Males’s Swimming Season Preview – Randolph College

LYNCHBURG, Va. – The Randolph males’s swimming crew is able to dive into the 2025-26 season with a mixture of veteran management and new faces. The WildCats enter the 12 months seeking to make their mark within the Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC).

Co-Head coaches Lee Lewis and Greg Hofmann return on the helm as this system has continued to construct depth and competitiveness. 

The males’s crew brings again eight returners and brings in 5 new faces. The crew noticed a number of data fall final season. The 800 Free Relay squad broke the varsity report on the ODAC Championships inserting sixth total. Evan Shopbell set three particular person data final season as a junior. He broke the 1650 Yard Free (17:43.38), 400 Yard IM (4:10.57), and 200 Fly (1:59.37).  Milo Fagan, in his first-year broke the varsity report within the 200 Free in 1:49.06 will return to the WildCats. Ben Hiss returns as a core member of the crew and has set a number of data in first-year and persevering with to get sooner in setting private bests by way of the years.

Randolph will compete in a full slate of twin meets, invitationals, and convention match ups all through the season, constructing in direction of the ODAC Championships in February. 

The ‘Cats start their season on Saturday, Oct. 4, on the annual ODAC Relays hosted by Washington and Lee University. The groups’ residence opener is Oct. 11 at 1 p.m.