VIRGINIA BEACH, Virginia - The Virginia Wesleyan men's and women's swim teams opened their season with a home dual against the Knights of Southern Virginia University on Friday evening, October 8. The Marlins men's team was outscored by the Knights 61-195, while the women recorded a total score of 116-146. 

COMPLETE MEET RESULTS

INSIDE THE RESULTS
Five different Marlins recorded six event victories during the meet:
- First-year A'Jay West touched first in the men's 200 yard IM in 2:07.56, breaking the previous school record by just over three seconds.
- First-year Lauren Hendricks earned a victory in the women's 50 yard Backstroke with a time of 30.37.  Junior teammate Chloe Dewberry finished a close second in 30.55.
- First-year Audrey Roberts led a Marlin sweep in the women's 50 yard Freestyle, finishing in 27.07.  Junior teammate Lizzy Ross notched a second-place finish in 27.32 and Dewberry rounded out the top-3 stopping the clock at 27.64.
- Hendricks teamed up with Roberts to go 1-2 in the women's 100 yard Freestyle.  Hendricks' time of 56.63 lowers the school record in that event and Roberts swam a 1:00.88.
- First-year Gaby Alvizo and Dewberry teamed up to finish 1-2 in the women's 100 yard Backstroke.  Alvizo touched the wall in 1:07.10 and Dewberry finished at 1:07.13.
- Ross earned an event victory in the women's 50 yard Butterfly, going 29.01.  Alvizo finished third in the event with a time of 29.23.

Additional noteworthy performances:
- The quartet of Dewberry, Smith, Ross, and sophomore Kiera Doyle finished second in the women's 200 yard Medley Relay (2:02.66), while their teammates Hendricks, first-year Abbi Colburn, Alvizo, and Roberts came in third (2:03.95).
- Senior captain Tyler Strong teamed up with first-years Luke Bukowski, Marco Molino, and West to finish third in the men's 200 yard Medley Relay
- Senior captain Dana Smith earned three second place finishes in her individual events: the women's 200 yard IM (2:29.80), the women's 50 yard Breaststroke (35.68), and the women's 100 yard Breaststroke (1:17.97).
- Sophomore Nathan Viricochea finished in third-place in the men's 500 yard Freestyle, touching the wall in 5:45.42.
- Molino recorded two top-3 individual finishes, touching second in the men's 100 yard Butterfly (56.70) and third in the men's 200 yard Freestyle (1:59.15).
- First-year Brandon Bostic swam a 56.06 which was good enough to finish third in the men's 100 yard Freestyle.
- Strong earned a third place individual finish in the men's 100 yard Backstroke, stopping the clock at 1:00.60.
- West touched the wall at 1:11.04, which was good enough for third place in the men's 100 yard Breaststroke.
- Colburn recorded a second place finish in the women's 200 yard Freestyle, finishing in 2:19.72.
- Ross, Doyle, Colburn, and Roberts notched a second-place finish in the women's 200 yard Freestyle Relay with a time 1:51.61.
- Strong, Bukowski, sophomore captain Stuart Reyes, and Molino touched the wall third in the men's 200 yard Freestyle Relay, stopping the clock at 1:38.12.

UP NEXT
The Marlins return to the pool tomorrow, Saturday, Oct. 9, when they compete at the ODAC Relays hosted by Washington and Lee in Lexington, VA. The relay meet begins at 12 PM and can be watched live HERE.