LEXINGTON, Va. – The 24th-ranked Washington and Lee men's swimming team closed out its 2022-23 regular season with a 177-85 win over VMI on Friday night.
 
Highlights from the meet:
-The Generals won 11-of-14 events on the night, including nine of the 12 individual races. Seven different W&L swimmers combined for the nine solo wins.
 
-Sophomore Matt Fritz (Reston, Va. / South Lakes) and first-year Dalton Jobe (Henrico, Va. / Collegiate School) paced the Blue and White with two individual wins each. Fritz was the victor in the 100 back (53.37) and 100 fly (51.95), while Jobe won the 200 free (1:42.80) and 200 IM (1:55.82).
 
-Fritz and Jobe swam the third and fourth legs of the 200 medley relay (1:34.44), respectively, following first-years Charles Byars (Oxford, Miss. / Oxford) and Harrison Cerone (Darnestown, Md. / Georgetown Preparatory School).
 
-Byars, as well as senior Todd Echols (Winston Salem, N.C. / RJ Reynolds) and sophomore Baxter Smelzer (Greensboro, N.C. / Page), won one individual race and a relay. Byars added a solo win in the 100 free (47.74), Echols won the 100 breast (59.49) and Smelzer touched first in the 50 free (21.79).
 
-Echols and Smelzer were joined on the 200 free relay (1:26.96) by juniors Malachi Eberly (Reading, Pa. / Wilson) and Will Hughes (Fairfax, Va. / James W. Robinson Secondary).
 
First-place finishes:
-Byars, Cerone, Fritz, Jobe – 200 medley relay (1:34.44)
-Smelzer, Eberly, Hughes, Echols – 200 free relay (1:26.96)
-Stephen Ewing – 1000 free (10:09.87)
-Dalton Jobe – 200 free (1:42.80), 200 IM (1:55.82)
-Matt Fritz – 100 back (53.37), 100 fly (51.95)
-Todd Echols – 100 breast (59.49)
-Baxter Smelzer – 50 free (21.79)
-Charles Byars – 100 free (47.74)
-Patrick Murphy – 500 free (4:59.02)
 
Up next:
The Generals will return to action on February 8 for the first day of the ODAC Championships hosted at the Greensboro Aquatic Center.