The William & Mary women's swimming team won three of the five events Monday night at the Colonial Athletic Association Championships, including winning both the 200 free and 400 medley relays in the same year for the first time since 2016.  After the first five swimming events and both diving events, James Madison leads the championship with 341 points, with W&M in second with 208 points and Delaware third at 195.

200 Free Relay
The night started off with the 200 free relay, where W&M won for the second year in a row and the eighth time overall.  Junior Missy Cundiff (Leesburg, Va.) led the relay off in 22.50, tying the personal best she set earlier in the day in prelims with the seventh-fastest race in school history.  She handed off to sophomore Katie Stevenson (Wilton, Conn.), 23.11 on her split, and then to junior Anna Kenna (Chantilly, Va.) in 22.84 and senior Megan Bull (Hillsborough, N.J.) on the anchor in 22.92.  The Tribe's combined time of 1:31.37 won the race by almost three-tenths of a second, and was the fifth-fastest race ever at W&M.

500 Free
In the 500 free, sophomore Elizabeth Intihar (Columbus, Ohio) swam a lifetime-best 4:48.00 flat, and dethroned the reigning champion to win her first-ever CAA Championships gold.  That was the third-fastest swim in school history, and ranks Intihar second all-time at W&M in the event behind only the senior Bull.  The pair also share the distinction of being the only two 500 free champions in program history (Bull won the race in 2018 and 2019).  For her part, Bull swam 4:53.89 for 5th overall, and sophomore Grace Tramack (Palo Alto, Calif.) swam 4:59.00 for eighth overall.  In the consolation finals senior Tara Tiernan (West Hartford, Conn.) was 10th overall in 4:57.67, and sophomore Kim Jogis (Larchmont, N.Y.) swam 4:59.54 to finish 12th overall.

200 IM
Next up was the 200 IM, where sophomore Annie Tuttle (Alexandria, Va.) swam her second lifetime-best of the day and finished fourth overall in 2:04.19.  That ranks Tuttle ninth all-time among Tribe athletes.  Sophomore Maura Graff (Henrico, Va.) was seventh in 2:05.49, and junior Ellie Henry (Southern Pines, N.C.) swam 2:06.76 for 12th place.  Her classmate Rebecca Rogers (Richmond, Va.) was 15th overall, touching the wall in 2:07.58.

50 Free
In the 50 free, Cundiff swam 22.50 for the third time today, but was touched out at the wall and finished second overall.  Stevenson was fifth in 23.30, and Kenna swam a lifetime-best 23.44 to finish 11th overall and improve to 14th all-time at W&M in the event.

400 Medley Relay
The final event of the night was the 400 medley relay, and the Tribe dominated with the two fastest opening splits in the field en route to its first win in the race since 2016.  Kenna led off with her third lifetime-best of the day, 54.36 in the 100 back, before passing off to Tuttle, whose 1:00.60 breaststroke was also the fastest of the night.  Graff swam the fly leg in 54.98, and Stevenson brought the team home with a 50.02 100 free.  The Tribe's overall time of 3:39.96 was the second-fastest in program history and won by nearly three full seconds.  Kenna's performance on the lead leg was also impressive, ranking as the fifth-fastest single swim in school history and moving Kenna up to second all-time in the 100 back.

The CAA Championships continue Tuesday, with the prelims in the 400 IM, 100 fly, 200 free, 100 breast, and 100 backstroke all starting at 12:10 p.m.  The finals in all five events, as well as the 200 medley and 800 free relays, will begin at 7:25 p.m., with all sessions streaming on CAA.TV.

2021 Colonial Athletic Association Women's Swimming & Diving Championships
Team Standings (7 of 20 events scored)
1. James Madison 341
2. William & Mary 208
3. Delaware 195
4. Towson 169
5. UNCW 154
6. Drexel 88