Navy vs UMBC vs William & Mary
- October 12, 2024
- Annapolis, Md.
- SCY (25 yards)
- Results
Courtesy: Navy Sports
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Navy had 15 different swimmers and divers win at least one individual event Saturday as the men’s and women’s teams each defeated UMBC and William & Mary in Lejeune Hall. In the women’s meet, the Mids (2-1) defeated the Retrievers (1-2), 162-123, and the Tribe (3-2), 170-124. The Navy men’s team (2-1) registered a 161-125 win over UMBC (1-2) and a 153.5-113.5 victory over William & Mary (1-4).
The Navy teams collectively won 23 events — including men’s 400 free relay –on the day.
“The team did a really good job from beginning to end with their racing and competing,” said Navy men’s swimming head coach Bill Roberts. “I thought we had a really strong week of training, and was pleased with how each person was able to get up today and attack their events. Several were able to drop time from a week ago and also just put together really solid swim races.”
“We were very pleased with the fight our team displayed today,” said Navy women’s swimming head coach John Morrison. “Coming off of an intense week of training in the pool and in the weight room, it was awesome to race very well against two very strong teams. William & Mary brought incredible energy and grit and it made for a great racing environment.”
Winning a pair of events for the Navy women’s team was Ela Habjan. She first posted a 55.02 to win the 100 back race by almost 2.5 seconds, then recorded a 2:02.39 to win the 200 back by nearly 1.5 seconds.
The Navy men’s team saw four Mids earn a pair of victories. Blakeman Shaw swept the diving events with scores of 327.23 on the one meter and 338.10 on the three-meter board. He won the former by almost 32 points and the latter by just under 21 points. Each score bettered the NCAA Zone Diving Championship qualifying score of 300 on the one meter and 320 on the three meter.
Luca Oliva started the men’s individual event portion of the meet by swimming the 1000 free in a winning time of 9:25.69 to win the race by eight seconds. He would go on to post a time of 4:34.82 to win the 500 free by three seconds.
Juan Mora was the third Mid to double on the day. He touched the wall in a time of 54.73 to win the 100 breast by six-tenths of a second and 48.99 to finish first in the 100 fly by exactly one second.
Completing the list was Zach Stump, who won both backstroke races. He first tallied a time of 50.31 to win the 100 back by 1.17 seconds, then recorded a 1:50.41 to win the 200 back by 1.7 seconds.
Additional event winners for the Navy women’s team were Megan McGrath in the 200 free (1:51.88), Caroline Irwin in the 200 fly (2:04.85), Maddie Koutavas in the 200 breast (2:18.94), Elsie Delacruz in the 200 IM (2:05.73), Lily Barrett in three-meter diving (243.08) and Mackenzie Kim on the one-meter diving board (282.75).
“It was nice to have a diverse group of event winners,” said Morrison. “Megan did an awesome job of setting the tone with a wire-to-wire win in the 200 free. Ela followed with the 100 back. Caroline and Clarice Spencer went 1-2 in the 200 fly, which was huge as it brought us closer to William & Mary. Ela and Allie Maloney followed suit in the 200 back. Maddie had a great win in the 200 breast, then Caroline and Elsie closed the individual races with wins. The divers stepped up with two wins, and we had a great 400 free relay effort.”
Winning an event for the Navy men were Evan McKelvey in the 200 free (1:41.32), Nate Sukeena in the 200 breast (2:07.17) and Coleman Yates in the 200 IM (1:53.39)
Also, Austin Lockhart and William & Mary’s Aiden Bond shared the victory in the 50 free with identical times of 20.61.
Navy won the women’s free 400 relay and the Navy men won both the 200 medley and 400 free relays.
“It was good to race two weeks in a row, and we are excited to get back to work for Friday,” said Morrison.
“We are looking forward to continuing to find ways in which we can improve and look forward to the week ahead as we get ready for another meet Friday,” said Roberts.
Navy will return to Lejeune Hall Friday at 4 p.m. to play host to George Mason, Loyola and LSU.
