The William & Mary swimming teams wrap up the regular season this weekend, heading down to Greenville, N.C., for a tri-meet with long-time rival East Carolina and South Carolina.  Action in the standard 16-event format begins at 1 p.m. at Minges Coliseum.

Scouting the Tribe Women
The William & Mary women downed Davidson last weekend to up their record to 6-3 overall.  Senior Jessie Ustjanauskas (West Hartford, Conn.) blasted a pair of dual-meet records in the fly events to win her third CAA Swimmer of the Week award of the season.  Fellow senior Noelle Klockner (Marlboro, N.J.) swept the backstrokes, while juniors Allie Christy (Williamsburg, Va.) and Jaimie Miller (Houston, Texas) won the two breaststrokes and the 50 and 200 free, respectively.

Scouting the Tribe Men
The W&M men also beat Davidson for an improvement to 7-1 on the year.  Senior Justin Barden (Gordonsville, Va.) won CAA Swimmer of the Week honors after setting both a pool and dual-meet record in the 100 fly, and joining with classmates Will Manion (Haddonfield, N.J.), Jeremiah O'Donnell (Chapel Hill, N.C.), and Billy Russell (Newport News, Va.) for another dual-meet record in the 200 medley relay.  Manion also swept the backstrokes, while O'Donnell won the 100 breast and the 400 IM and Russell the 50 free.

Scouting the Pirates
ECU enters the weekend with a 5-1 record on the women's side, and 4-1 in the men's side.  Leading the way for the Pirates women are four strong swimmers, including fly/IM all-arounder Bailie Monahan and distance swimmer Juliette Lajoie.  ECU will also be looking a sweep in the breaststrokes with the 1-2 duo of Megan Sellers and Vendela Norman.  On the men's side, Michael Dugan could win any of the five freestyle events, while breaststroker William Hicks and fly specialist Adam Dear are also threats to sweep their races.

Scouting the Gamecocks
South Carolina is 4-3 on both sides of the ledger this season, matching W&M with wins over UNCW and losses to Duke.  The Gamecocks already have 19 NCAA qualifiers this year, For the women, Emma Barksdale is a standout in the breast/IM events, and Kersten Dirrane gives USC a strong 1-2 punch in those events.  On the men's side, the distance events are especially strong with Akaram Mahmoud, Cody Bekemeyer, and Tomas Peribonio all with three NCAA qualifiers, while sprinter Kevin Leithold and breaststroke Nils Wich-Glasen will provide the top competition.

News and Notes
- The Tribe women will be aiming for their first win over ECU since 1988, and their sixth overall in a series that includes 37 meets so far since 1969.

- This is the first-ever meeting between W&M and South Carolina in women's swimming.

- The W&M and ECU men were Southern Conference opponents from 1965-77, but didn't meet in a dual-meet until 1988.  Last year, the Tribe won 166-96 for the second time overall.

- The Tribe has only ever swam against South Carolina once, a 49-45 W&M win in February of 1965.

- South Carolina's coach, McGee Moody, was the Tribe's head coach from 2004-07.

- Russell (13), Manion (16), and O'Donnell (16) are all within striking distance of reaching 20 wins this season, a feat that has only been achieved a total of seven times in the last quarter-century.  The last time multiple swimmers in the same season reached 20 wins was 1998-99, when W&M swam 16 dual meets as well as a pair of championship meets to allow Chris Robinson '00 to win 33 times and Mike Lovett '00 to reach 27 victories.

- This season could also be the year that a Tribe swimmer breaks 400 points again.  All three seniors (Russell currently 294.5, Manion 306, O'Donnell 296.0) have a shot at the milestone that only Robinson (twice) and Lovett have so far achieved.

- On the career lists, Manion is fourth all-time with 65 victories, just 12 away from former teammate Andrew Strait '14 and the top three.  Robinson has the most victories all-time with 100 for the Tribe, while All-American diver Shawn McLane '85 has 80.

- O'Donnell is currently tied with Shawn Matthews '09 for seventh all-time with 44 victories, four ahead of Russell who stands ninth.

- Manion is currently third all-time with 1,234.75 career points, and is only 65 points away from overtaking Strait for second all-time behind Robinson's 1,469.5 points.

- Speaking of points, Russell enters the week with 984.75 career points, and is charging to become the sixth 1,000-point scorer in school history.  O'Donnell is also on the cusp, just 116 points away, and provided they both make it (along with Manion) it would be the first time in school history that three classmates all hit 1,000 points.

- On the women's side of the ledger, both Ustjanauskas (254.5 points currently) and Miller with 245 are in position to crack the all-time top-16 for single-season points.  The two are roughly 85 points behind the cutoff with two dual meets, CAAs, and the Carolina College Cup still to go.

- Ustjanuaskas is also closing in on a career milestone with 910 points, just 90 away from becoming the 10th woman over 1,000 points in the last 25 years.  Miller is a bit further back, 168.5 points from 1,000, but also has another year after this one.

- The duo as well as Sophie Rittenhouse (London, England) are close to appearing on the wins lists also.  Ustjanuaskas has 14 wins already this season, while 17 is needed to make the single-season list.  She is also 15th on the career list, with 31 victories already.  Rittenhouse is just behind with 27, and Miller closing fast with 26 wins.