2021-22 ODAC Swimmers of the Week

  • Chris Jennings, Lynchburg, Sr.
    January 31, 2022
    Jennings, a senior from Tampa, Fla., picks up his first weekly award of the season after helping Lynchburg defeat Southern Virginia University, 145-116, on Senior Day. Jennings won the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 0:58.77, which is third-fastest in the ODAC this season. He also captured the 100-yard freestyle gold medal with a time of 0:48.16. That slots 10th in the conference. Jennings joined his teammates in a pair of relays. He and Kevin Bennett, Parker Hayungs, and Will Kasemeyer won the 200-yard medley relay in 1:37.56. Jennings, Kasemeyer, Miles Fitzgerald, and Ryan Legge finished second in the 200-yard freestyle relay in 1:29.01.
  • Savy Borroughs, Lynchburg, Fy.
    January 31, 2022
    Borroughs, a first-year from Stoughton, Wis., stood atop the podium four times in helping Lynchburg to a 210-51 victory over Southern Virginia University on Senior Day. Borroughs won the 50-yard freestyle in 0:24.77 and captured the 200-yard freestyle in 2:03.07. Her 50-free time is seventh-fastest in the ODAC, while her 200-free time would rank inside of the top-20 as it sits short of a second behind her personal season-best time of 2:02.36, which is 15th in the league. Borroughs swam on a pair of winning relay teams. She hit the water third in a rotation with teammates with Erin Wojtkowski, Claire Galloway, and Corrinn Ford in winning the 200-yard freestyle relay in 1:43.19. Borroughs swam the anchor leg of the winning 200-yard medley relay team, joining Lindsey Hair, Galloway, and Delaney Kennedy for a time of 1:53.83.
  • Stephen Ewing, Washington and Lee, Fy.
    January 24, 2022
    Ewing, a first-year from Las Cruces, N.M., earns his first collegiate weekly award after helping Washington and Lee to a 174-87 win over VMI last week. Ewing won a pair of individual events with a pair of ODAC well-place times. That includes a victory in the 1000-yard freestyle in 10:10.13, which is the second fastest time in the conference this season. He also won the 500-yard freestyle in 4:55.46, which would rank inside the ODAC's top-10. His previous season-best time of 4:49.11 is ranked second in the league.
  • Emily Fritz, Randolph-Macon, Jr., Breaststroke
    January 24, 2022
    Fritz, a junior from Reston, Va., competed often and well in picking up her first weekly award of the season after leading Randolph-Macon to a pair of dual meet victories last week. In a 112-93 win over Lynchburg, Fritz won the 200-yard breaststroke in 2:28.36. That time would be roughly fourth in the league and behind her ODAC second-best previous mark of 2:24.23. She added a fourth place showing in the 200-yard individual medley in 2:18.80. Fritz swam second on the Yellow Jackets winning 200-yard medley relay team, joining Maggie Cooke, Emma Russell, and Brooke Walthall on a time of 1:52.26. Fritz won three times in Randolph-Macon's 138-123 victory at Catholic. She against claimed the 200-yard breaststroke in 2:29.71, and added a first place showing in the 100-yard breaststroke in 1:09.46. That time would be an ODAC top-10 time. She currently leads the league with a 1:06.31 mark set earlier this season. Fritz again swam second on a Yellow Jackets' winning relay, this time the 400-yard medley. She joined Elizabeth Kramer, Russell, and Walthall with a time of 4:10.52.
  • Sophia Rollo, Washington and Lee, So., Backstroke/Freestyle
    January 17, 2022
    Rollo, a sophomore from Haddonfield, N.J., picked up her second ODAC weekly award of the season after helping Washington and Lee kick off the 2022 portion of its schedule with a 201-51 victory at Gettysburg. Rollo was a part of three podium-topping finishes including three individual event victories. She won the 100-yard backstroke in 0:59.66 and captured the 200-yard backstroke in 2:12.89. She also stopped the watches first 200-yard individual medley in 2:13.21. Rollo anchored the Generals winning 200-yard freestyle relay team, joining Brynn Martinson, Turner Bobbitt, and Claudia Barnett in posting a time of 1:40.44.
  • Devin Bateman, Washington and Lee, Fy., Butterfly/Freestyle
    January 17, 2022
    Bateman, a first-year from Fredericksburg, Va., earns his third ODAC weekly award of the season after helping Washington and Lee start off the 2022 calendar year with a 142-119 victory at Gettysburg. Bateman won twice individually and joined one relay winning effort. He earned first prize in the 50-yard freestyle in 0:21.49, which is the second fastest time in the ODAC only to his own previous season-best mark of 0:21.31. Bateman also won the 100-yard butterfly in 0:52.73 and placed fourth in the 100-yard freestyle in 0:49.26. He swam lead-off in the Generals winning 200-yard freestyle relay team, joining Jackson Flower, Todd Echols, and Will Hughes in posting a time of 1:26.44.