Courtesy: Tribe Athletics
ANNAPOLIS, Md. – William & Mary swimming won 12 total events on Saturday afternoon at Lejeune Hall and split its tri-meet against Navy and UMBC.
Both the men’s and women’s programs posted wins over UMBC, while the host Mids picked up two wins on each side. The men notched a 189-105 victory over the Retrievers to go along with a 153.5-113.5 setback to Navy. On the women’s side, W&M won seven of the 14 events on the day to defeat UMBC, 204-90, while dropping a 170-124 decision to Navy.
Junior Lindsay Juhlin and sophomores Caroline Burgeson and Aiden Bond were both triple winners on Saturday. All three swam a leg on winning Tribe relays. Juhlin won the 100 breaststroke (1:04.09) and 100 butterfly (55.38), while Burgeson and Bond both won the 50 and 100 freestyles.
Sophomore Lauren Tucker picked up a pair of wins on the day, recording the top times in both distance events – 500 freestyle (5:02.49) and 1000 freestyle (10:23.13).
Individually on the men’s side, freshman Jackson Mueller and sophomore Zach LeMay picked up victories. Mueller claimed the 500 freestyle in a time of 4:46.72, while LeMay won the 200 IM (1:55.48).
For the second time in as many weeks, the Tribe’s 200 medley relay team of sophomore Sarah Dunham, senior Ellie Scherer, Juhlin, and Burgeson picked up a win in the opening event. The quartet posted a time of 1:42.57 on Saturday.
The men’s 400 freestyle relay capped the meet with a victory. The group of sophomore David Yune, Bond, junior Alex Valliere, and junior Logan McDonald tallied a winning time of 3:02.90. In total, the men’s team notched five victories on the day.
200 Medley Relay
Along with the winning quartet of Dunham, Scherer, Juhlin, and Burgeson, the Tribe’s second team finished in the top three. The group of sophomore Julia Addison, senior Natalia Rongione, junior Sophia Heilen and sophomore Flynn Truskett posted a time of 1:45.99 to finish ahead of UMBC’s top team and the Navy ‘B’ group.
On the men’s side, W&M finished 2-3 in the 200 medley relay. Juniors Bryce Rouzie, Brock Rempe, Rhett Cosgrove and Bond took second in a time of 1:31.96. The group finished ahead of UMBC’s ‘A’ relay. W&M’s second quartet of Yune, McDonald, Valliere and freshman Connor Vargas placed ahead of Navy’s ‘B’ and UMBC’s top team in a time of 1:32.54.
1000 Freestyle
Along with Tucker, junior Kelsey Katt and senior Devin Genderson picked up points in the 1000 free, finishing ahead of UMBC’s top swimmer. Katt was fourth in a time of 10:35.19 followed by Genderson in 10:46.51.
For the men, Mueller (9:54.44) and junior Will Glass (10:01.77) finished fourth and fifth in the 1000 free. The duo both finished ahead of UMBC’s top finisher.
200 Freestyle
Yune and sophomore Ian Cullicott placed fourth and fifth in the 200 free for the Tribe. The duo both finished ahead the top Retriever in times of 1:42.48 and 1:43.50, respectively.
100 Backstroke
Addison and Dunham both earn valuable points, placing second and third in the 100 backstroke. Both finished ahead of the top UMBC swimmer as Addison posted a time of 57.50 just ahead of Dunham’s 57.53.
For the men, senior Micah Lowe led the way with a win over UMBC. He finished third in the 100 back at 51.97.
100 Breaststroke
The top four in the women’s 100 breast were separated by just 0.39 seconds. Along with Juhlin’s win, Scherer placed fourth at 1:04.48.
For the men’s team, Rempe and McDonald came in second and third. Rempe posted a time of 55.34, while McDonald was close behind at 56.30.
200 Butterfly
Junior Lauren Klinefelter picked up a win over UMBC in the 200 fly, finishing third overall in a time of 2:07.48. Heilen was fourth in the event at 2:08.49.
