WASHINGTON - The women's team won three events on its way to tying for the win for American University swimming & diving at the annual Potomac Relays, coming out on top for the first time in five years. The Eagles hosted Georgetown, George Mason, Howard, Mount St. Mary's, and Mary Washington in the meet, with AU and George Mason tying for the women's win while George Mason took a win on the men's side.

NOTABLE

• The women's team earned wins in the 200 medley relay, the 3x100 butterfly relay, and the 200 freestyle relay. 
• Fifth-year Mimi Watts raced on all three winning relays, while freshman Piper Crosby was on two of those, as was sophomore Lian Jeong Engle. Those three teamed up with freshman Marin Priddy for the 200 medley relay win (1:46.03), and with freshman Grace Gilbert for the 200 freestyle win (1:37.44).
• Watts was with junior Isabel McGovern and freshman Claire Mosher for the 3x100 butterfly victory in 2:55.81.
• The foursome of McGovern, sophomore Kate Williams, and freshmen Demetra Bicos and Hailey Rees took second in the 800 free relay.
• Also taking second was the trio of Priddy, Bicos and junior Grace Netz in the 3x100 breaststroke relay, touching the wall just three one-hundredths behind George Mason.
• Crosby, senior Amaya Tomma, and freshman Brooke Vos took third in the women's 3x100 backstroke relay. Also taking third was the foursome of Bicos, McGovern, senior Katie Yoo, and junior Gabby Kaczorowski in the women's 400 IM relay.
• The pair of Rees and Williams touched third in the women's 2x500 freestyle relay, making it a total of eight top-three finishes for the women.
• The men's team recorded one second-place and three third-place finishes.
• Freshmen Zachary Rothman and Luke Martens teamed up for a second-place showing in the 2x500 freestyle relay, with their time of 9:33.11 being nearly 20 seconds faster than third place.
• Senior Aidan Delehanty swam with sophomore Henry Bysshe and freshman Ryan Pursley to take third in the 3x100 backstroke relay, while fifth-year Will Deitch teamed with junior Colin Clough and freshman Charlie St. Louis for a third-place finish in the 3x100 breaststroke relay.
• Delehanty was also the lead-off for the men's 500 freestyle relay that placed third, and he was joined by Rothman, sophomore Connor Florence and sophomore Lucas Standridge.
• The Eagles earned three more top-three finishes in diving, which took place at Georgetown.
• Junior Peyton Thurman placed second on the women's 3-meter and third on the women's 1-meter, while freshman Gray Miller placed second for the men on the 3-meter.
• Miller's first-ever collegiate score of 282.4 is good enough for sixth all-time on the 3-meter in program history.
• The women scored 314 points to tie George Mason, while the men scored 278 points to place fourth of six teams for the men.

NEXT UP

• On Saturday, Oct. 5, the Eagles will head to UMBC for a dual with the Retrievers at 1 pm. AU's first home dual meet is set for Friday, Oct. 11 against Georgetown at 4 pm.

FULL SWIMMING RESULTS

FULL AU DIVING RESULTS
Women's 1-Meter
3. Peyton Thurman, 218.9
8. Maggie Fanning, 176.3

Women's 3-Meter
2. Peyton Thurman, 229.2
6. Maggie Fanning, 185.1

Men's 1-Meter
6. Gray Miller, 231.1
8. Sean Memon, 218.35
12. Griffin Batt, 198.35

Men's 3-Meter
2. Gray Miller, 282.4
6. Griffin Batt, 212.4
9. Sean Memon, 187.95