  • Acadia ElzHowe, Sweet Briar, Fy.
    December 13, 2021
    ElzHowe, a first-year from Georgetown, Texas, helped Sweet Briar close the 2021 calendar year with a 133-53 dual meet victory over Hollins University on Saturday. ElzHowe won a pair of individual swims and joined one relay victory as the Vixens won all but two events on the day. She joined teammates Kass Carpenter, Devin Montgomery, and Jillian Lewis in winning the meet-opening 200-yard medley relay in 2:04.58. ElzHowe went on to stop the watches first in the 100-yard butterfly and 500-yard freestyle with times of 1:01.05 and 5:30.13, respectively. Her 100-fly time sits 12th on the ODAC charts, while her 500-free mark is 1.17 seconds off her previous season-best, which slots 11th in the conference.
  • Lacey Kramer, Randolph-Macon, Sr., Backstroke
    December 06, 2021
    Kramer, a senior from Mechanicsville, Va., helped lead Randolph-Macon to a second place team finish at the TYR Yellow Jacket Invitational. Kramer competed seven times overall with three individual top-five finishes. She stopped the watches first in the 100-yard and 200-yard backstrokes, posting times of 0:59.83 and 2:09.39, respectively. Her 200-back time is third in the ODAC, while he 100-back mark is fifth in the conference this season. She added a fifth place finish in the 500-yard freestyle in 5:22.33, the seventh-fastest time in the league. Kramer competed in four relays, finishing top-four in each. She and her teammates won the 400-yard medley relay in 3:59.81 and tacked on a second place finish in the 200-yard medley relay in 1:50.73. R-MC chimed in third and fourth in the 400-yard and 800-yard freestyle relays, respectively, with times of 3:40.37 and 8:03.00.
  • Parker Hayungs, Lynchburg, Jr., Butterfly
    December 06, 2021
    Hayungs, a junior from Fredericksburg, Va., helped lead Lynchburg to a third place team showing at the TYR Yellow Jacket Invitational hosted by Randolph-Macon College. Hayungs competed seven times with three individual top-10 showings. He won the 200-yard butterfly with a time of 1:57.45. That ranks third in the ODAC this season. He added a second place finish in the 100-yard fly in 0:52.92, which slots seventh in the conference. He then posted the ODAC's 10th-best time in the 500-yard freestyle by finishing ninth in 4:58.29. Hayungs competed on four relay squads. Lynchburg's 400-yard and 200-yard medley teams finished third each with times of 3:36.60 and 1:37.27, respectively. Hayungs and teammates finished fourth in the 800-yard freestyle relay in 7:18.50 and eighth in the 400-yard freestyle relay in 3:18.86.
  • Brynn Martinson, Washington and Lee, So.
    November 22, 2021
    Martinson, a sophomore from Charlotte, N.C., picks up her second weekly award of the season after winning three individual events and participating in three gold medal relays to help Washington and Lee to first place among 11 teams in a strong field at the Franklin & Marshall Invitational in Lancaster, Pa. All six of Martinson's events resulted in ODAC season-best times. Individually, she won the 50-yard freestyle in 0:23.83, the 100-yard freestyle in 0:52.29, and the 200-yard freestyle in 1:54.45. Those marks rank 11th, 16th, and 25th in NCAA Division III, respectively. Martinson then joined her Generals teammates for wins in the 200-yard medley, 200-yard freestyle, and 400-yard freestyle relays with respective times of 1:46.31, 1:35.43, and 3:30.06. The 200-freestyle unit -- with Martinson swimming the lead leg followed by Caroline Baber, Claudia Barnett, and Sophia Rollo -- eclipsed the Division III "B-cut" standard. Both the 200- and 400-freestyle relay times rank fourth nationally while W&L's 200-medley relay time sits 14th in the country.
  • Devin Bateman, Washington and Lee, Fy.
