Mortimer, Redding Lead Swimming at Tri-Meet to Open 2026 Season

HAMPTON, Va. – Bryce Mortimer and Zach Redding each won an event for Old Dominion University Swimming to lead the Monarchs in a tri-meet on Friday against William & Mary and East Carolina at the Hampton AquaPlex.

Mortimer earned ODU’s first victory of the night in the 200 breaststroke with a time of 2:02.78.

Redding followed with a win in the 100 butterfly with a time of 48.64, while Dawson Truong took fourth in a time of 50.03.

The meet started with the 200 medley relay as the team of Addie Elliott, Jadyn Whitt, Lauren Masters and Bella Pachek finished eighth with a time of 1:48.92.

The men’s 200 medley relay team of Mortimer, Toni Sallaku, Jordan Smolsky and Robby Young took third with a time of 1:33.39.

Sophia Kapla led the Monarchs in the 1000 women’s freestyle with a time of 10:48.30. She placed 12^th in the 500 free with a time of 5:20.04.

Grey Bremer led the men’s 1000 free with a fourth place spot in a time of 9:47.78. Bremer placed second in the 500 free with a time of 4:36.85.

Arielle Grabowski finished 11^th in the 200 freestyle with a time of 1:57.38, while Nick Martin led the men with a time of 1:43.58 to finish fourth. Grabowski also led the women in the 100 free by finishing in 54.37 to take 12^th.

Pachek finished 12^th in the women’s 100 backstroke with a time of 59.29, while Mortimer took fifth with a time of 52.16. She also finished 10^th in the 50 free with a time of 24.50.

Whitt led the Monarchs with a seventh-place spot in the women’s 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:07.22.

Truong led the men’s squad by taking fourth with a time of 57.54.

In the women’s 200 butterfly, Anna Lupo took 10^th with a time of 2:11.97. Zane Nall finished fifth for the men with a time of 2:00.27.

Redding finished in second place in the 50 free with a time of 20.04 and he also took second in the 100 free with a time of 43.97.

In the women’s 200 backstroke, Kristilynn Mosley finished ninth with a time of 2:07.13. Mosley took 10^th in the 200 IM with a time of 2:13.46.

Mortimer placed third in the 200 IM with a time of 1:54.11.

Ben Schattenberg earned a fifth-place spot in the 200 backstroke with a time of 1:54.78.

Adrienne Rinker led the way in the women’s 200 breaststroke to finish 10^th in a time of 2:29.97.