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Generals Capture Both ODAC Swimming Trophies for Fourth Straight Season

GREENSBORO, N.C. --- Washington and Lee University added to its record amount of swimming titles on Saturday evening with the Generals lifting their 43rd and 44th swimming trophies following four days of competition at the 2025 ODAC Swimming Championships at the Greensboro Aquatic Center in Greensboro, N.C.

WLU collected 908.5 points to dominate the women's team standings, out-pacing second place Randolph-Macon College (539.0) by nearly 400 points on the way to donning its 34th ODAC crown. Roanoke College (478.0) placed third in a tight race with the University of Lynchburg (455.0), while Bridgewater College (350.0) separated as the fifth place squad.

In the men's ranks, Washington and Lee garnered 833.5 points to hoist its 10th conference trophy in 11 total men's events. Roanoke (604.5) out-paced Lynchburg (559.0) for second, while Bridgewater (471.0) cracked 400 points for the second straight season to beat Randolph-Macon (302.0) to the fourth-place pole.

Bridgewater's strong men's showing was powered by ODAC Swimmer of the Meet Zachary Erb, who won three events and set ODAC overall and championship records in each while achieving NCAA B-cuts in all three disciplines. The Eagles now feature the last two ODAC Rookie of the Meet honorees with first-year Christian Carroll taking home this year's honor. Washington and Lee experienced a similar awards haul with Bella Tarbet earning ODAC Swimmer of the Meet laurels and Celie Bredehoeft garnering ODAC Rookie of the Meet plaudits. Tarbet won three individual events with Bredehoeft capturing gold twice.

Generals mentor Kami Gardner was named the ODAC Men's Coach of the Year, while Randolph-Macon's Brent Kintzer took home the women's honor. WLU senior Matthew Fritz earned his second straight ODAC/Virginia Farm Bureau Insurance Scholar-Athlete of the Year award, while Lynchburg's Savy Borroughs received the women's accolade from the conference athletic communications personnel. Teammate Caitlyn Moore was tabbed the Bonnie Kestner Sportsmanship Award honoree in a vote of the league's head coaches.

  • WOMEN'S TEAM STANDINGS MEN'S TEAM STANDINGS
    RANKSCHOOLPTS. RANKSCHOOLPTS.
    1Washington and Lee908.5 1Washington and Lee833.5
    2Randolph-Macon539.0 2Roanoke604.5
    3Roanoke478.0 3Lynchburg559.0
    4Lynchburg455.0 4Bridgewater471.0
    5Bridgewater350.5 5Randolph-Macon302.0
    6Virginia Wesleyan170.0 6Virginia Wesleyan148.0
    7Greensboro134.0 7Hampden-Sydney135.0
    8Randolph120.0 8Randolph130.0
    9Hollins82.0 9Greensboro0.0
    10Sweet Briar79.0    
    11Guilford64.0    

  • Below is a listing of champions for each event including notation of any records established. If further clarification or highlight is needed -- like NCAA "B" or "A" cut status -- that information will be listed below the table.

