Navy vs Bucknell vs American vs Lafayette
- November 9, 2024
- Lewisburg, Pa.
- SCY (25 yards)
- Results
Courtesy: Navy Sports
LEWISBURG, Pa. — The Navy swimming and diving teams combined for 26 events wins as each program posted victories over American, Bucknell and Lafayette, Saturday at Kinney Natatorium in Lewisburg, Pa.
The men’s team (8-2) won all 16 events to defeat American (2-6), 183-100, Bucknell (2-2), 172-117, and Lafayette (2-3), 185-104. The women’s team (7-3) earned 10 event wins to top the Eagles (3-5), 217-77, the Bison (3-1), 161-134, and the Leopards (0-5), 222-73.
“Today was an important competition for our program,” said Navy men’s swimming head coach Bill Roberts. “For starters, it was fun to compete on the road since we have been at home for most of the semester. Similar to last week, I thought the team did a terrific job coming off of a tough week of training and preparation and still raced and competed very well today.”
“Thank you to Bucknell and their staff for hosting a great meet,” said Navy women’s swimming head coach John Morrison. “It was fun to compete against three league teams in this year’s championship pool. Overall, we saw some strong improvements in racing. We are in a good spot heading into our fall invitational in two weeks.”
Men’s Meet
Ben Irwin led the Mids with three individual victories on the day. Irwin was the first swimmer in the water as part of Navy’s winning 200 medley relay team. Individually, he won the 100 back in a time of 50.09 and placed first in the 200 back with an effort of 1:48.94.
Also winning two individual events was Everet Andrew, who finished in first place in the 200 free (1:39.23) and 100 free (44.71) races.
Other Mids to win an individual event were Dean Jones, 1000 free (9:19.93); Nate Sukeena, 100 breast (56.55), Tyler Kaminski, 200 fly (1:51.92); Gavin Green, 50 free (20.60); Blakeman Shaw, one-meter diving (331.50); Noah Robinson, 200 breast (2:05.71); Luca Oliva, 500 free (4:33.91); Lachlan Andrew, 100 fly (49.72); Zach Peng, three-meter diving (293.60) and Kellan Pattison, 100 IM (51.29).
Women’s Meet
Caroline Irwin and Lauren Walsh each won three events during the meet. Irwin was part of both relay event victories and also won the 100 fly in a time of 55.71. Walsh joined Irwin in winning the 200 medley relay and also won both breaststroke races. She recorded times of 1:02.99 in the 100 event and 2:16.48 in the 200 race.
Additionally, diver Mackenzie Kim swept the boards with her scores of 299.00 on the one meter and 306.55 on the three meter and Allie Maloney won the 100 back (57.16) and 200 back (2:03.99) races.
Completing the list of event winners was Jennifer Luong, who won the 50 free (24.18).
“Lauren had two great wins and the whole breaststroke corps proved their prowess,” said Morrison. “Caroline had a good meet in the fly events. Mackenzkie led the way in diving with putting up some big points on the board.”
Up Next
The Navy teams will next be in competition Nov. 20-22 when they take part in the West Virginia Invite.
Courtesy: Bucknell Athletics
LEWISBURG, Pa. – The Bucknell men’s swimming & diving team had a 2-1 day in a quadrangular meet on Saturday at Kinney Natatorium. Now 2-2 on the season, the Bison routed American (231-66) and Lafayette (238-62) but fell to Navy 172-117.
Bucknell finished ahead of Lafayette in every event and in front of American in all but one. The Midshipmen, who have won 20 straight Patriot League titles dating back to Bucknell’s championship in 2003, had the first-place finisher in every event but didn’t take points in the final five after clinching the meet.
Shane Wynne, Andy Dorsel, and Justin DiSanto all had runner-up finishes to Navy in individual events. One of Bucknell’s best races of the day came in the 200-yard butterfly, while Wynne and Dorsel finished 2-3, only four-tenths of a second apart.
Dorsel was later edged by Navy’s Noah Robinson by only a tenth of a second in the 200 breaststroke, with Wil Hedges taking third.
In the 100 free, DiSanto was a close second to Navy’s Everet Andrew. DiSanto also tied for third in the 50 free and he anchored both of Bucknell’s relays. The 200 medley relay was third behind two Navy teams at the start of the meet, and the 200 free relay was second to Navy but earned first-place points with the Midshipmen in exhibition mode.
Other Bison swimmers who captured events when compared to American and Lafayette were Chris Kopac in the 200 and 500 free, William Shoemaker in the 1000 free, Caleb Hagadorn in the 100 back, Hedges in the 100 breast, Braden Beagle in the 200 back, Wynne in the 100 fly, and Dante Buonadonna in the 100 IM.
