2024 Thomas Murphy Invitational
- October 25-27, 2024
- Baltimore, Md.
- SCY (25 yards)
- Results
Courtesy: Loyola Greyhounds Athletics
BALTIMORE – The Loyola University Maryland men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams both won their respective team races at the Thomas Murphy Invitational, setting a total of nine pool and 15 meet records in the process.
The men’s team scored 3,635 points to win the team event. UMBC was second with 2,380, while Towson and Mount St. Mary’s were third (2,154) and fourth (587), respectively.
Loyola’s women finished with 3,365 points for first place, besting Towson (2,809), UMBC (2,178) and Mount St. Mary’s (543).
Luke Dwyer, Caleb Kelly and Alex Plavoukos were named Co-Male Swimmers of the Meet, while Towson’s Martina Ciriesi was the Female Swimmer of the Meet. UMBC’s Isaac Poole and Towson’s Shannon Parrau were the Male and Female Divers of the Meet.
Loyola Henry Mueller was named the recipient of the 2024 Thomas Murphy Endowed Scholarship at the meet, as well.
The Greyhounds closed the meet with a pair of relay wins and victories in seven individual events on Sunday evening.
Joe Hayburn and Kelly had the top individual swims of the day, taking down the Mangione Aquatic Center and Thomas Murphy Invitational records in the 200 backstroke and 100 freestyle, respectively. Haybrun touched the wall in 1:44.26 and now owns the pool records in the 50, 100 and 200 backstrokes. Kelly swam 44.13 in the preliminaries of the 100 freestyle to regain the record he held back in 2022.
The men’s team also set a pair of pool and meet records in relays.
The Greyhounds’ 200-yard freestyle relay team – Brennan Coyle, Patrick Hayburn, Joe Hayburn and Kelly – won in 1:20.43 to set the two records, and 400-yard freestyle relay also set new pool and meet standards. Coyle, Patrick Hayburn, Mueller and Kelly went 2:57.31 to take almost a half-second off the 2:57.80 put down by last year’s winning relay at the meet.
Avery Stimmel set a meet record in the preliminary round of the women’s 100 freestyle, swimming 50.46, and Lily Mad broke the meet mark in the 200 breaststroke (2:14.60).
Loyola’s men had a pair of one-two-three finishes on Sunday, taking the top three spots in the 100 freestyle and 200 breaststroke. The Greyhounds had four finishers within the top five two other races, the men’s 1,650 freestyle and 200 backstroke.
Kelly, Coyle and Patrick Hayburn swept the top three spots in the 100 freestyle, finishing within 53-hundredths of a second of each other. Kelly out-touched Coyle 44.58 to 44.78, and Hayburn was right behind in 45.11.
Michael Gozdan went under two minutes in the 200 breaststroke, swimming 1:59.56 to win the race while Zach Eisenmann was second (2:01.83) and Michael Venit third (2:01.90).
Plavoukos led four Loyola swimmers in the top five of the 1,650 freestyle, winning in 15:41.87. Matthew Hughes took third in 15:55.82, Kiernan Leary was fourth (15:56.14), and Jonah Goodman finished fifth (16:06.32).
Mueller, JD Moyer and Sam Voss followed Joe Hayburn in the 100 backstroke with top-five finishes. Mueller was third in 1:47.65, while Moyer took fourth (1:48.90) and Voss was fifth (1:50.64).
Stimmel, Lily Mead and Riley Fried all won individual events for the Loyola women on Sunday. Stimmel, Moser, Haley Robinson and Charley Tulio also had a victory in 3:23.67 to win the 400 freestyle relay.
Stimmel was the fastest in the 100 frestyle, swimming 50.70 to lead a one-two finish for the Greyhounds; Fay Moser finished second (51.36), and Tulio got into the top five with a fifth-place touch (51.59).
Fried won an event for the second night in a row, touching the wall first in the 200 butterfly (2:04.14). Julia Mason was fifth in the event in 2:06.81.
Mead won her second event in as many nights, too, taking first in the 200 breaststroke in 2:14.60. Noelle Hoffman was fourth in the event in 2:22.17.
CC Leoni led a three-four-five finish for the Loyola women in the 1,650 freestyle, taking third in 17:15.68. Faith Karr came in fourth (17:19.37), and Ellie Davis was fifth (17:36.46).
Lauren Lane was a top-five finisher for the Greyhounds women in the 200 backstroke, going 2:03.14 for fourth place.
Dwyer, Henry Hearn and Cameron Shinnick were all in the top five for the Greyhounds men in the 200 butterfly. Dwyer was second (1:48.08), Hearn finished fourth (1:48.95), and Shinnick took fifth (1:49.70).
Two divers had top-five finishes for the Greyhounds on Sunday. Sam Hersick was fourth in the men’s 1-meter event with 271.40 points, and Cali Fasser finished fifth in the women’s 3-meter event with 225.55 points.
