Friday, October 7, 2004
Contact: Chris Kilcoyne
Washington and Lee Tops ODAC Preseason Swimming Poll
SALEM,
VA—Twelve-time defending league champion Washington and Lee earned all seven
first-place votes to sit atop the Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC)
preseason swimming poll which is voted on by the league’s head coaches.
The Generals earned a total of 49 points in the poll and had a
8-6 overall record last season. At last
year’s ODAC championships, Washington and Lee (596 pts) was followed by
Randolph-Macon in second place (475 pts), R-M Woman’s College (249.5), Sweet
Briar (230), Hollins (213) and
RMC received 42 points total to earn the second slot in the
poll. The Yellow Jackets finished last
season a 7-2 overall mark, 4-1 in the conference and return three time ODAC
Swimmer-of-the-Year and Honorable Mention All-American
Sweet Briar garnered 31 points for the third spot in the poll
followed by Randolph-Macon Woman’s (29 points), Hollins
(22 points),
2005-06
Washington and Lee 49
(7)
Randolph-Macon 42
Sweet Briar 31
Randolph-Macon
Woman’s 29
Hollins 22
Emory and Henry 7