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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