W&L Men’s Swimming ends the regular season with a 174-87 win over VMI

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LEXINGTON, Va. — The Washington and Lee men’s swim team defeated VMI 174-87 on Saturday afternoon to close out the 2021-22 regular season.

Highlights of the meeting:

– W&L won 10 of 14 events at the meet, with 10 swimmers collectively winning individual and relay events. Individually, seven different swimmers won eight races.

– First-grader Stephen Ewing (Las Cruces, NM/Las Cruces) was the only W&L swimmer to have multiple individual wins when he competed in the 500 Free (4:55.46) and the 1000 Free (10:10.13) as the first touched.

Senior Steve Warren (Westfield, NJ/Westfield) and first years Luke Nagel (Wayne, Pa./Conestoga) and Matt Fritz (Reston, Va./South Lakes) all won an individual race and swam in a winning relay. Warren and Fritz swam the 200 individual medley (1:34.45) in the relay, while Warren won the 100 breaststroke (58.05) and Fritz the 100 backstroke (53.50). Nagel was the winner in the 200m free (1:46.70) and opened for the 400m free relay (3:13.87).

– Runner-up Will Hughes (Fairfax, Va./James W. Robinson Secondary) and first year Devin Bateman (Fredericksburg, Va./Stafford) were also involved in several wins as they both swam in every relay.

First Placements:

Fritz, Warren, Bateman, Hughes – Season 200 Layers (1:34.45)
Nagel, Hughes, Eberly, Bateman – 400 Free Season (3:13.87)
Stephen Ewing – 1000 free (10:10.13); 500 free (4:55.46)
Lukas Nagel – 200 free (1:46.70)
Matt Fritz – 100 back (53.50)
Steve Warren – 100 chest (58.05)
Reese Nelson – 200 flies (1:59.33)
Baxter Smelzer – 50 Free (21.98)
Colin Whiting – 100 fly (53.09)

Next:

The Generals return to the pool on February 11 when they travel to Greensboro, NC for day one of the Old Dominion Athletic Conference Championships at the Greensboro Aquatics Center.