LEXINGTON, Va. -- The Washington and Lee men's and women's swimming teams were both in action against Gettysburg on Saturday afternoon at Twombley Pool. The men improved to 5-1 with a 141-64 victory, while the women dropped to 7-5 with a 141-64 defeat to the Bullets.

In the men's meet, the quartet of freshman Will Hartmann (Williamsburg, Va./Walsingham Academy), sophomore Kevin Hayes (Mercer Island, Wash./Mercer Island), senior Chris Colby (Ossining, N.Y./Archbishop Stepinac) and sophomore Maxwell Pike (Goldsboro, N.C./Wayne Country Day) captured the 200-yard medley relay in a time of 1:41.77.

Colby and sophomore Michael Ginder (Jacksonville, Fla./Episcopal) also won two individual events. Colby touched the wall first in the 200-yard freestyle (1:49.44) and in the 200-yard butterfly (1:59.91). Ginder claimed both the 50-yard (21.79) and 100-yard freestyle (48.30) events.

In the women's meet, the foursome of freshman Jess Cobb (Moorestown, N.J./Moorestown), sophomore Abbie Sauter (Darien, Conn./Darien), freshman Amy Roberson (Nacogdoches, Texas/Nacogdoches), and junior Kristine Holda (Strongville, Ohio/Strongsville) won the 200-yard medley relay in a time of 1:54.88.

Sauter won the 200-yard breaststroke (2:33.58) and placed second in the 200-yard IM (2:20.60). Cobb was second in the 200-yard backstroke (2:18.51), while Holda took second in the 100-yard freestyle (56.67).

The W&L swimming teams return to the pool on Sat., Jan. 29. They will compete at Johns Hopkins at 10:00 am before swimming at Marymount at 5:00 pm.

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