ELKINS, W.Va. — The Davis & Elkins College swimming teams opened the 2026-27 season Saturday at the 2026 College Relay Meet at The Bridge Sports Complex.
The D&E men finished tied for fourth with 48 points, while the Senator women placed fifth with 26 points.
The D&E men opened the meet with a first-place finish in the 300-yard butterfly relay. Gustavo Queiroz, Payton Williamson and Lasse Schrieken combined for a time of 2:41.52 to win the event.
The Senators added a second-place finish in the men's 800-yard freestyle relay, with Finlay McNabb, Leonardo Vallerini, Williamson and Schrieken finishing in 7:24.09.
D&E also earned second place in the men's 400-yard medley relay. Lucas Magallanes, Tommy Tofani, Leonardo Oshiro and Schrieken posted a time of 3:47.50.
The men's team picked up a third-place finish in the 300-yard breaststroke relay as Magallanes, Tofani and Oshiro finished in 3:06.22.
D&E's men also finished fourth in the 400-yard medley relay at 3:50.76 with Williamson, Oshiro, Tofani and Alex Berry. The Senators placed sixth in the 400-yard freestyle relay in 3:29.30 with McNabb, Gabriel Machala, Vallerini and Queiroz, and seventh in the 500-yard freestyle relay in 4:37.48 with Queiroz, Magallanes, Vallerini and McNabb.
The D&E women recorded a third-place finish in the 300-yard butterfly relay. Alli Martin, Sybil Williamson and Julianne Hobson finished in 3:20.05.
The women also finished fourth in the 500-yard freestyle relay in 5:13.50 with Williamson, Hobson, Savannah Foley and Martin, and fourth in the 400-yard freestyle relay in 4:01.68 with Hobson, Martin, Williamson and Foley.
D&E's women finished fifth in the 400-yard medley relay in 5:14.61. The relay featured Foley, Alyson Schaefer, Jenna Stout and Estella Styer.
The Senators placed sixth in the 800-yard freestyle relay in 10:20.89 with Stout, Schaefer, Tessa Banasiak and Styer. D&E also finished seventh in the 300-yard backstroke relay in 3:44.45 with Bella Donato, Schaefer and Stout, and seventh in the 200-yard freestyle relay in 2:08.46 with Donato, Styer, Ella Ours and Banasiak.
The D&E men finished seventh in the 300-yard backstroke relay in 3:11.70 with Joannes Luna, Machala and Josiah Church-Corley. The Senators also placed eighth in the 300-yard breaststroke relay with Berry, Church-Corley and Luna, and ninth in the 800-yard freestyle relay with Machala, Luna, Berry and Church-Corley.
