College notebook: Bentz makes an early-season splash

It's still early in the college swimming season, but Caroline Bentz is on pace to be a factor at the end of the season.

At last weekend's N.C. State Invitational, the Virginia Tech senior from King George High School swam the fastest women's 200-yard backstroke (1:52.43) in the nation this season. It was a personal best, the No. 2 time in Hokies history and qualified her for next spring's NCAA championship meet.

Bentz also placed second in the 100 back (52.55) and third in the 200 individual medley (1:58.51) at the five-team meet and swam on two top-five relays.

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• East Carolina freshman Carlie Clements (Massaponax) placed third in the women's 100 freestyle (50.60) and seventh in the women's 50 free (23.44) and anchored the Pirates to a third-place finish in the 200 medley relay at the WVU Invitational.. West Virginia freshman Trevor Hudson (Riverbend) placed third in the men's 1,650 freestyle (15:41.01) in his home pool.

• Sophomore Owen Geddes (Fredericksburg Academy) swept the men's 100-yard backstroke (56.19) and 200 individual medley (2:03.36) in St. Norbert (Minn.)'s dual-meet win over Wisconsin-Oshkosh Saturday.

• George Mason junior Anka Whelan (Mountain View) placed third in the women's 200 backstroke (2:00.50) and fifth in the 200 IM (2:04.63) at the weekend Patriot Invitational in Fairfax.

• Marymount sophomore Garrett Peck (Chancellor) won the men's 200-yard butterfly (2:12.80) in Saturday's dual meet with Goucher.

• Junior Bridgette Pearson (Mountain View) anchored Catawba (N.C.)'s 200 free relay team to a school record (1:35.00) at the weekend Kellianne Nagy Fall Frenzy in Charlotte, N.C.

• Junior running back Devyn Ford (North Stafford) scored his first touchdown in a Notre Dame uniform on a 12-yard pass reception in the Fighting Irish's 45-7 win over Wake Forest Saturday.

• Freshman linebacker Noah Martin (Fredericksburg Christian) made a team-high 11 tackles in Christopher Newport's 28-20 first-round NCAA Division III tournament loss to Randolph-Macon Saturday.

• Despite eight receptions for 128 yards and a touchdown Saturday from former Colonial Forge standout Elijah Sarratt, James Madison suffered its first loss, 26-23 to Appalachian State in overtime.

• Senior Jarett Hunter (Louisa) carried 20 times for 108 yards and a touchdown as Howard edged Morgan State 17-14 Saturday to win the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference title and earn a berth in the Celebration Bowl.

• Former James Monroe standout Jordan Hall made five tackles, including a 14-yard sack, in Michigan State's 24-21 victory over Indiana Saturday.

• Graduate student Chase McGowan (North Stafford) had eight tackles (two for loss) in Delaware's 35-7 loss to Villanova Saturday.

• Redshirt sophomore Trevin Edwards (Chancellor) caught three passes for 54 yards, including a 30-yard touchdown, in Colorado Mesa's 38-24 victory over New Mexico Highlands Saturday.

• In his final college game, graduate student Malcolm Anderson (Mountain View) threw for 217 yards and a touchdown and sophomore teammate Brendan Robinson (Mountain View) returned a kickoff 80 yards for a touchdown in Bridgewater's 35-17 loss to Wilkes in Saturday's Cape Henry Bowl in Edwardsville, Pa.

• Junior Jacob Romero (Massaponax) rushed for 100 yards in Washington & Lee's 20-17 Cape Charles Bowl loss to Lycoming (Pa.) Saturday, giving him 1,093 for the season.

• In what was likely the last college game of his six-year, four-school college career, Jason Brown (Chancellor) completed 11 of 18 passes for 86 yards in Jackson State's 28-24 loss to Alcorn State Saturday.

• Freshman forward Kristen Auguste (Colonial Forge) had 32 points and nine rebounds in Northern Virginia Community College's 92-65 win over Patrick Henry Community College Thursday after netting 18 points in Tuesday's 62-60 loss to Harford Community College.

• Graduate student Daijordan Brown (Culpeper) scored a game-high 20 points in Eastern Mennonite's 95-66 win over Penn College Sunday.

• Former Chancellor standout Isaiah Coleman had 13 points and eight rebounds in 20 minutes of action as Seton Hall topped Albany 96-71 Wednesday.

• Graduate student Maggie Sharp (Mountain View) had 14 points and four steals in Frostburg State's 68-57 loss to Lock Haven Wednesday.

• Sophomore guard Khai Seargeant (Courtland) scored 18 points in Virginia Wesleyan's 87-64 win over N.C. Wesleyan Saturday after posting 13 in Wednesday's 61-48 victory over Methodist. He was a combined 15 for 15 from the free throw line.

• SUNY-Jeffersom freshman Lakaiya Butcher (Massaponax) scored 21 points in last Monday's 91-84 win over Fulton-Montgomery Community College.

• Sophomore Martin Kawa (Colonial Forge) netted 16 points in Richard Bland's 87-74 win over CCBC Catonsville Saturday after scoring 16 in an 80-69 loss to Harford Community College and 20 in a 78-60 defeat against Howard Community College.

• Towson junior Victoria Barrett (North Stafford) was named to the all-Coastal Athletic Association first team for the second straight season after ranking second on the Tigers with 336 regular-season kills, 203 digs and 35 aces. She had 13 kills and 14 digs in a 3-1 loss to Delaware in the CAA tournament final, leaving Towson (24-6) hoping for an at-large NCAA tournament berth when the field is announced this Sunday.

• Morgan State freshman Jada Williams (Stafford) was named to the Mid-East Athletic Conference all-rookie team after ranking second in the conference with 92 blocks and adding 95 kills.

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