Sophomore Thor Dyke led the men with a fifth-place effort in the 200 fly behind a time of 1:55.93.
50 Freestyle
Along with Burgeson’s win in the event, Truskett gave W&M the top-two finishers. She posted wins over both Navy and UMBC’s top racers with a time of 24.11. Burgeson’s time in the event was 23.90.
Bond swam a time of 20.61 to share the top spot in the 50 free with Navy’s Austin Lockhart. Valliere added fifth-place effort for the men, posting a time of 20.94.
100 Freestyle
Like she did in the 50 free, Truskett provided W&M with another strong swim in the 100. She posted a third-place finish to go with Burgeson’s win (52.28), finishing in a time of 52.57.
Bond’s winning time in the 100 free on the men’s side was 45.36.
200 Backstroke
Addison led the Tribe charge in the 200 backstroke and recorded a victory over UMBC, placing third overall in a time of 2:04.04.
Yune also posted a win over UMBC, finishing fourth behind a 1:53.34 in the 200 back.
200 Breaststroke
Scherer and freshman Thomas Duncan both picked up wins over UMBC and finished third overall in the 200 breaststroke. Scherer posted a 2:22.49 for the women, while Duncan notched a 2:09.76 on the men’s side.
100 Butterfly
Along with Juhlin’s event win, sophomore Clara Bodnar also finished ahead of UMBC’s top swimmer, placing third overall in the event in at 55.38.
McDonald and Cosgrove gave W&M a second and third-place finishes for the men in the 100 fly. McDonald recorded a time of 50.58 followed by Cosgrove’s 51.28.
200 IM
W&M posted three of the top four times in the women’s 200 IM. Scherer was second (2:08.69) followed by freshman Tess Lankford in third (2:08.85) and sophomore Kaitlyn Conover-Emmert (2:08.96) in fourth. The trio was separated by just 0.27 seconds but all gained valuable points in finishing ahead of Navy’s No. 2 finisher and UMBC’s top performer.
Along with LeMay’s win on the men’s side, Duncan finished second in a time of 1:56.61.
400 Freestyle Relay
The quartet of Dunham, Burgeson, freshman Healey Morgan, and Truskett closed out the meet with a second-place showing in the 400 free relay. The time of 3.29.37 was good for a victory over UMBC in the dual-meet setting.
Up Next
The Tribe returns to action when it hosts Johns Hopkins at the Bee McLeod Recreation Center on Saturday, Oct. 26. The dual meet carries a noon start time.
Courtesy: UMBC Athletics
Annapolis, Md. — The UMBC Men’s and Women’s Swimming & Diving teams competed well in a tri-meet with Navy and William & Mary in Annapolis on Saturday morning.
“This was our best performance against Navy in my time here at UMBC,” said head coach Matt Donovan. “We take a lot of pride in having an extremely competitive regular season schedule and this year is no different”, said head coach Matt Donovan. “Our team rose to the occasion and put up some great times and efforts on the board. It was exciting to race W&M again and see how we stack up against other conferences in the region. We have a lot of work to do going into Loyola and we are excited to get back to work on Monday.”
Marko Kovacic had a successful day for the Retrievers placing first in the 100 (50.09) and 200 fly (1:50.29). Andrew McEachern came in second for the men’s 500 yard freestyle race with a time of 4:47.78. The men’s 400 yard freestyle relay came in second with Kovacic, Boris Milev, McEachern, and Oliver Gassmann with a combined time of 3:09.03. Isaac Poole finished second on the diving board contributing 295.65 points in the men’s one meter diving.
For the women, Bruna de Padua finished second in the 200 yard freestyle with a time of 1:52.98. Padua also finished second in the 500 yard freestyle with a time of 5:02.58. Meanwhile, Ember Stennett led diving, coming in second for the women’s three meter diving with a score of 241.35.
The Retrievers will travel to Loyola (Md.) with Towson and Mount Saint Mary’s for a three day meet on Oct. 25-27.