    November 22, 2021
    Bateman, a first-year from Fredericksburg, Va., picks up his second weekly award of the season after competing in seven events and posting six ODAC season-best times in helping Washington and Lee to fourth place among nine teams in a strong field at the Franklin & Marshall Invitational in Lancaster, Pa. Bateman finished third in the 200-yard butterfly in 1:57.05, which is tops in the ODAC and 97th in NCAA Division III. He finished seventh in the 50-yard freestyle in 0:21.61, but his preliminary time of 0:21.31 is the top time in the conference and slots 84th in the country. Bateman also swam a time trial in the 100-yard butterfly, posted the league's best mark at 0:51.01. That ranks 76th in the nation. He was also involved in four relays each of which placed fifth in the meet. Three of the final times rank atop the league lists including the 400-yard medley (3:28.78), 200-yard freestyle (1:25.59) and 400-yard freestyle (3:09.85) units. The Generals 200-yard medley time of 1:34.67 is second in the conference. Those relay times slot 24th, 24th, 27th, and 34th in Division III, respectively.
  • Susanna Price, Roanoke, Fy.
    November 15, 2021
    Price, a first-year from Los Alamos, N.M., picks up her second weekly award of the season after helping Roanoke to a split in a tri-meet, defeating Milligan, 133-129, and falling to Lynchburg, 133-129. Price won twice individually and finished second in a third event while also helping her teammates win a relay. She won the 200-yard freestyle in 1:57.49, which is top-five in the ODAC and behind her previous ODAC season-best time (1:56.64). She also won the 500-yard freestyle in 5:15.44, which is tops in the conference and 42nd in NCAA Division III. She added a second place showing in the 200-yard butterfly in 2:11.46, which is also the best time in the ODAC and 46th in the country. Price was joined by teammates Hannah Zhang, Elizabeth Roberts, and Lily Mullens in winning the 400-yard freestyle relay in 3:40.00. That time is #1 in the conference and 22nd in the country.
  • Ethan Brewer, Roanoke, Fy.
    November 15, 2021
    Brewer, a first-year from Mooresville, N.C., posted a pair of ODAC top times in help Roanoke to a tri-meet split by defeating Lynchburg, 185-77, and falling to Milligan, 137-125. Brewer won the 1,000-yard freestyle in 4:50.72 which, in addition to topping the ODAC chart by more than 14 seconds, ranks 53rd in NCAA Division III. He also won the 500-yard freestyle in 4:50.83, which slots 80th in the country and leads the ODAC by nearly four seconds.
  • Lily Mullens, Roanoke, Fy.
    November 08, 2021
    Mullens, a first-year from North Canton, Ohio, competed in four events at the Guilford College Invitational, helping Roanoke finish second amongst eight teams in the standings. Mullens won the 100-yard backstroke 0:59.18, marking the only time below one-minute in the ODAC this season. That time is currently ranked 35th in NCAA Division III. She added a third place showing in the 50-yard freestyle in 0:24.94. Mullens competed on a pair of relay teams, both of which finished second. She and Hannah Zhang, Hannah Petty, and Elizabeth Roberts posted a time of 1:39.53 in the 200-yard freestyle relay, which ranks second in the ODAC. Mullens then joined Lore Gibson, Roberts, and Zhang in posting a time of 1:52.44 in the 200-yard medley relay, which slots third in the conference.
  • Logan Deal, Roanoke, Fy.
    November 08, 2021
    Deal, a first-year from Mechanicsville, Va., competed in four events as he helped Roanoke to first place amongst six teams at the Guilford College Invitational. Deal finished second in in both the 100-yard breaststroke and 200-yard IM with ODAC season-best times. His mark of 0:57.39 in the 100-breaststroke ranks 25th in NCAA Division III. His time of 1:57.56 in the 200-IM is 70th in the country. Deal also helped Roanoke win the 200-yard freestyle and 200-yard medley relays. He and Erik Kratzer, Richie Evans, and Xavier Williams posted a time of 1:26.05 in the 200-free, which tops the ODAC charts and ranks 21st nationally. Deal joined Kratzer, Ben Tate, and Williams in winning the 200-medley in 1:34.06. That also tops the conference table and slots 16th in Division III.
  • Brynn Martinson, Washington and Lee, So.
    November 01, 2021
    Martinson, a sophomore from Charlotte, N.C., helped Washington and Lee secure a 153-103 dual meet victory over Lynchburg with a trio of individual event victories and one relay win. Martinson set new ODAC season-best times in the 50-yard, 100-yard, and 200-yard freestyles. Her 50-free time of 0:24.20 ranks 12th in Division III, while her mark of 0:53.16 in the 100-free is the 14th fastest time in the country. Her time of 1:57.47 in the 200-free sits 33rd. Martinson and teammates Caroline Baber, Claudia Barnett, and Sophia Rollo won the 200-yard freestyle relay in 1:38.93. That time is tops in the ODAC and seventh nationally.
