Lehigh vs West Chester
- October 17, 2025
- Bethlehem, Pa.
- SCY (25 yards)
- Results
Courtesy: Lehigh Sports
BETHLEHEM, Pa. – The home opener for Lehigh’s women’s swimming & Diving team took place on Friday night against West Chester. The Mountain Hawks dominated the Rams, winning every event on the way to a 176-67 victory.
Mairin Ludwig had three of those wins by herself. The senior started off the night with a dominant performance in the 1000-yard freestyle. Her winning time of 10:26.54 gapped the entire field by 23.5 seconds. She followed that up with a 200-yard individual medley win, swimming 2:07.71. Ludwig finished her night with the 500-yard freestyle, beating all swimmers by at least 11 seconds with a time of 5:03.51. Right behind her was fellow Mountain Hawk Sophie Perry. This was the first-year’s first-ever appearance in this event, and her time of 5:14.96 was good for second.
In the freestyle sprint events, it was a pair of first-years who led the field. Genevieve Cody took the win in both the 50 and 100-yard freestyles, while Giselle Michaels took second in both. Cody swam 24.18 over 50, and 52.32 over 100, while Michaels hit the wall at 24.81 in the 50 and 54.01 in the 100.
There were two events at the meet where the Mountain Hawks secured the top three spots. Senior Caitlin Deitch (1:56.59), Perry (1:57.24), and sophomore Claire Coughlin (1:58.91), secured the top three podium spots in the order listed in the 200-yard freestyle. Clara Moschella won the 100-yard butterfly in 1:56.59, and it was Deitch (57.35) and sophomore Annie Gao (59.50) placing second and third.
The remaining two swimming events were both won by Lehigh underclass swimmers. First-year Eliza Johnson secured a 100-yard backstroke win with a time of 57.21, and sophomore Zoe Davies won the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 1:06.74.
The results were no different on the diving board. Junior Katie Whitaker won both the 3-meter and 1-meter diving events. Whitaker scored 252.98 in the higher dive, and 233.23 in the shorter dive.
The Mountain Hawks bookended the meet with a pair of relay victories. The relay team consisting of Johnson, Davies, Moschella, and Michaels swam 1:46.66 to win the 200-yard medley relay. Lehigh won the 400-yard freestyle relay in 3:34.7 to end the meet, and that team featured Deitch, Cody, Moschella, and Perry.
“This was going to be more about seeing where our women are right now, and they’re in a great spot,” head coach Rob Herb explained. “Every event was just a result of the continuous hard work that these women are putting in every day. It was a good result.”
The Mountain Hawks are back in Jacobs Pool tomorrow to face the Rider Broncs at 1 p.m.
BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Lehigh’s men’s swimming & diving team competed at home on Friday night against West Chester. The Mountain Hawks outscored the Rams 130-113 to earn a victory in the home opener.
The Mountain Hawks secured six individual wins at the meet, and Jack Deppe was responsible for two of them. The sophomore won the 200-yard individual medley in a time of 1:54.84, and followed that up with a 46.93-second 100-yard freestyle win.
Lehigh had a trio of pairs get first and second across the meet. Andrew Takach was right behind Deppe with a second place finish in the 200-yard individual medley, he swam 1:56.76. Sophomore Will Moon won his first race of the season, swimming 1:43.35 over the 200-yard freestyle. He barely beat out first-year Braeden Roach, who swam a second place time of 1:43.79. The final 1-2 punch of the competition was sophomore Tristan Ronayne and senior Ben Kisker. Ronayne won the 100-yard backstroke in 51.64, and three-hundredths of a second after him finished Kisker (51.67).
The Mountain Hawks took all three podium spots in the 50-yard freestyle. Sophomore Chase Bearley won the event, swimming 21.07. He was followed by sophomore Davis Woerner (21.48) and senior Aaron Williams (21.71).
First-year Spencer Campbell was the final individual champion for Lehigh. His time of 51.84 gave him the win in the 100-yard freestyle.
Lehigh also brought their winning ways into the relays, winning both the 200-yard medley and the 400-yard freestyle relay. The team of Kisker, Spencer Ridge, Williams, and Bearley swam 1:33.82 to take first in the medley relay. The Mountain Hawks won the 400-yard freestyle relay in 3:07.83 with the team composed of Deppe, Woerner, Judson McIntosh, and Frankie Prekop.
“Our men really came out tonight,” said head coach Rob Herb. “They knew they had a mission if they wanted to get a win over this team, which they didn’t have last year. This was one of the goals of the team and they knew they had to step up and everyone stepped up to a point where I’m just in shock. I think they did a great job.”
The Mountain Hawks are back in Jacobs Pool tomorrow to face Rider at 1 p.m.
Courtesy: West Chester Athletics
BETHLEHEM, PA – Alicia McHugh (Jenkintown, PA Abington) and Isabella Kil (Enola, PA East Pennsboro) each turned in a pair of runner-up performances to lead West Chester’s effort against Division I Lehigh in a non-league women’s swim meet inside Jacob Pool Friday night. However, it was not enough to overcome the Mountain Hawks, 176-67.
McHugh scored 229.58 points off of the 1-meter diving board while posting 248.35 points off the 3m board to finish second in each event. Kacey Lenz (Swarthmore, PA Ridley) was third off the 3m board with 234.00 points while placing fourth off the 1m board with 212.25.
Kil was runner-up in both the 200-yard individual medley and the 100 breaststroke. She put up a time of 2 minutes, 10.99 seconds in the 200 IM and 1:07.81 in the breast.
The only other runner-up individual efforts for the Golden Rams came from Ditta Kowalik (State College, PA State College Area) in the 1000 freestyle and Michalina Jasinska (Warsaw, Poland) in the 100 backstroke.
West Chester returns to the pool next Friday when they travel to Bloomsburg for a 5 p.m. meet with the Huskies.
BETHLEHEM, PA – Boden Burkhart (Walnutport, PA Northampton) and Paul Demesy (Saint Ulrich, France) were each double winners while Kai Hang (Pennsburg, PA Upper Perkiomen) was also a first-place finisher to highlight West Chester’s performances against Division I Lehigh in a non-league men’s swim meet inside Jacob Pool Friday night. However, it was not enough to overcome the Mountain Hawks, 130-122.
Burkhart won both the 1-meter and 3-meter diving competitions on Friday. He posted a score of 281.63 off the 1m board and 288.83 off the 3m board. The men captured first, second, third and fourth in both competitions as the Golden Rams put up a strong showing in the diving well Friday. Dominick Horning (Williamsport, PA Loyalsock) was second in both events with 241.48 points off the 1m and 227.48 off the 3m. Michael Finlaw (Warrington, PA Central Bucks South) was third in each event. Freshman Jed Alderfer (Plymouth Meeting, PA Plymouth-Whitemarsh) was fourth off both boards.
Demesy won both the 500-yard freestyle and the 1000 free just six days after winning both events against New York University. He swam the 500 free in 4 minutes, 39.82 seconds and the 1000 free in 9:35.97. Szymon Kapala (Olsztyn, Poland) was third in the 1000 free for West Chester as well.
Brey Wright (Georgetown, DEL Sussex Central) was runner-up in the 100 butterfly in a time of 52.19 seconds while Till Schroeder (Wiesbaden, Germany) was runner-up in the 100 free (46.95).
West Chester returns to the pool next Friday when they travel to Bloomsburg for a 5 p.m. meet with the Huskies.
