Yellow Jackets Win Four Events

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CHRISTIANSBURG, Va. --- Washington and Lee University saved their first event victory for the final race of the day, but the Generals dominated the upper ranks in all five events to propel them to the top of the ODAC/Atlantic States Swimming Championships standings with 302 points by the end of day one.  Randolph-Macon College, winner of three events, sits second with 219 points, and Sweet Briar College rounds out the top three with 90 points.

Nine teams are competing in the joint championships, with ODAC schools commanding the first four placings in the team standings.  Greensboro College and the College of Notre Dame (Md.) join the ODAC's contingent of seven swimming schools.

Randolph-Macon got the scoring started with the team of Lizzy Buckley, Tracilyn Babington, Elizabeth Plowman and Sarah Almond touching the wall in a school-record 1:39.11 in the 200-yard freestyle relay.  Washington and Lee (1:39.52) placed second, with Sweet Briar (1:45.26) coming in third.

Rebecca Stevenson made it two wins by Yellow Jackets as she repeated as the conference champion in the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 5:13.75.  Generals dominated the next four spots with Delaney Rolfe (5:14.58), Ann McCampbell (5:18.69), Tess Hayden (5:20.76) and Lauren Starnes (5:24.32) garnering valuable points for W&L.

Non-ODAC swimmer Emma Phillips from Greensboro College jumped on top in the 200-yard individual medley, posting a time of 2:11.39.  W&L's Lauren Kasoff (2:14.17) and Brittany Ross (2:15.93) finished second and third ahead of R-MC's Kellianne Mullin (2:18.00).

Another Randolph-Macon school record fell in the 50-yard freestyle.  Almond won the sprint with a time of 24.59 seconds, 0.47 seconds ahead of teammate Babington in second place.  Generals Jocelyn Cassada (25.09) and Izzy Brassfield (25.14) claimed the next two spots before R-MC's Buckley (25.17) touched out in fifth.

The day's final event saw Washington and Lee post its first victory.  The team of Cassada, Dana Fredericks, Ross and Brassfield recorded a time of 4:00.70 in the 400-yard medley relay.  Randolph-Macon placed second in 4:02.01, while Sweet Briar's 4:21.20 finished third.

Preliminaries for the next set of seven events begin at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday morning.  The finals for those events begin at 6:30 that evening.  To follow along as events finish, click on the Meet Results button on the ODAC Swimming Championship website.

For more information, visit the websites of any of the participating schools, or go to the ODAC's home on the Internet at www.odaconline.com.

TEAM STANDINGS (thru Friday)