In the diving events, Jack Krug in the 1-meter and Connor Thurston in the 3-meter both took third behind only Navy competitors. Thurston’s score of 271.65 on the 3-meter board was only .3 away from cracking the top 10 in team history.
Next up is the Bucknell Invitational at Kinney Natatorium Nov. 22-24. This is a three-day trials/finals meet designed to emulate the postseason championships later in the season.
Courtesy: American Athletics
WASHINGTON – The competition was tough for American University swimming & diving in a quad meet at Bucknell, with teams from Navy and Lafayette also competing. Overall, the Eagles posted seven top-five finishes and the women earned a win over Lafayette, while perennial Patriot League power Navy was dominant with victories over every team.
Notable Results
- The top finish for American came from junior Colin Clough who took second in the men’s 100 breaststroke with a time of 57.20.
- Clough later teamed up with sophomore Connor Florence, senior Aidan Delehanty and freshman Charlie St. Louis to place third in the men’s 200 free relay.
- Freshman Zachary Rothman earned a fourth-place finish in the men’s 500 free in 4:45.07. Freshman Luke Martens was close behind, taking sixth in 4:46.15.
- Junior Isabel McGovern posted the top individual finish for the women, placing fourth in the 200 butterfly in 2:08.17.
- Freshman Demetra Bicos was fifth in the 1,000 freestyle in 10:39.06.
- McGovern teamed up with junior Dylan Moulton, sophomore Lian Jeong Engle, and freshman Grace Gilbert for a second-place finish in the women’s 200 free relay.
- Senior diver Griffin Batt and freshmen divers Gray Miller and Sean Memon placed sixth, seventh, and eighth on the men’s 1-meter, respectively.
- Miller later took sixth on the 3-meter with a score of 239.95.
- The women’s team earned a win over Lafayette, 151-148, to go 1-2 overall, while the men finished 0-3.
Next Up
- AU will take a weekend off before returning to action at the George Mason Patriot Invitational from Nov. 21-23.
Courtesy: Lafayette Athletics
LEWISBURG, Pa. – The Leopards faced Bucknell, Navy and American in a quad meet on Saturday afternoon at Bucknell’s Kinney Natatorium.
Swimming for the men, senior Avery LeTourneau captured second in the 100-yard fly with a final time of 51.78. Classmate Peter Kawash secured third in the 100-yard IM, finishing with a time of 53.07. Sophomore Alexander Reihl took home fifth in the 100-yard fly (52.71) and senior Tommy Krystkiewicz finished sixth in the 100-yard backstroke (53.28).
Junior Tommy Weber placed seventh in the 500-yard free (4:47.13) followed by senior Kurtis Campbell in eighth (4:48.56). Sophomore Alexander Zoldan, senior Jack Oleson and freshman Charles Derivaux each placed eighth in the 1000-yard free (9:50.98), 200-yard breaststroke (2:15.70) and 100-yard IM (55.71), respectively.
Sophomore diver Landon Orth secured fourth and fifth place finishes in the 1- and 3-meter dives (256.60, 258.55), while junior Peter Curtis placed seventh in the 3-meter dive (239.00).
Swimming for the women, junior Isabella Van Ess earned fourth in the 200-yard breaststroke with a final time of 2:23.68. Van Ess also secured sixth place in the 100-yard IM (1:02.37). Sophomore Abigail Bebel collected fifth in the 100-yard IM, finishing with a time of 1:02.21, and senior Maggie Ivie reeled in sixth in the 100-yard backstroke (59.01).
Sophomore Caroline Schenck and freshman Ever Ferguson placed seventh and eighth in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:07.99) and 200-yard fly (2:10.87), respectively.
Senior diver Shaylee Daniels snagged fourth in the 1-meter dive (230.95) and sophomore Mia Guster placed sixth in the 3-meter dive (235.80)
The men beat American (185-112) and fell to Navy (185-104) and Bucknell (238-62), while the women fell to American (151-148), Navy (222-73) and Bucknell (234-66).
“We were looking forward to today. It was a shorter trip and a venue which would be hosting our season ending meets in February. Both teams improved their performances from our previous meets and we had a chance to show some of our depth in events that some don’t normally get to compete in,” said Lafayette head coach James Dailey. “Our times were much faster and our scores much higher. Today’s performances set the stage for a great Lafayette vs, Lehigh dual meet.”
The Maroon and White host Lehigh for senior night on Nov. 22 at 6 p.m.
