Washington College Sweeps St. Mary's

Junior Rachel Glasser (Silver Spring, MD/Springbrook) won three individual events as host Washington College rallied from a 10-point deficit with three events remaining to post a 110-95 non-conference women's swimming victory over visiting St. Mary's College of Maryland this afternoon at Casey Swim Center. The Shorewomen improved to 3-1 this season with the win, their 55th consecutive non-conference victory. The Seahawks fell to 5-1 on the season with the loss.

St. Mary's held an 80-70 lead heading into the final three events - the 500 freestyle, 100 breaststroke, and 200 freestyle relay. Washington went 1-2-3 in the 500 freestyle, took first and second in the 100 breaststroke, and won the 200 freestyle relay to outscore the Seahawks 40-15 the rest of the way. Glasser won the 500 freestyle in a Washington College season-best time of 5:13.24, freshman Sarah Sykes (Haworth, NJ/Northern Valley-Demarest) was second in 5:33.56, and sophomore Mary Stroman (Bala Cynwyd, PA) was third in 5:43.04. Sophomore Jenna Moore (Catonsville, MD/Mount de Sales)won the 100 breaststroke in 1:09.38, while freshman Melanie Craig (Newtown, PA/Council Rock) was second in 1:12.44. Sophomores Morgan Phillips (Charlottesville, VA/Albemarle), Laura Risell (Collegeville, PA/Perkiomen Valley),Ellen Liebenow (Sellersville, PA/Pennridge), and Stroman took the 200 freestyle relay in 1:45.72.

Earlier in the meet, Glasser also won the 1000 freestyle in 1:59.38 and the 200 freestyle in 1:59.38. Senior Kathy Gerhart (Phoenixville, PA/Phoenixville Area) won the 50 freestyle in 25.32. Freshman Darcy Zink (Baltimore, MD/Towson), Craig, Gerhart, and Moore won the 200 medley relay in a WC season-best time of 1:54.81.
Additional second-place finishes were turned in by Sykes in the 1000 freestyle (11:27.53), Gerhart in the 100 butterfly (1:00.20), Moore in the 100 freestyle (55.90), and Zink in the 100 backstroke (1:04.70). Zink's time in the 100 backstroke was a WC season-best.

The Shorewomen return to action one week from today with a 1:00 p.m. Centennial Conference home meet against Franklin & Marshall.



A balanced effort led the Washington College men's swimming team past visiting St. Mary's College of Maryland, 108-93, in a non-conference meet today at Casey Swim Center. Five different Shoremen won one individual event each for Washington, which improved to 2-1 with the win. St. Mary's fell to 4-1 with the loss.

Junior Matt Violette (Westbrook, ME/Westbrook), senior Chris Soper (Towson, MD/Loyola Blakefield), and sophomore Austin Auger (McLean, VA/Langley) each recorded one first-place and one second-place individual finish. Violette won the 200 freestyle in a Washington College season-best time of 1:54.05 and was second in the 500 freestyle in 5:09.14. Soper won the 100 freestyle in 50.61 and took second in the 50 freestyle in 22.90. Auger touched the wall first in the 200 individual medley in 2:08.42 and placed second in the 100 breaststroke in a WC season-best time of 1:03.19.

Senior Dylan Pollock (Savannah, GA/Benedictine Military) added a first-place finish in the 100 butterfly in a WC season-best time of 54.89, while sophomore Nick Longworth (Media, PA/Strath Haven) won the 100 backstroke in 56.75. Pollock and Longworth also swam on both winning relay teams. Longworth, Auger, Pollock, and Soper won the 200 medley relay in 1:41.94. Longworth, Violette, junior Tim Beadell (Timonium, MD/Loyola Blakefield), and Pollock won the 200 freestyle relay in 1:34.42.

Freshman A.J. Feurer (Kingsville, MD/Archbishop Curley) turned in a second-place finish for the Shoremen in the 1000 freestyle in 10:44.89.

The Shoremen return to action one week from today with a 1:00 p.m. Centennial Conference home meet against Franklin & Marshall.