SWARTHMORE AND LANCASTER, Pa. -- The Washington and Lee swim teams made their first road trips of the season this past weekend, traveling to Swarthmore College and Franklin and Marshall College for dual swim meets on November 20 and 21. In the meet against Swarthmore, the W&L men claimed a 130-69 victory while the women lost by a count of 92-113. The outcomes were reversed against F&M, with the W&L women claiming a 112-93 win and the men losing by only one point, 101-102.

For the women's squad against Swarthmore, sophomore Katie Kennedy set a new school record in the 200 breaststroke, a mark she has already broken twice this season. Kennedy set the record by posting a time of 2:27.39. She also claimed a victory in the 500 freestyle with a time of 5:26.73. Freshman Blair Huffman also claimed a victory in the 200 IM (2:20.54) for the women's team in the loss.

W&L's men won 10 of the 11 individual events to swim past the Garnet Tide in a rout. Junor Colin Hayes highlighted the meet, winning the 200 yard buttefly in a time of 1:56.35. With the win, Hayes also provisionally qualified for the NCAA meet to be held at Emory University in Atlanta, Ga.

In the meet against F&M, W&L's women were paced once again by Huffman, who won both the 400 IM (4:52.14) and the 100 fly (1:03.48). Kelli Austin won both the 50 (26.17) and 100 (56.33) freestyle events. Also winning individual events were Kennedy in the 1000 free (11:21.54), senior Lauren Beckenhauer in the 100 back (1:04.14), and junior Laura Ingoldsby in the 500 free (5:33.40).

W&L's men pushed F&M to the limit, despite falling by one point. Hayes won two events, claiming victories in the 200 freestyle (1:46.56) and the 100 butterfly (51.80). Senior Ken Ervin won both the 50 (21.75) and 100 (47.90) freestyle events, and freshman Patrick Frankfort claimed the 500 free (4:48.66).

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