Topolewski Wraps Outstanding Profession at NCAA Championships

GW swimming & diving senior Ava Topolewski took the pool for her closing faculty occasion on Wednesday, swimming the 1,650-yard freestyle on the NCAA Championships to cap a profession that stands among the many program’s all-time greats.

Swimming within the first warmth of Wednesday morning’s 1,650 free, Topolewski tapped in 16:38.63, ending Thirty ninth general within the nation.

Now a two-time NCAA Championships competitor (2024 & 2026), Topolewski’s swim on Wednesday made her the fifth in an elite membership of GW swimming & diving student-athletes to make a number of appearances at NCAAs, becoming a member of the likes of GW Hall of Famers Meghan Mitchell (1994 & 1995), Bambi Bowman (1994 & 1995) and Andrea Bolognesi (2016 & 2017), and up to date males’s standout Djurdje Matic (2022, 2024). Topolewski’s Thirty ninth-place end tied her end within the occasion from 2024.

Topolewski completed her profession with 4 A-10 All-Conference First Team appearances, claiming eight gold medals and three silver medals in her 4 journeys to the A-10 Championships.

An A-10 All-Academic Team member in 2026, Topolewski’s case as the most effective miler in convention historical past is robust. She turned the primary lady ever to win four-consecutive 1,650 freestyle A-10 championships, and he or she holds the A-10 and GW file within the occasion (16:08.48), set in her gold-medal profitable NCAA-qualifying swim on the 2024 A-10 Championships.