W&L Males’s Swimming Ranked No. 25 in Most Current CSCAA Division III Poll

LEXINGTON, Va. — The Washington and Lee University males’s swimming crew has earned a nationwide rating for the primary time this season, debuting at No. 25 within the College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) Division III Top 25 Dual Meet Poll, launched not too long ago.

The Generals (3–1) are among the many new applications getting into the November nationwide rankings, which consider the highest twin meet groups throughout NCAA Division III. W&L is the one Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) consultant in both the lads’s or girls’s polls this month.

The committee, composed of Division III coaches from throughout the nation, ranks groups primarily based on twin meet outcomes, season performances, roster depth, and SwimCloud knowledge projections. The rankings spotlight general twin meet power fairly than championship meet predictions.

Emory University tops the lads’s nationwide ballot with 425 factors, adopted by Chicago (407) and Denison (387) to spherical out the highest three. Washington and Lee earned 25 factors to hitch the highest 25 for the primary time this season, after a formidable begin that features commanding wins over Mary Washington, Southern Virginia, and Lynchburg and tallied 71 factors towards now No. 4 Carnegie Mellon in October. 

The Generals are coming off the heels of a powerful Eighth-place efficiency at UChicago’s D3 Shootout the place senior Dalton Jobe registered the Blue and White’s first ‘B Cut’ time of the season, within the 200 free (1:38.85)

W&L returns to the beginning blocks Friday, November 21 on the three-day RMC Yellow Jacket Invite on the Hampton (Va.) Aquaplex. 

Fans can view the entire rankings and future launch dates at www.cscaa.org/top25

Nestled within the mountains of Virginia, Washington and Lee University is a proud member of NCAA Division III and the Old Dominion Athletic Conference. Founded in 1749, W&L is the ninth-oldest school within the United States and a top-ranked liberal arts college. With over 500 student-athletes in 24 varsity sports activities, the Generals have celebrated over 265 convention championships. Learn extra concerning the Blue and White by visiting www.generalssports.com or on social media at @WLUGenerals.