LYNCHBURG, Virginia – The Virginia Wesleyan University men's and women's swim teams wrapped up the 2021 ODAC Championship meet with the men finishing 6th (167 Pts.) and the women 5th (204.40 Pts.). Six school records went down as the Marlins swam fast times in the Liberty Natatorium.
 
INSIDE THE MEET
The meet was highlighted by eight school records broken by seven different Marlins. 

Kara Young set a new mark for the 400 IM coming in with a time of  5:55.76 which sets the time to beat for future Marlins.
Grant Morgan's time of 5:19.08 is the new mark for the men's 400 individual medley event which beats out the old time of 6:37.65 set by Matthew Bavuso at last years ODAC Meet.
Chloe Dewberry sets the 200 Back record at 2:20.36 just beating out her old record of 2:20.94 set last year.
Tyler Strong lowers his 200 Back record (2:07.27) by .02 and it now stands at 2:07.25.
Nathan Viricochea smashes the 200 breast record of 2:37.05 with his new time of 2:25.30, knocking almost 12 seconds off the old mark.
Matthew Bavuso sets the 200 fly record at 3:27.57 at the time to beat for future Marlins.
Taylor Morich rounds out the day breaking two records in one, as both the 1000 and 1650 go down records in one swim. The 1000 YD time of 14:00.59 was lowered by nearly 15 seconds to now sit at 13:45.82 while the 1650 YD time of 23:17.16 fell and now stands at 22:48.62!

COACHES COMMENTS
"This team is incredible!," said head coach Mike Ginder. "Like the rest of their student-athlete peers, they have dealt with more than their fair share of ups and downs this season. Despite all of that, they remained focused on working together to improve and to have the opportunity to showcase their talents this weekend. All of the sacrifices they've made over the last several months resulted in another 30 season-best times, 24 lifetime-best swims, and 8 new school records today."

UP NEXT
The Marlins season ends at the ODAC Championships with 14 school records broken over the two-day event.
 

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ODAC CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS - DAY 2
 

Women's 400 Yd IM				Men's 400 Yd IM
Kara Young	16th	5:55.76		Grant Morgan	14th	5:19.08
Women's 200 Yd Medley Relay				Men's 200 Yd Medley Relay
5th	2:01.67			5th
Chloe Dewberry	31.85			Tyler Strong	27.36
Dana Smith	30.1			Nathan Viricochea	30.05
Kara Young	32.45			Grant Morgan	28.4
Jaelyn Sapp	27.27			Stuart Reyes	24.15
W 200 Yd Backstroke				M 200 Yd Backstroke
Chloe Dewberry	8th	2:20.36		Tyler Strong	6th	2:07.25
Jaelyn Sapp	17th	2:36.04
Colette Kearney	18th	2:41.20		M 100 Yd Freestyle
Brini Arrington	19th	2:46.01		Jack Palmer	20th	55.65
Jordan McCowan	20th	3:01.69		Nick D'Antonio	21st	57.06
				Stuart Reyes	22nd	57.35
W 100 Yd Freestyle				Eddie McDonald	23rd	58.18
Dana Smith	13th	58.06
Sam Vos	18th	1:01.05		M 200 Yd Breaststroke
Emily Lewis	19th	1:03.86		Nathan Viricochea	10th	2:25.30
Melissa Ward	22nd	1:09.10		Grant Morgan	15th	2:46.01
Makenna Good	24th	1:10.96
Ariana Fletter	25th	1:11.42		M 200 Yd Butterfly
				Matthew Bavuso	11th	3:27.51
W 200 Yd Breaststroke
Kiera Doyle	13th	2:46.92		M 400 Yd Freestyle Relay
Kara Young	17th	2:57.10		4th
				Tyler Strong	49.92
W 200 Yd Butterfly				Jack Palmer	55.04
Hannah Carmona	14th	3:32.91		Nick D'Antonio	56.49
				Nathan Viricochea	53.21
W 400 Yd Freestyle Relay
6th				M 1650 Yd Freestyle
Chloe Dewberry	58.12			Eddie McDonald	12th	20:57.91
Emily Lewis	1:05.27			Matthew Bavuso	14th	23:34.80
Kiera Doyle	58.64
Dana Smith	58.89
W 1650 Yd Freestyle
Taylor Morich	22nd	22:48.62
Steffanie Ward	24th	23:50.18