LEXINGTON, Va. – The Washington and Lee men's swimming team defeated VMI on Saturday afternoon by a 174-87 score to close out the 2021-22 regular season.
 
Highlights from the meet:
 
-W&L won 10-of-14 events at the meet, with 10 swimmers combining for the victories across individual and relay events. Individually, seven different swimmers won eight races.
 
-First-year Stephen Ewing (Las Cruces, N.M./Las Cruces) was the only W&L swimmer to log multiple individual wins, as he touched first in the 500 free (4:55.46) and the 1000 free (10:10.13).
 
Senior Steve Warren (Westfield, N.J./Westfield) and first-years Luke Nagel (Wayne, Pa./Conestoga) and Matt Fritz (Reston, Va./South Lakes) all won one individual race and swam on a winning relay. Warren and Fritz swam on the 200 medley relay (1:34.45), while Warren won the 100 breast (58.05) and Fritz won the 100 back (53.50). Nagel was the victor in the 200 free (1:46.70), and opened for the 400 free relay (3:13.87).
 
-Sophomore Will Hughes (Fairfax, Va./James W. Robinson Secondary) and first-year Devin Bateman (Fredericksburg, Va./Stafford) both had a hand in multiple wins as well, as they both swam on each relay.
 
First-place finishes:
 
Fritz, Warren, Bateman, Hughes – 200 medley relay (1:34.45)
Nagel, Hughes, Eberly, Bateman – 400 free relay (3:13.87)
Stephen Ewing – 1000 free (10:10.13); 500 free (4:55.46)
Luke Nagel – 200 free (1:46.70)
Matt Fritz – 100 back (53.50)
Steve Warren – 100 breast (58.05)
Reese Nelson – 200 fly (1:59.33)
Baxter Smelzer – 50 free (21.98)
Colin Whiting – 100 fly (53.09)
 
Up next:
 
The Generals will return to the pool on February 11th when they travel to Greensboro, N.C., for the first day of the Old Dominion Athletic Conference Championships at the Greensboro Aquatics Center.