  • Devin Bateman, Washington and Lee, Fy.
    November 01, 2021
    Bateman, a first-year from Fredericksburg, Va., won a team-high three individual events in the Generals 162-90 dual meet victory over Lynchburg over the weekend. Bateman posted a winning time in the 100-yard butterfly of 0:52.98, which is second in the ODAC this season only to his own previous best time (0:52.73). He also won the 50-yard freestyle in 0:21.90 and the 100-yard freestyle in 0:48.54. Both of those times rank third in the conference.
  • Todd Echols, Washington and Lee, Jr.
    October 25, 2021
    Echols, a junior from Winston-Salem, N.C., helped Washington and Lee to a 176-74 victory over Randolph-Macon with a trio of event victories. Individually, Echols won the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 1:02.08. That sits in the top-five in the ODAC so far this season. He also won the 200-yard individual medley with an ODAC-best time of 2:02.73. Echols and teammates Matthew Fritz, Colin Whiting, and Devin Bateman won the 200-yard medley relay in 1:38.13, which is top-three in the ODAC.
  • Caroline Baber, Washington and Lee, Sr.
    October 25, 2021
    Baber, a senior from Richmond, Va., was a part of four winning swims as Washington and Lee posted a 156-100 victory over Randolph-Macon on Saturday. Baber won twice individually as she stopped the watches first in the 50-yard freestyle in 0:25.31 and the 100-yard butterfly in 0:59.76. Her 50-free time is fifth in the ODAC, while her 100-fly mark is #1 and the only time under one-minute in the league this season. Baber was a part of two winning relays. She and teammates Sara Gaston, Turner Bobbitt, and Claudia Barnett won the 200-yard medley relay in 1:50.94. Baber and Barnett were joined by Brynn Martinson and Sophia Rollo in winning the 200-yard freestyle relay in 1:39.49. Both times are second only to previous W&L top times this season.
  • Susanna Price, Roanoke, Fy., Freestyle/Butterfly
    October 18, 2021
    Price, a first-year from Los Alamos, N.M., put together a strong showing in her first collegiate dual meet outing against Lees-McRae (L, 109-96). Price posted a pair of ODAC top individual times and a second place showing in a relay that ranks second in the conference. She won the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1:59.44 and posted a time of 2:13.90 to capture first place in the 200-yard butterfly. Price and teammates Lillian Mullens, Hannah Zhang, and Elizabeth Roberts posted a second place time of 3:42.45. Price's 200-fly time sits 18th in the country, while her 200-free mark sits 31st. Roanoke's 400-free relay time ranks seventh.
  • Ben Tate, Roanoke, Sr., Freestyle/Butterfly
    October 18, 2021
    Tate, a senior from Boones Mill, Va., helped Roanoke earn a 111-77 victory over Lees-McRae in a dual meet last week. Tate won two individual events and swam a leg on a winning relay, posting ODAC top times in the process. Individually, he won the 200-yard freestyle in 1:46.26 and added a win in the 200-yard butterfly in 1:58.00. He and teammates Erik Kratzer, Logan Deal, and Xavier Williams stopped the watches first in the 400-yard medley relay in 3:29.58. Both of Tate's individual times rank inside top-35 nationally, while the 400-medley relay time sits third in Division III.
  • Xavier Williams, Roanoke, Jr.
    October 11, 2021
    Williams, a junior from Newtown, Conn., helped lead Roanoke to a second place finish at the season-opening ODAC Relays as the Maroons came up one point shy of Washington and Lee in the team standings. Williams played a part in five of Roanoke's six relay victories and posted the meet's top 50-yard (20.85) and 100-yard (46.88) freestyle splits (non-record eligible). He and his Maroons' teammates won the 3x50-yard backstroke (1:13.55), 4x100-yard freestyle (3:11.58), 500-yard freestyle (4:11.50), 4x50-yard freestyle (1:26.97), and 4x50-yard medley (1:35.83) relays. Williams was an All-ODAC First Team honor as a first-year last season.
  • Sophia Rollo, Washington and Lee, So.
    October 11, 2021
    Rollo, a sophomore from Haddonfield, N.J., led the way for Washington and Lee at the ODAC Relays with the Generals placing first against their ODAC counterparts. Rollo participated in five different relays, all of which stopped the watches first. She and her teammates won the 3x50-yard backstroke (1:21.17), 4x100-yard freestyle (3:41.04), 3x100-yard IM (3:06.87), 4x50-yard medley (1:51.01), and 4x50-yard freestyle (1:41.33) relays. Rollo was the Generals team MVP last season as a first-year competitor.