The William and Mary men's swimming team got off to a smashing start in 2011-12, winning 13 of 14 events to down Towson 192-168.  The Tribe improves to 1-0 on the year and in the Colonial Athletic Association, while the Tigers fell to 0-1 overall and 0-1 in-conference.

200 Medley Relay
The afternoon began with a record-setting performance for the Tribe in the 200 medley relay.  The team of Sidney Glass (Mechanicsville, Va.), Chris Dong (Chapel Hill, N.C.), Andrew Strait (Henrico, Va.), and Ben Ward (Maitland, Fla.) steamed to a victory in 1:33.25, more than a second ahead of the pool record established by the Tribe three years ago and the sixth-fastest time ever recorded by the College.  The Tribe's second team of Jake Maloy (Culpeper, Va.), Matt Goetz (Islip, N.Y.), Evan Mulloy (Martinez, Ga.), and Hunter Perrot (Falls Church, Va.) gave W&M a sweep of the top two spots, taking second in 1:35.83.

1000 Free
The first individual win of the year went to freshman Kemp Pettyjohn (Lynchburg, Va.), who sliced through the water to win easily in 9:38.12.  His time, only four seconds off of the College's freshman record, ranks Pettyjohn fourth all-time in school history after just one meet.  Classmate Lukas Dempsey (New Paltz, N.Y.) was the next into the wall, finishing in 9:53.95.

200 Free
Senior Luke Robbins (Charlottesville, Va.) call for the gold in the 200 free, touching the wall in 1:42.59.  Classmate Stephen Fay (Herndon, Va.), last year's CAA Champion in the event, was second in 1:43.21.

100 Back
Glass earned his second gold medal of the day in the 100 back, leading a Green and Gold sweep of the top three places with his time of 51.92 seconds.  Maloy was second in 52.95, and junior Evan Rutherford (Newport News, Va.) took third in 53.60.

100 Breast
Strait turned in one of the more impressive individual performances of the day in winning the 100 breaststroke, crushing his lifetime best to win in 56.81.  He moves up the College's leaderboards with the performance, landing at fourth all-time in the event.  Two freshmen completed the sweep of the podium, with Goetz touching the wall in 59.99 seconds and Dong taking third in 1:00.05.

200 Fly
Mulloy earned his first win of the year with a thrilling finish in the 200 fly, out-touching Towson at the wall to preserve the Tribe's winning streak in 1:57.41.

50 Free
Ward showed off his speed in the 50 free to lead the first 1-4 sweep of the day, stopping the clock at 21.46 seconds.  Fay was second in 21.65, and Perrot was third in 21.95 seconds.

100 Free
After the first break, Fay came back to win his first individual gold with a time of 47.16 seconds in the 100 free.  Ward was third for the Tribe, finishing in 48.12 seconds.

200 Back
Rutherford was the big winner in the 200 backstroke, pulling away from the field to finish at 1:56.10.  Dempsey earned his second silver medal of the meet, timing 1:58.04 to beat two Towson swimmers to the wall.

200 Breast
Strait took his third event of the meet, and completed a personal sweep of the breaststrokes with his 2:06.63 showing in the 200 breast.  Dong was second in 2:12.05, and Goetz was third in 2:15.27.

500 Free
Pettyjohn won his second individual title in the 500 free, crusing to a six-second win in 4:42.04.  Robbins was second with four more team points, touching the wall in 4:48.43.

100 Fly
Mulloy swept the butterfly events with a win at 100 yards, out-touching his teammate Maloy this time for the victory, 52.49 to 52.54 seconds.  Junior K.J. Shaw (Richmond, Va.) made it a clean sweep of the event, finishing third in 54.80.

200 IM
The Tribe's final victory came in the 200 individual medley, where Strait cemented his hold on the medal stand with an astonishing fourth gold medal in a time of 1:55.23.  Perrot was second to the wall, finishing in 2:01.24.

William and Mary is back in action next weekend, hosting Howard on Friday at 5:30 p.m.