'Cats Enter 2025 A-10 Championships Wednesday

With points, podium spots and medals to earn, Davidson's swimming and diving teams enter the Atlantic 10 Championships at the Hampton Aquaplex in Hampton, Va., this week.

Four days of action begins Wednesday with 12:30 p.m. prelims in women's 1-meter diving and runs through Saturday's 6 p.m. finals session. In all, athletes from eight men's teams and 11 women's teams will compete in 40 events and do it for the second straight year in Hampton.

For an event schedule, results and the ESPN+ broadcast schedule, visit A-10 Championship Central here.

CHAMPIONSHIP NOTES
• Dylan Felt, now a junior, has secured Men's Most Outstanding Performer honors each of his first two seasons and split the award last season with George Washington's Connor Rodgers.
• Since joining the A-10 in 2014-15, Davidson has secured five Most Outstanding Performer Awards in the women's championship. That includes three honors by Elise Lankiewicz (2015, 2016, 2017) and two by Shelby Stanley (2021, 2022).
• Third place is the highest team finish for Davidson's teams. The Wildcats took third in both the men's and women's standings in 2021, and the Davidson women were also third in 2016.
• Last year, the Davidson men were fifth among eight teams, while the women were sixth of 11.
• George Washington has swept the team championships the last three years and has won seven of the previous eight men's titles.

FELT RETURNS FOR MORE
It didn't take long for Felt to leave his mark on the A-10. As a freshman in 2023, he swept the conference's top honors, securing the A-10 Most Outstanding Rookie and Most Outstanding Performer awards after winning A-10 titles in the 500 free and 1,650 free and getting silver medals in the 200 free and with the 800 free relay.

Last year, he repeated as champion in the 500 free and 1,650 free and again took home silver in the 200 free and 800 free relay as well. He improved upon his A-10 record in the 1,650 (14:55.89) and set the league's 500 mark (4:16.58).

As the 2025 championships open, Felt has his name on nine program records: 100 free, 200 free, 500 free, 1,000 free and 1,650 free; 400 medley relay, 200 free relay, 400 free relay and 800 free relay.

SCHOU, VALMASSEI, ETC.
The Wildcats have a few other returning medalists as well.

Diver Annica Valmassei took silver in both the 1- and 3-meter events last year, while Andrew Schou took bronze in the 100 breast.

The men's 800 free relay team of Felt, Ben McClain, Mitch McClain and Fletcher Smith also took bronze (6:28.22).

Additionally, Valmassei (3M) and Ben McClain (200 free) won A-10 titles in 2022.

'CATS WITH TOP-8 RANKINGS
The top eight performers in each event earn 'A' finalist points.
Men
• 100 free: Dylan Felt (4th), 44.43
• 200 free: Dylan Felt (1st), 1:35.03
• 500 free: Dylan Felt (4th), 4:27.30; Fletcher Smith (8th), 4:32.79
• 1,650 free: Dylan Felt (4th), 15:44.00; Davis Moore (7th), 16:04.99; Jackson McDonald (8th), 16:05.80
• 200 back: Jeremy Kemp (8th), 1:48.42
• 100 breast: Andrew Schou (4th), 54.94
• 200 breast: Andrew Schou (7th), 2:00.54
• 200 fly: Fletcher Smith (5th), 1:47.41; Robby Votta (7th), 1:48.81
• 1M diving: Garrett Sablich (4th), 262.20
• 3M diving: Garrett Sablich (7th), 238.40

Women
• 200 free: Ginny Thorsen (3rd), 1:50.59; Brooke Mahoney (7th), 1:51.02
• 500 free: Ginny Thorsen (7th), 4:58.27
• 1,650 free: Ginny Thorsen (7th), 17:18.22; Rani Greer (8th), 17:29.15
• 100 back: Ann Thompson (8th), 55.65
• 100 breast: Anna Newman (2nd), 1:01.90
• 200 IM: Anna Newman (8th), 2:03.73
• 3M diving: Elle Jacobsen (6th), 267.30

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