Washington and Lee Sweeps ODAC Swimming Championships

GREENSBORO, N.C. ---For the fourth straight season, Washington and Lee University stands atop the conference swimming podium after claiming both the men's and women's team titles at the 2018 ODAC Swimming Championships at the Greensboro Aquatic Center in Greensboro, N.C.

The Generals have now claimed 11th straight women's titles after racking up 1,053.0 total points to lead the 12-team ranking. W&L's men have now won each of the four men's championships conductedby the ODAC, this time accumulating 1,031.5 points.

RELATED: Championship Results

W&L nearly swept each of the individual honors, led by a trio of dual award winners. Emily Hageboeck and Tommy Thetford doubled as both Women's and Men's Swimmers of the Meet as well as ODAC/Virginia Farm Bureau Insurance Scholar-Athletes. Head coach Kami Gardner collected both ODAC Coach of the Year honors. Mattie Grant and Patrick Sullivan took home ODAC Rookie of the Meet laurels.

Sweet Briar College first year athlete, Sarah Ahson, received the Bonner Kestner Sportsmanship Award in a vote of the league's head coaches.

A full list of All-ODAC swimmers will be announced on Tuesday afternoon. Below is a complete record of this season's individual and relay event winners, including any broken ODAC overall or championship records.

More information coming soon.

EVENT WOMEN'S WINNER TIME CHAMP
RECORD
ODAC
RECORD
MEN'S WINNER TIME CHAMP
RECORD
ODAC
RECORD
50-yard Freestyle Elle Chancey, W&L 0:23.87     Tommy Thetford, W&L 0:20.32    
100-yard Freestyle Elle Chancey, W&L 0:51.80     Tommy Thetford, W&L 0:44.48    
200-yard Freestyle Elle Chancey, W&L 1:52.87     Patrick Sullivan, W&L 1:38.77    
500-yard Freestyle Mattie Grant, W&L 5:04.91     Jordan Witherow, R-MC 4:44.10    
1650-yard Freestyle Mattie Grant, W&L 17:30.94 X X Jordan Witherow, R-MC 16:34.38    
200-yard IM Emily Hageboeck, W&L 2:06.93     Jared Nickodem, W&L 1:53.76    
400-yard IM Taylor Ecleberry, W&L 4:38.19     Jared Nickodem, W&L 4:06.72    
100-yard Backstroke Reilly Bird, RC 0:57.57     Ivan Fadeyev, R-MC 052.77    
200-yard Backstroke Ashley Johnston, W&L 2:05.83     Ivan Fadeyev, R-MC 1:54.41    
100-yard Breaststroke Emily Hageboeck, W&L 1:04.01     Ethan Fischer, W&L 0:57.99    
200-yard Breaststroke Emily Hageboeck, W&L 2:16.81 X X Ethan Fischer, W&L 2:09.09    
100-yard Butterfly Ali MacQueen, W&L 0:55.47     Noah Schammel, W&L 0:51.05    
200-yard Butterfly Kelly Amar, W&L 2:07.14     Victor Kontopanos, R-MC 1:51.74 X X
200-yard Free Relay Washington and Lee
(Macqueen, Fuller, Hester, Chancey)
1:34.88     Washington and Lee
(Sullivan, Connelly, Kramer, Thetford)
1:21.86 X X
400-yard Free Relay Washington and Lee
(MacQueen, Fuller, Amar, Chancey)
3:28.47     Washington and Lee
(Sullivan, Connelly, Kramer, Thetford)
3:01.12 X X
800-yard Free Relay Washington and Lee
(Florence, Ecleberry, Irwin, Watson)
7:52.59     Washington and Lee
(Connelly, Holmes, Caldwell, Legarth)
7:02.26    
200-yard Medley Relay Washington and Lee
(Johnston, Hageboeck, MacQueen, Chancey)
1:44.39     Washington and Lee
(Sullivan, Fischer, Schammel, Thetford)
1:31.73 X X
400-yard Medley Relay Washington and Lee
(Johnston, Hageboeck, MacQueen, Chancey)
3:48.18 X   Washington and Lee
(Lynch, Fischer, Schammel, Connelly)
3:26.78