Courtesy: Towson Athletics
BALTIMORE, Md. – The Towson University men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams completed the final day of the Thomas Murphy Invite. The women finished in second place with the men in third place
Loyola won on the women’s side with 3365 points, the Tigers took second with 2809, UMBC (2178) finished third with Mount Saint Mary’s (543) in fourth.
Martina Ciriesi was named Female Swimmer of the Meet, and Shannon Parrau was named Female Diver of the Meet.
Loyola took first on men’s side as well with 3635 points, with UMBC in second with 2380, followed by Towson with 2154, and Mount Saint Mary’s (587) in fourth.
Day 3 Finals Highlights:
- Shannon Parrau finished second in the 1-meter dive with a score of 260.10.
- Sam Tennell took third in the 3-meter dive with a score of 282.80.
- The team of Claire Ryland, Bjartey Gudmundsottir, Addie Scott, and Marissa Kleckner finished second in the 200-free relay with a time of 1:33.40.
- Bridget Thomas (17:02.90) and Danielle McCarthy (17:10.12) took the top two spots in the 1650-free.
- Anthony Mortellite finished second in the 1650-free with a time of 15:47.84.
- Martina Ciriesi won the 200-back with a time of 2:00.02.
- Sean Colson (1:45.10) finished second in the 200-back.
- Tink Tompkins (2:18.60) and Tiffany Matulis (2:21.43) came in second and third respectively in the 200-breast.
- Laura Gaffney (2:03.30) and Sophia Cerimele (2:06.30) took second and third in the 200-fly.
- Gudmundsottir, Kleckner, Summer Bontrager and Ryland finished second in the 400-free relay with a time of 3:25.00.
- The team of Colson, Daniel McLaughlin, Mortellite, and Luke Schwar took second in the 400-free relay with a time of 3:01.71.
On Deck:
The Black & Gold have the first Coastal Athletic Association match up of the season next weekend, the Tigers visit Delaware for a dual meet on Saturday, Nov. 2, the meet begins at 11:00 a.m.
Courtesy: UMBC Athletics
BALTIMORE — The UMBC Women’s Swimming & Diving team finished the three-day Thomas Murphy Invitiational on a high note to help propel the program to a combined second place finish.
Ember Stennett won the 1 meter dive with an NCAA Zone Cut qualifying score of 277.60.
Bruna de Padua concluded her stellar weekend with a second place finish, while Makaela Hill took third in the 100 free in a time of 51.46, missing second by .10.
Ula Parrill took off over two seconds from her prelim time to take fifth in a loaded 200 breaststroke final.
Nicol Davanzo was out-touched at the wall by .04 to take fourth in the 200 fly with a time of 2:06.34
The 400 free relay team of Ashley Gutshall, Claire Oettinger, Hill and de Padua improved their season best time by over four seconds to finish third in a time of 3:27.06.
The Retrievers return to the pool on Saturday, November 9 when they host VMI and Saint Peter’s at 2 p.m. for Professor Recognition Day.
BALTIMORE — The UMBC Men’s Swimming & Diving team wrapped up a successful weekend at the Thomas Murphy Invitational by capturing a second place finish, ahead of Towson and Mount St. Mary’s. Combined with the Women’s team score, the entire program finished in second overall behind host Loyola.
Isaac Poole was named Diver of the Meet after he set another meet record, scoring an NCAA Zone cut score of 344.75 en route to winning the 3 meter dive. Andy Vines took second in the event with a score of 290.85.
Marko Kovacic won and set a meet record with a 1:47.46 in the 200 fly. Kovacic, Boris Milev, Bode Neale and Oliver Gassmann took third in the 200 free relay after Loyola set a pool record in the event, finishing in the top two spots.
Sean Neils and Milev took fourth and fifth in the 100 free, while Gassmann took third in the 200 fly.
The Retrievers return to the pool on Saturday, November 9 when they host VMI and Saint Peter’s at 2 p.m. for Professor Recognition Day.
Courtesy: Mount Athletics
BALTIMORE, Md. (October 26, 2024) – Mount St. Mary’s swimming and diving placed fourth on Saturday at the Thomas Murphy Invitational in Baltimore, with the men scoring 587 points and the women scoring 543 points.
Mount Update
In the women’s 100-Yard Butterfly Theodora Kanellopoulou placed eight in the A Final with a time of 57.85. Jason Fitch placed fifth in the A Final of the men’s 100-Yard Backstroke with a time of 50.40 with 29 points awarded to him. The relay team of Hanna Aggen, Christina Lazari, Carmen Del Aguila, and Meghan Speicher placed fourth in the 400-Yard Medley Relay with a time of 3:50.59, beating out fifth placed Towson by a second in the women’s event.
Liam Rooney, John Haskins, Conor Moran, and John Fahrney placed second through fifth in succession in the C Final of the men’s 100-Yard Butterfly event.
UPCOMING
The Mount swims a dual-meet next against the Virginia Military Institute on November 2 away in Lexington, Virginia.
