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Women's Swimming Seniors pose with their families on Senior Day, Jan. 25, 2020

Swimming Jacob Skipper, Associate Media Relations Director

W&M Women's Swimming Wins Sixth-Straight, 125-80 Over George Washington

The William & Mary women's swimming team put an exclamation point on the regular season on Saturday, winning its sixth-straight dual-meet with a 125-80 victory over George Washington on Senior Day.  The Tribe improved its season record to 6-4 overall, its 17th year of at least six wins in the last 20, while the Colonials fell to 6-4 as well.

How it Happened
- After honoring its seven seniors before the meet, W&M got right down to business in the pool, winning eight of the 11 events on the day and setting four total records, two each of pool records and dual-meet records.
- First up was the 200 medley relay, where the team of sophomore Anna Kenna (Ashburn, Va.), senior Lauren Freeman (Fairfax Station, Va.), junior Madeline High (Raleigh, N.C.), and sophomore Missy Cundiff (Leesburg, Va.) combined to take the win.
- Next was the 1,000 free, and freshman Grace Tramack (Palo Alto, Calif.) touching the wall first in 10:26.01, and taking a share of the Tribe rookie lead with her fourth win of the season.
- In the 200 free, junior Megan Bull (Hillsborough, N.J.) won her first race of the day in 1:53.02, starting off a remarkable two-hour stretch.
- Next up was the 50 free, and the sophomore Cundiff again took center stage as she has all season long.  She won the 50 for the 11th time in 12 attempts, and this time slammed into the final wall in 23.07 seconds to break both the pool and dual-meet records of 23.14 that were set exactly five years ago by Megan Howard '15.
- In the 100 free, freshman Katie Stevenson (Wilton, Conn.) timed 52.34 seconds to earn her second win in as many weeks, after earning her first collegiate victory seven days ago against Davidson.
- Bull was back in the pool for back-to-back wins at the end of the meet to lift her day's total to three wins.  First, in the 500 free, she swam 5:05.32, and then came back in the 200 breast to put a scare into the dual-meet record with a winning time of 2:19.98.  That last win gave her 20 victories on the season, a career-best, and tied for 12th-most in program history since 1990.
- Wrapping up the day was another record-setting performance, as the team of Cundiff, Inez Olszewski (New York, N.Y.), Stevenson, and Kenna combined to win the 200 free relay in 1:34.81.  That broke both the pool and dual-meet records of 1:34.84 that had stood since 2014.

William & Mary now begins training for the post-season.  First up is the Virginia Tech Invitational, Feb. 7-9, followed by the Colonial Athletic Association Championships, Feb. 19-22 in Christiansburg, Va.  The Tribe women last won back-to-back titles in 2016 and 2017, and have finished second each of the last two seasons.
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Players Mentioned

Megan Bull

Megan Bull

Free/Breast/IM
5' 7"
Junior
Missy Cundiff

Missy Cundiff

Free/Back/Fly
5' 5"
Sophomore
Lauren Freeman

Lauren Freeman

Breast
5' 8"
Senior
Madeline High

Madeline High

Fly
5' 6"
Junior
Anna Kenna

Anna Kenna

Back/Free/Fly
5' 8"
Sophomore
Inez Olszewski

Inez Olszewski

Free
5' 10"
Sophomore
Katie Stevenson

Katie Stevenson

Free/Fly
5' 9"
Freshman
Grace Tramack

Grace Tramack

Free/IM
5' 7"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Megan Bull

Megan Bull

5' 7"
Junior
Free/Breast/IM
Missy Cundiff

Missy Cundiff

5' 5"
Sophomore
Free/Back/Fly
Lauren Freeman

Lauren Freeman

5' 8"
Senior
Breast
Madeline High

Madeline High

5' 6"
Junior
Fly
Anna Kenna

Anna Kenna

5' 8"
Sophomore
Back/Free/Fly
Inez Olszewski

Inez Olszewski

5' 10"
Sophomore
Free
Katie Stevenson

Katie Stevenson

5' 9"
Freshman
Free/Fly
Grace Tramack

Grace Tramack

5' 7"
Freshman
Free/IM