• Freshman Megan Cummins won the women's 1,650-yard freestyle and finished second in the 500-yard freestyle.
• Sophomore Drake Moretz won the men's 200-yard freestyle and placed third in the 100-yard freestyle.
• Freshman Colin Graves won the men's 3-meter diving event.

RESULTS (PDF)
SCORES (PDF)

Fairfax, Va. – The George Mason swimming and diving teams concluded the home portion of the schedule on Saturday at the Jim McKay Natatorium.

The Mason women's team defeated American (187-105) and Old Dominion (185-113), but fell to Army (184-111).

The Mason men's team also went 2-1 on the day.  The Patriots earned victories over American (246-50) and Old Dominion (192-108) and dropped their contest against Army (176-119).

The Patriot's women's finished the season with an overall record of 8-2, including a 5-1 mark against Atlantic 10 opponents.  The men's squad finished with a record of 7-1 and went 4-0 against the A-10.

The combination of seniors Marla Albanese and Brittany Murphy, junior Rachel Chalsma and sophomore Shannon Glesing began the day with a second-place finish in the 200-yard medley relay (1:45.53).

Glesing took second in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:05.80), while freshman Ana Kuzemka was 10th (1:12.95) in the event.  Glesing also made the podium in the 200-yard breaststroke, placing third (2:24.92).

The Patriots claimed three of the top-six spots in the 50-yard freestyle.  Murphy touched the wall second (24.58), Chalsma finished fifth (24.77) and Albanese was sixth (24.78).

In the 100-yard freestyle, Albanese took second (53.60), with freshman Ariana Lewis sixth (54.45) and junior Melissa Carroll ninth (54.79).

Freshman Megan Cummins won her team-leading sixth event of the season, taking the top spot on the podium in the 1,650-yard freestyle (17:36.61).  Freshman Sophie McKinley placed second (18:03.62) and sophomore Autumn Boxley was third (18:06.20) as the Patriots took three of the top-five spots in the event.

Cummins also made the podium with a second-place finish in the 500-yard freestyle (5:08.69) and McKinley finished second in the 400-yard IM (4:37.30).

Freshman Laura Hodge took second in the 200-yard freestyle (1:56.49), finishing less than a second back of first.  Carroll placed sixth (1:57.71), while Cummins was 11th (2:00.52) in the event.

In the 200-yard butterfly, freshman Annie McNenny finished fifth (2:10.85), while classmate Hannah Milikich was sixth (2:12.16).

In the 100-yard backstroke, Milikich placed eighth (59.51) and Murphy was ninth (59.78).

In the deep end of the pool, sophomore Marina Toone took second in the one-meter springboard with a score of 251.60, while classmate Alyx Bridis placed sixth (186.35). In the three-meter, Toone was second (233.40) and Bridis placed fourth (224.65).

On the men's side, the team of senior Michael Pettinichi, junior Logan Eubanks, sophomore Andres Alarcon and freshman Nick Ashton placed second in the 200-yard medley relay (1:31.53). 

Pettinichi placed fifth in the 100-yard breaststroke (57.53) and seventh in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:09.94).

Alarcon placed second in the 100-yard butterfly (51.10).

In the 50-yard freestyle, Mason took three of the top-seven spots.

Ashton was fourth (21.39), junior Christopher Stankiewicz placed sixth (21.63) and freshman Will Rastatter was seventh (21.66).

Sophomore Drake Moretz took the top spot on the podium in the 200-yard freestyle (1:41.15), while Ashton finished fourth (1:44.72) and freshman Jacob Miller was eighth (1:46.15).  For Moretz, it was his sixth first-place finish of the season.

Moretz earned a second trip to the podium with a third-place finish in the 100-yard freestyle (46.77).  Miller placed eighth (48.06) and Rastatter was ninth (48.53).

The Patriots finished two-three in the 200-yard butterfly, with Alarcon placing second (1:53.76) and sophomore Dylan Peck third (1:55.24).

Junior Ryan Donnelly won the 200-yard backstroke (1:49.16), with senior Leo Rivoal finishing eighth (2:00.48) and junior Logan Eubanks ninth (2:00.96). 

Donnelly also swam to a second-place finish in the 100-yard backstroke (50.67).

Junior Attila Kiss placed fourth in the 1,650-yard freestyle (16:14.59), while freshman Timothy McKinley was eighth (17:05.79) in the event.  Kiss notched a third-place finish in the 500-yard freestyle (4:44.23).

Sophomore Dylan Peck finished second in the 400-yard IM (4:14.51).

Mason had a solid day in the diving events.

Freshman Colin Graves won the three-meter with a score of 313.45, while junior Gerald Hodges, Jr. placed second (272.45) and junior Joe Amato was sixth (248.90).  In the one-meter, Hodges placed first with a NCAA Zone qualifying score of 350.35 and Graves was fourth (283.30).

The Patriots are back in action at the Atlantic 10 Championships Feb. 20-23 at the SPRIRE Institute in Geneva, Ohio.