Complete Results (PDF)
 
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The George Mason men's and women's swimming and diving teams opened the 2018-19 season on Friday at the Potomac Relay Invitational held at American University.
 
Facing teams from American, Georgetown and Howard, the Mason men's team won eight of nine events to claim first place with 122 points.  The Mason women's team won two of nine events and finished second with 90 points.
 
Individuals were limited to competing in four events.
 
On the women's side, seniors Marla Albanese and Theresa Cotter, along with junior Rachel Chalsma and sophomore Shannon Glesing, began the day with a third-place finish in the 200-yard medley relay (1:49.03).
 
In the 800-yard freestyle relay, the combination of junior Hannah Ikenberry, freshmen Laura Hodge and Sophie McKinley and Cotter placed second (7:57.30).
 
Albanese, Chalsma, Ikenberry and Hodge took the top spot in the 500-yard freestyle relay (4:44.38), winning by nearly five seconds.  Albanese, Chalsma, Glesing and freshman Chloe Fite finished second in the 200-yard freestyle (1:39.17).
 
In the 400-yard medley relay, the group of senior Christina McLemore, freshmen Hannah Milikich, McKinley and Cotter swam to a second-place finish (4:09.16).
 
Ikenberry and Hodge touched the wall first in the 2X500 freestyle relay (10:28.93).
 
On the men's side, junior Christopher Stankiewicz, sophomore Andres Alarcon and freshmen Nick Ashton and Will Rastatter combined to win the 200-yard medley relay (1:35.64).
 
Junior Attila Kiss, sophomore Dylan Peck, freshman Jacob Miller and Ashton took the top spot in the 800-yard freestyle relay by more than nine seconds (7:08.46), while the combination of Kiss, Ashton, Miller and Rastatter won the 500-yard freestyle by three seconds (4:20.65).
 
The Patriots won the 400-yard medley relay, with senior Nicholas Burton joined by Alarcon, Peck and Stankiewicz finishing first (3:37.52).  In the 200-yard freestyle relay, Stankiewicz, Ashton, Miller and Rastatter combined for the win (1:25.84).
 
The Mason men's team also won relays in the 2X500 freestyle, 3X100 butterfly and 3X100 breaststroke.
 
The Patriots are back in the pool when they host Delaware on Saturday, Oct. 13 at 1 p.m. at the Jim McKay Natatorium in Fairfax, Va.
 
Men – Team Scores
Georg Mason 122
Georgetown 84
Howard 70
American 60
 
Women – Team Scores
American 112
George Mason 90
Georgetown 82
Howard 58