Day One Women's Results (PDF)
Day One Women's Team Score (PDF)

RICHMOND, Va. –  The George Mason women's swimming and diving team fell to Duquesne, 171.5-127.5, while the men's team concluded the first day of competition of their two-day dual against Davidson at the Richmond Duals.

The Mason women's team won seven events against the Dukes, with junior Abigail Murtaugh and sophomore Ali Tyler each winning two individual events.

Graduate student Madison Nalls won the 200-yard freestyle (1:53.87), with sophomore Emma DeJong third (1:55.30).  Nalls also placed second in the 500-yard freestyle (5:12.71), with freshman Anna Beth Blankenship fifth in the event (5:17.11).

Sophomore Anka Whelan took the top spot in the 100-yard backstroke (56.60) and was second in the 200-yard backstroke (2:00.94).

The Patriots went one-two in the 200-yard butterfly with Murtaugh first (2:05.25) and sophomore Emma Burke second (2:11.23).  Murtaugh also won the 100-yard butterfly (57.22) with freshman Peyton Brehmer third (57.84).

Tyler touched the wall first in the 50-yard freestyle by one-tenth of a second (23.59).  Brehmer placed third in the event (24.20).  Tyler also won the 200-yard IM (2:05.92), with Whelan fourth (2:09.57).

The Patriots took three of the top four spots in the 100-yard freestyle with Tyler second (52.00), sophomore Shannon Judge third (53.11) and DeJong fourth (53.17).

Freshman Gracie Sweeney placed fourth in the 1650-yard freestyle (17:43.89) and sophomore Sydney Branch was seventh (18:21.60).

In the 200-yard medley relay, the team freshman Ainsley Toews, Tyler, Judge and Brehmer took second (1:46.89) and the combination of senior Emily Lewantowicz, freshman Brooke Nelson, Murtaugh and Whelan placed fourth (1:48.96).

Brehmer, DeJong, Judge and Nalls swam to victory in the 400-yard freestyle relay (3:28.97).  Freshman Angelina Zeidan, Lewantowicz, Toews and Blankenship placed fourth (3:40.07).

Toews made the podium with a third-place finish in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:05.80).

Nelson placed fourth in both the 100-yard breaststroke (1:07.72) and 200-yard breaststroke (2:26.12).

Sophomore Emma McDonald placed fifth in the three-meter diving event (216.10) and sixth in the one-meter event (197.40).  Freshman Maddie Hersh placed eighth in both the three-meter (175.55) and the one-meter (146.45).

On the men's side, the Patriots won seven events against Davidson on day one.

Sophomore Zane Roberts won the 50-yard freestyle (21.25) with freshman Joshua Hochard third (21.52).  Roberts also swam to a first-place finish in the 100-yard freestyle (46.23) with Hochard fourth (46.96).

Freshman Tate Anderson won the 200-yard backstroke (1:50.48).  Anderson was third in the 200-yard freestyle (1:40.33) and junior Anthony Nguyen was fourth (1:44.56).

The Patriots went one-two in the 200-yard IM with Nguyen touching the wall first (1:56.52) and Lucht second (1:56.90).

The Patriots took the top four spots in the 200-yard breaststroke with sophomore Tyler Lentine first (2:04.98), freshman Thomas Chapman second (2:09.29), senior Sammy Lucht third (2:10.07) and sophomore Nathaniel Powell fourth (2:10.83).

Sophomore Zachary Kopel placed third in the 1650-yard freestyle (16:35.92) and freshman Max Fermayer was fourth (16:38.45).

In the 200-yard medley relay, the group of senior Josh Fletcher, sophomore Alexander Franklin, Lucht and Roberts took the top spot (1:32.57).  The team of freshmen Aoun Al-Hiari and Jett Lee, sophomore Tyler Lentine and Hochard placed third (1:33.76).

Al-Hiari placed third in the 200-yard butterfly (1:56.99), while classmate Sam Rivas placed fourth in the event (1:58.41).

In the 400-yard freestyle relay, the combination of Anderson, Franklin, Hochard and Fletcher placed first (3:05.10).  Freshman Daniel Schwabauer, sophomore Logan Skiles, Lee and Nguyen finished third (3:08.11).

The Patriots are back in action on Saturday, with the men's team continuing their dual meet against Davidson, while the Mason women's team will also face Davidson at 9:30 a.m. in Richmond, Va.