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HARRISONBURG, Va. – The George Mason men's swimming and diving team defeated Fairfield, 181-119, while women's team downed Fairfield, 152-147 and fell to James Madison, 207-87 on Saturday at Savage Natatorium in Harrisonburg, Va.
The men's team won nine events in its dual against Fairfield.
The Patriots took the top spot in both the 200-yard freestyle relay (1:22.59) and 400-yard medley relay (3:24.07).
Freshman
Alex Crown won the 1000-yard freestyle (9:43.34) with sophomore
Max Fermayer third (10:04.67) and classmate
Matt Quackenbush fourth (10:25.77). Crown placed second in the 200-yard IM (1:56.57).
In the 100-yard backstroke, sophomore
Tate Anderson touched the wall first (51.60) and sophomore
Jett Lee placed second (52.55).
Anderson also won the 50-yard freestyle (21.13) with freshman
Colby Lane third in the event (22.05).
In the 100-yard freestyle, sophomore
Joshua Hochard finished first (47.05), senior
Logan Skiles third (48.44) and freshman
Colby Lane fourth (48.93).
The Patriots went one-two in the 100-yard breaststroke with
Zane Roberts first (58.18) and
Tyler Lentine second (58.70). Lentine took second in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:07.33) with sophomore
Sam Rivas third (2:13.36) and sophomore
Jack Chapman fourth (2:17.18).
Mason also took the top spots in the 200-yard backstroke with freshman
Ian Rodgers first (1:52.25) and Crown second (1:54.06). Rodgers placed second in the 200-yard freestyle (1:45.29) with sophomore
Joshua Hochard third (1:47.45) and freshman
Cody Scifres fourth (1:47.86) in the event.
The Patriots claimed three of the top four spots in the 100-yard butterfly with freshman
Colin Murtaugh first (51.90), sophomore
Michael Bock third (52.42) and junior
Joe Durocher fourth (52.72).
In the 200-yard butterfly, Rivas touched the wall second (1:55.40), Durocher finished fourth (1:57.15) and Murtaugh was fifth (1:58.85).
In the 500-yard freestyle, Fermayer placed second (4:48.00), Scifres was third (4:51.90) and senior
Graham Boyle finished fifth (4:59.04).
Freshman
Christian Anderson placed third in both the one-meter (221.05) and three-meter (229.65) diving events.
On the women's side, the Patriots won the 200-yard freestyle relay (1:36.22) and placed second in the 400-yard medley relay (3:54.20).
Junior
Ali Tyler touched the wall second in the 100-yard freestyle (52.96). Tyler was third in the 50-yard freestyle (23.96) and sophomore
Peyton Brehmer was fourth (24.26)
In the 100-yard butterfly, Brehmer placed second (57.91) and senior
Abigail Murtaugh was fourth (58.75).
In the 200-yard butterfly, Murtaugh finished third (2:08.00) and freshman
Megan Anderson was sixth (2:12.81).
Sophomore
Angelina Zeidan took second in the 200-yard IM (2:11.62) with junior
Emma DeJong fifth in the event (2:13.13). DeJong placed third in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:07.25).
In the 1000-yard freestyle, freshman
Kristen Ivey was fourth (10:43.29), junior
Kylie Thompson fifth (11:01.98) and sophomore
Ainsley Toews sixth (11:04.68). Ivey also placed fifth in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:30.92).
In the 200-yard backstroke, junior
Anka Whelan was fourth (2:08.03) and freshman Claire Smith fifth (2:08.89).
Junior
Emma McDonald placed seventh in both the one-meter (208.50) and three-meter (240.35) diving events.
The Patriots are on the road Saturday, January 20 when they take on Old Dominion with the meet scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. in Norfolk, Va.