, George Washington Men Continue Winning Streaks at A-10 Championships<\/strong><\/p>\n

At the A-10 Championships this weekend in Hampton, Va., the University of Richmond women and George Washington University men added to their conference title winning streaks. Richmond won for the 17th year in a row, edging out GW by 27.5 points, 600-572.5, with Duquesne taking third (516.5). For the men, GW scored 784.83 points to dominate the field, with George Mason second (585.66) and St. Bonaventure third (506.5).<\/p>\n

The Richmond women opened competition with a win in the 200 medley relay. The team of\u00a0Hannah Wieczorek<\/strong>,\u00a0Presley Baber<\/strong>,\u00a0Lena Amare<\/strong> and\u00a0Julia Krichev<\/strong> finished in 1:38.71. Baber, Krichev,\u00a0Caitlyn Hughes<\/strong> and Wieczorek also secured first in the 200 free relay, setting a meet record in the process. The team’s lone individual win belonged to Baber, who took out the 100 free in 49.84. To close out the win, the team of Baber, Krichev, Hughes and Amare clocked 3:19.87 for the win in the 400 free relay.<\/p>\n

Runnerup team George Washington got its first win in the 100 breaststroke from\u00a0Natalie Sens<\/strong> in 1:01.29, and\u00a0Ava Topolewski\u00a0<\/strong>followed with a top result in the 1650 freestyle. Her mark of 16:23.28 was under the NCAA qualifying standard of 16:25.29, earning Topolewski an automatic bid at the NCAA Championships as a conference winner.<\/p>\n

Duquesne’s women were first in the 800 free relay, with\u00a0Sierra Snow<\/strong>,\u00a0Lexi Sundgren<\/strong>,\u00a0Kaitlyn Connors<\/strong> and\u00a0Ashley Freel<\/strong> clocking 7:16.52. Snow added an individual win in the 500 free, finishing in 4:45.77 to edge out GW’s Topolewski by one hundredth. Freel won the 100 butterfly in 53.38, and Snow returned to claim victory in the 200 back (1:55.15).<\/p>\n

La Salle’s\u00a0Gabriela Herbreder<\/strong> was the winner of the 200 IM in 1:58.75, and she returned to capture first in the 400 IM as well (4:15.21). A third victory followed in the 200 breast (2:12.91). Teammate Victoria Fenn<\/strong> grabbed first in the 50 free (22.64). The La Salle team of\u00a0Rosalia Marin Martinez<\/strong>,\u00a0Carlota Ungo Quero<\/strong>,\u00a0Cecilie Frost<\/strong> and Fenn captured first place in the 400 medley relay in a time of 3:40.26.<\/p>\n

St. Bonaventure’s\u00a0Dhavgely Mendoza<\/strong> grabbed first in 3-meter diving (315.60) and 1-meter diving (303.10). Anna Forjan<\/strong> took the 200 free victory in 1:48.75, and later that same night, she touched first in the 100 backstroke in 53.92.<\/p>\n

Fordham’s\u00a0Hayley Clark<\/strong> secured the final individual win of the meet, going 1:59.93 to top the 200 fly.<\/p>\n