FREDERICKSBURG, Va. -- The Washington and Lee men's and women's swimming teams were in action at Mary Washington College on Friday and Saturday. The men dropped a 95-59 decision to the host school and were also defeated by Johns Hopkins, 115-36. The women's squad also dropped a pair of meets falling to Mary Washington, 113-38, and Johns Hopkins, 120-31.

For the men, junior Patrick Frankfort (Lynchburg, Va./E.C. Glass) finished the 1650 Free with a time of 17:39.77, which took top honors in the meet with Mary Washington. Frankfort also captured the 200 Free (1:49.53) in the meet with the Eagles, finishing third overall. W&L sophomore Eric Ritter (Birmingham, Ala./Mountain Brook) swam the top time of both meets in the 200 Back (1:56.91). Ritter also claimed second place in the 100 Back (53.83).

On the women's side, senior Laura Ingoldsby (McLean, Va./Holy Child) finished fourth in the 1650 Free (19:08.97) and also placed fifth in the 500 Free (5:30.22). Sophomore Mandi Kimble (Greensboro, N.C./Greensboro Day School) placed third in the 200 Back (2:20.58), while junior Kelli Austin (Niles, Mich./Niles) claimed third place in the 200 Free (2:03.60) and also finished fourth in the 100 Free (56.77).

The W&L men's squad (5-4) will return to action on February 21st at the Grove City Invitational, while the women (7-5) will next compete at the ODAC/Atlantic States Championships beginning on February 22nd.

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