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Women’s Swimming Remains Undefeated, Men Fall Just Short in Close Contest

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. – William & Mary women's swim team made another dominant showing, earning a 199-63 victory over previously-undefeated Towson with 13 wins and sweeping the podium in six events.

The men's team came down to the final event but fell just short of the win with a final score of 141-121.

The Tribe women advance to 3-0 on the season and the men fall to 1-2, as Towson's women's team drops to 3-1 and the men improve to 4-0.

The Green and Gold took 13 of their 14 events and earned 32 podium finishes on the women's side, while the men earned wins in five events with 22 podium finishes.

The women's team went 1-2-3 in the 100 and 200 fly, the 50, 100 and 500 free, and the 200 IM.

Setting a pool and dual-meet record for the second consecutive week, this time in the 100 fly, Sophia Heilen.

Both the Tribe teams earned wins in the 200 medley relay as the men's team of David Yune, Brock Rempe, Gavin Lamoureux and Aiden Bond finished in 1:30.91 and the women's team of Kat Vanbourgondien, Lindsay Juhlin, Heilen and Meghan Rourke clocked in at 1:43.26.

The women's 400 free relay team earned a first-place finish with a time of 3:28.18 by Flynn Truskett, Sarah Dunham, Sydney Querner and Caroline Burgeson.

Junior Ellie Scherer earned wins in all three of her events, sweeping the breast events with a 1:03.49 finish in the 100 breast and a 2:20.18 time in the 200 breast. Her 2:08.12 mark in the 200 IM was also good for a win.

Lauren Tucker, Vanbourgondien and Heilen each earned a pair of wins to help propel the Tribe over the Tigers.

Tucker took first place in both the 500 free and 1,000 free for the third-consecutive meet, earning a season best 10:14.45 finish in the 1,000 free.

Vanbourgondien swept the back events with a 55.81 mark in the 100 back and a 2:03.88 finish in the 200 back. Heilen also swept, earning first-place finishes in the 100 fly with her pool and dual-meet record time of 55.18 and the 200 fly with a 2:01.24 mark.

On the men's side, Dyke earned his second win in the 1,000 free in as many meets, clocking in at 9:38.97.

Bond's 46.31 finish in the men's 100 free was good for a win and he earned a second-place finish in the 200 free with a 1:43.78 time.

Freshman duo Truskett and Dunham each led 1-2-3 finishes for the women as Truskett's 50 free time of 24:16 and Dunham's 51.96 mark in the 100 free were good for victories.

In the 50, Sydney Querner clocked in at 24.17 and Meghan Rourke earned a third-place finish with a 24.31 time. In the 100, Caroline Burgeson took second place with her 52.38 mark and Querner's 52.70 finish landed her on the podium.

Full meet results are available here.
 
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W&M swimming will be back home at Bee McLeod Rec Center at 2 p.m. on Nov. 4 to take on Loyola Maryland, after a break in the schedule next weekend.
 
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Players Mentioned

Gavin Lamoureux

Gavin Lamoureux

Back/Fly/IM
5' 8"
Senior
Sydney Querner

Sydney Querner

Free
5' 9"
Senior
Kat Vanbourgondien

Kat Vanbourgondien

Free/Back
5' 7"
Senior
Aiden Bond

Aiden Bond

Sprint Free
6' 2"
Sophomore
Caroline Burgeson

Caroline Burgeson

Free/Back
5' 7"
Junior
Sarah Dunham

Sarah Dunham

Sprint Free
5' 8"
Sophomore
Sophia Heilen

Sophia Heilen

Fly/IM
5' 4"
Junior
Lindsay Juhlin

Lindsay Juhlin

Breast/Fly
5' 7"
Junior
Brock Rempe

Brock Rempe

Breast
6' 2"
Junior
Meghan  Rourke

Meghan Rourke

Sprint Free
5' 9"
Sophomore

Players Mentioned

Gavin Lamoureux

Gavin Lamoureux

5' 8"
Senior
Back/Fly/IM
Sydney Querner

Sydney Querner

5' 9"
Senior
Free
Kat Vanbourgondien

Kat Vanbourgondien

5' 7"
Senior
Free/Back
Aiden Bond

Aiden Bond

6' 2"
Sophomore
Sprint Free
Caroline Burgeson

Caroline Burgeson

5' 7"
Junior
Free/Back
Sarah Dunham

Sarah Dunham

5' 8"
Sophomore
Sprint Free
Sophia Heilen

Sophia Heilen

5' 4"
Junior
Fly/IM
Lindsay Juhlin

Lindsay Juhlin

5' 7"
Junior
Breast/Fly
Brock Rempe

Brock Rempe

6' 2"
Junior
Breast
Meghan  Rourke

Meghan Rourke

5' 9"
Sophomore
Sprint Free