Day One Results

HAMPTON, Va. - Rhode Island had its best relay finish at the Atlantic 10 Championships in 10 years and set the program record, placing sixth in the 800-yard freestyle relay Wednesday afternoon.

On the first day of the league championship, URI's team of Molly Beckwith, Avery Potyrala, Mary McCormick and Riley Kelly posted a time of 7:23.21. That time set a new URI record, beating the previous record of 7:25.47 set by Chaya Zabludoff, Porsche Ferrell, Lauren Folkert and Sarah Keshishia on Feb. 19, 2014. It was Rhode Island's best relay finish at the A-10 championship since 2015-16, when the 200-yard medley relay team took third place.

The result gave Rhody 26 team points. Duquesne won the event in a time of 7:16.52, just ahead of Richmond (7:17.80). Richmond also won the first relay race of the day, the 200-yard medley relay.

In the first relay of the championship, Rhode Island earned 14 points with a 10th-place finish in the 200-yard medley relay. Richmond won the event with a time of 1:38.7. Rhody's team of Lily Mair, Maddy Deeney, Molly Beckwith and Abby Zadorozny had a time of 1:44.26.

Day Two of the championship will feature five events on the women's side: the 500-yard freestyle, 200-yard individual medley, 50-yard freestyle, 3-meter diving and the 200-yard freestyle relay. URI's Olivia Winslow is the top seed in the 3-meter diving event. Rylee Kelly is seeded fourth in the 500-yard freestyle and is a strong candidate to reach the event finals.

Team Standings (After Day One)
1. Richmond - 74
t2. Duquesne - 66
t22. La Salle - 66
4. St. Bonaventure - 58
5. Fordham - 56
6. George Washington - 56
7. George Mason - 46
8. Rhode Island - 42
9. Saint Louis - 38
10. Davidson - 36

Thursday Schedule
Prelims: 10 a.m. | Watch: ESPN+
Finals 6:00 p.m. | Watch: ESPN+

500 Freestyle (seed, prelims heat)
Rylee Kelly (4, Heat 7); Emma Bertotto (24, Heat 6) ; Mary McCormick (28, Heat 4); Zara Beaumont (31, Heat 4); Julianna Tyler (32, Heat 4)
200 Individual Medley (55 competitors)
Emma Raser (14, Heat 6); Maddie Deeney (19, Heat 7); Sarah Koenig (23, Heat 6); Lily Gugino (27, Heat 4); Carolyn Wanosik (41, Heat 3); Matilde Leal (44, Heat 2)  
50 Freestyle (74 competitors)
Avery Potyrala (32, Heat 6); Julia Havice (38, Heat 5);  Abby Zadorozny (48, Heat 6); Lily Mair (62, Heat 2)
3-Meter Diving (38 competitors)
Olivia Winslow (1); Emily Whiteneck (7); Kelsey Kreuscher (13)
200 Freestyle Relay (10)