ST. MARY'S CITY, Md. - The first day of the four-day long 2025 Atlantic East Conference swimming championships began Thursday night at The Aquatics Center at the Michael P. O'Brien Athletics & Recreation Center on the campus of St. Mary's College of Maryland.

The championship began with the 200-yard medley relay and the 800-yard freestyle relay, both of which the Gallaudet University women's swim team participated in on night one.

A Bison team of first year Thea Wrenn (Anchorage, Alaska), first year Eliza Peterson (Snellville, Ga), sophomore Tiadra Vang (Kansas City, Kan.), and first year Melany Salcedo Benavides (Woodbridge, Va.) swam the 200-yard medley relay in three minutes and 6.80 seconds, to finish in sixth place. GU's 800-meter freestyle relay team placed fifth with a time of 13:11.52. The 800-meter freestyle relay team consisted of senior Jaelynn King (Springfield, Pa.), first year Joy Watkins (Hockley, Texas), first year Alecia Miller (Litchfield, Ill.), and Vang.  
 
After the two events, GU accumulated 54 points to hold fifth place out of six teams.
 
St. Mary's College of Maryland stands in first place with 80 points, followed by Marymount (Va.) University in second with 68 points and Immaculata University in third with 62 points. Cedar Crest College (58), Gallaudet (54) and Marywood University (32) are in fourth, fifth, and sixth place, respectively. 

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• Day 1 – Finals

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Gallaudet returns to The Aquatics Center at the Michael P. O'Brien Athletics & Recreation Center tomorrow (Friday, Feb. 14) for Day 2 of the 2025 Atlantic East Conference championships. Preliminaries will start at 10 a.m. and the finals will be held at 6 p.m.