LEXINGTON, Va. – The Washington and Lee women's and
men's swimming teams opened up its 2010-11 season with a
split against Mary Washington on Friday evening at Cy Twombly Pool.
The men were triumphant over the Eagles with a score of 141-121,
while the women fell, 149.5-112.5.
The Generals (0-1 women, 1-0 men) claimed 10 event victories
(eight individual, two relay) to highlight the evening. On the
men's side, five different Generals claimed first-place
finishes, in addition to two relays. Leading the way was junior
Brian Stirling (Skillman, N.J./Montgomery) and sophomore Rick Sykes
(Wellesley, Mass./Wellesley), with both swimmers claiming an
individual event while taking part in two winning relays. Brian
Stirling touched in with a time of 49.25 in the 100 free, while
helping the 200 medley relay squad finish in a time of 1:38.30 and
the 200 free relay squad record a time of 1:27.98. Sykes swam the
50 free in a top-finishing time of 21.75, and joined Brian Stirling
on the 200 medley relay with sophomore Wayde Marsh (Milford,
Del./Salesianum School) and first-year David Ireland (Dayton,
Ohio/Oakwood). The winning 200 free relay was composed of Brian
Stirling, Sykes and first-years Brendan McGoldrick (Erdenheim,
Pa./La Salle College) and Robert Knuth (Virginia Beach, Va./Cape
Henry Collegiate).
Other top individual finishers for the men included junior Ryan
Hartman (Yorktown, Va./Grafton) in the 200 free with a time of
1:48.46, junior Chris Washnock (Greer, S.C./Greenville) in the 200
back (1:57.99) and Ireland in the 200 breast (2:15.91).
On the women's side, first-year Lauren Kasoff (Owings
Mills, Md./Saint Paul's) paced the Generals with two
first-place finishes. Kasoff claimed event victories in the 100 fly
with a time of 1:01.71, while taking the 200 IM in a time of
2:16.15. The other event winner for W&L was junior Katie
Salvati (Roselle Park, N.J./Mount Saint Mary Academy), taking the
top spot in the 100 fly in 1:03.14.
The women return to action tomorrow as they host the ODAC
Relays, while the men return to action next Friday as they travel
to Transylvania.
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