    EVENTWOMEN'S
    CHAMP    		TIMECRORMEN'S
    CHAMP    		TIMECROR
    50-FREEBella Tarbet, WLU0:23.58  Leighton Chapman, WLU0:20.35 @  
    100-FREESienna Schmeck, LYN0:52.13  Leighton Chapman, WLU0:44.42 @  
    200-FREESienna Schmeck, LYN1:54.07  Dalton Jobe, WLU1:37.81 @  
    500-FREECelia Bredehoeft, WLU5:06.47  Dalton Jobe, WLU4:30.88 @XX
    1650-FREECelia Bredehoeft, WLU17:29.06  Peyton Meyer, RC15:59.76XX
    100-BACKLilly Mullens, RC0:57.36  Sean Hogan, RC0:49.02 @XX
    200-BACKMaria Jellig, WLU2:03.83  Sean Hogan, RC1:49.30  
    100-FLYBella Tarbet, WLU0:56.06  Tyler Hill, RC0:49.27  
    200-FLYBella Tarbet, WLU2:04.95  Alex Richardson, RMC1:51.72  
    100-BRSSophia Hanson, RMC1:05.90  Zachary Erb, BC0:53.01 @XX
    200-BRSMorgan Smith, WLU2:22.17  Zachary Erb, BC1:58.27 @XX
    200-IMMaria Jellig, WLU2:06.68  Zachary Erb, BC1:48.13 @XX
    400-IMMaria Jellig, WLU4:30.91  Peyton Meyer, RC4:01.98  
    200-MEDLEY RELAYWashington and Lee
    Pickeral, Attar, Tarbet, Maloof    		1:46.82  Roanoke
    Hogan, Deal, Hill, Hartman    		1:29.52 @X 
    400-MEDLEY RELAYWashington and Lee
    Jellig, Attar, Tarbet, Rice    		3:52.35  Washington and Lee
    Byars, Cerone, Fritz, Chapman    		3:17.03 @XX
    200-FREE RELAYWashington and Lee
    Tarbet, Rice, Pickeral, Maloof    		1:34.65 @  Washington and Lee
    Chapman, Fritz, Byars, Smelzer    		1:21.03 @XX
    400-FREE RELAYWashington and Lee
    Adams, Rice, Mortimer, Tarbet    		3:30.57  Washington and Lee
    Chapman, Jobe, Byars, Nagel    		2:57.72 @XX
    800-FREE RELAYWashington and Lee
    Moorman, Jellig, McBoyle, Mortimer    		7:40.24  Washington and Lee
    Jobe, Chapman, Byars, Nagel    		6:32.26 @XX
    • Men's 800yd Free Relay Finals: Washington and Lee's team of Dalton Jobe, Leighton Chapman, Charles Byars, and Luke Nagel set a new ODAC overall and championships record as well as eclipsed the NCAA B-cut time of 6:40.49 with a winning mark of 6:32.26; that also eclipsed last year's final invited time (6:37.94) to the Division III Swimming & Diving Championships; previous ODAC record was 6:33.58 set by WLU at last year's ODAC championships
    • Men's 200yd IM Prelims: Bridgewater's Zachary reset his own ODAC championships record of 1:50.85 with a new mark of 1:50.02; this new time also eclipsed the NCAA B-cut of 1:50.25; Erb now owns both of this event's records, having set the overall standard during the regular season at 1:48.95
    • Woemn's 200yd Free Relay Finals: Washington and Lee's team of Bella Tarbet, Myla Rice, Vivian Pickeral, and Amelia Maloof eclipsed the NCAA B-cut standard (1:35.10) with a time of 1:34.65
    • Men's 200yd Free Relay Finals: Washington and Lee's team of Leighton Chapman, Matthew Fritz, Charles Byars, and Baxter Smelzer eclipsed the NCAA B-cut (1:21.55) and last year's final Division III championships invited time (1:21.20) with a time of 1:21.03; that reset the prevoius ODAC and championship record time of 1:21.66 set by WLU at last year's ODAC meet
    • Men's 500yd Freestyle Finals: WLU's Dalton Jobe reset his own ODAC overall and meet (4:31.29) time and eclipsed the NCAA B-cut (4:31.24) with a new mark of 4:30.88
    • Men's 200yd IM Finals: Bridgewater's Zachary Erb reset his own ODAC overall (1:50.85) and meet (1:50.02) records and eclipsed the NCAA B-cut (1:50.25) with a new mark of 1:48.13
    • Men's 50yd Free Finals: WLU's Leighton Chapman shaved the NCAA B-cut (0:20.37) with a new mark of 0:20.35
    • Men's 400yd Medley Relay: WLU's team of Charles Byars, Harrison Cerone, Matthew Fritz, and Leighton Chapman reset the ODAC overall and meet record time (3:17.98) set by WLU last season with a time of 3:17.03; the new time eclipsed the NCAA B-cut standard of 3:18.26
    • Men's 100yd Butterfly Prelims: WLU's Matthew Fritz reset his own ODAC overall (0:47.90) and championship (0:47.96) records as well as the NCAA B-Cut (0:48.63) and last year's final Division III championships invited time (0:48.12) with a new mark of 0:47.48
    • Men's 200yd Free Prelims: WLU's Luke Nagel and Dalton Jobe both eclipsed the NCAA B-cut standard (1:39.40) with times of 1:38.71 and 1:39.26, respectively
    • Men's 100yd Breaststroke Prelims: Bridgewater's Zachary Erb reset the ODAC champs record (0:55.80) and eclipsed the NCAA B-cut standard (0:55.29) with a time of 0:55.17
    • Men's 200yd Medley Relay Finals: Roanoke's team of Sean Hogan, Logan Deal, Tyler Hill, and Dyllan Hartman reset the ODAC champs record (1:29.88) and eclipsed the NCAA B-cut standard (1:29.60) with a winning time of 1:29.52
    • Men's 200yd Free Finals: Each of the top-three finishers -- WLU's Dalton Jobe (1:37.81), WLU's Luke Nagel (1:38.21), and Roanoke's Ethan Brewer (1:39.38) -- eclipsed the NCAA B-cut standard of 1:39.40
    • Men's 100yd Breaststroke Finals: Bridgewater's Zachary Erb reset his own ODAC overall (0:54.74) and championship (0:55.17) records -- the latter for the second time on Friday -- and eclipsed the NCAA B-cut for a second time on Friday with a new mark of 0:53.01; that also beat last year's final invited time (0:54.62) to the Division III championships
    • Men's 100yd Backstroke Finals: Both of the top-two finishers -- Roanoke's Sean Hogan (0:49.02) and Bridgewaters's Christian Carroll (0:49.03) -- broke the previous ODAC overall and championships record time (0:49.21) and eclipsed the NCAA B-cut standard (0:49.28)
    • Men's 100yd Freestyle Prelims: WLU's Leighton Chapman eclipsed the NCAA B-cut standard (0:45.02) with a time of 0:44.89
    • Men's 200yd Breaststroke Prelims: Bridgewater's Zachary Erb reset the ODAC championships record (2:01.90) with a time of 2:01.62
    • Men's 1650yd Freestyle Finals: Roanoke's Peyton Meyer snapped the ODAC overall and champs record (16:02.65) with a time of 15:59.76
    • Men's 100yd Freestyle Finals: WLU's Leighton Chapman eclipsed the NCAA B-cut standard (0:45.02) with a time of 0:44.42
    • Men's 200yd Breaststroke Finals: Bridgewater's Zachary Erb reset his own ODAC overall (2:01.33) and championship (2:01.62) and eclipsed the NCAA B-cut standard (2:01.06) and last year's final invited time to the Division III championships (1:59.78) with a new mark of 1:58.27
    • Men's 400yd Freestyle Relay Finals: WLU's team of Leighton Chapman, Dalton Jobe, Charles Byars, and Luke Nagel reset the ODAC overall and champs record (2:58.98) and eclipsed both the NCAA B-cut standard (3:01.31) and last year's final invited time to the Division III championships (3:00.30) with a time of 2:57.72