Army v. Navy
- December 6, 2025
- Lejeune Hall, Annapolis, MD
- SCY (25 yards)
- Results
- Final Score
- Women – Navy: 152, Army: 148
- Men – Navy: 206, Army: 94
Although the meet ended in wins for both the men’s and women’s programs for Navy, the path to those victories was far from identical. The men got out to an early lead and maintained throughout, toppling Army 206-94. The women managed to win after only winning four events on the day, but captured a decisive 1-3 finish in the 400 freestyle relay at the end of the meet to edge the Army women 152-148.
This most recent clash between Army and Navy featured numerous program, meet, Patriot League, and Lejune Hall records on both the men’s and women’s side.
Women’s Recap:
Army found the top spot in 12 events, but Navy countered with 2-3-4 finishes in seven of the 11 individual event wins by Army. Only giving up one point per event (10-9).
The Black Knights opened up the meet with an academy, meet, and Patriot League records in the 200 medley relay. Angie McKane (24.14), Catriona Gilmore (27.40), Sydney Braeger (24.04), and Tiana Mescher (22.90) combined in their winning effort of 1:38.48.
Army’s Molly Webber set a meet and academy record in the 1000 free, in 9:50.35. Sarah Eldridge (9:53.08), Brynn Stoneburg (10:04.73), and Marin Rose (10:05.93) finished 2-3-4 for Navy.
McKane charged to a 100 back win in 52.85, setting a new academy and meet record in the process. McKane later doubled up on the wins with her victory in the 100 freestyle, setting another academy and meet record in 49.13.
Heading into the final relay, Navy trailed 144-139 and needed to win and place 2nd or 3rd to defeat Army.
In the final race of the women’s meet, Navy’s ‘A’ relay of Erin Miller (51.01), Allie Maloney (49.99), Ana Fleming (51.28), and Kaitlyn Landers (49.72) secured the win in 3:22.00, less than a second ahead of Army’s ‘A’ relay in 3:22.81.
The race for 3rd was controlled by Navy’s ‘B’ relay, finishing 3rd in 3:24.72. Army’s ‘B’ relay finished 4th in 3:28.24. Giving Navy the nail-biting win.
Had Army finished 2nd and 3rd, the meet would have ended with the score tied 150-150.
Men’s Recap:
The men’s 200 medley relay was won by Army in 1:22.95; Johnny Crush (20.64), Kohen Rankin (22.80), Daniel Verdolaga (20.97), and Ben Vorthmann (18.54) set an academy, Lejeune Hall, and Patriot League record of their own. Navy’s runner-up performance of 1:23.80 tied a Navy record.
Ben Mauldin kicked off the individual wins for Navy on the men’s side, clocking a Navy and meet record of 8:56.56 in the 1000 free.
In the men’s 200 free, Navy’s Xavier Sohovich set four records in one swim; his 1:33.77 was good enough for a Navy, meet record, Lejeune Hall, and Patriot League record.
Crush also dropped the fastest 100 back ever in Lejeune Hall, storming to the wall in 44.72.
Rankin led the way in the men’s 100 breast, clocking an academy best 50.76, which also marked a meet, Lejeune Hall, and Patriot League record. Juan Mora set a Navy record in his runner-up finish in 51.58.
Navy dominated the men’s 200 butterfly, spearheaded by Dean Jones in a meet record 1:42.92. Navy also held the 2nd through 4th place.
In the men’s 50 free, Lachlan Andrew set a Navy record and a meet record with his final time of 19.47.
Navy’s Ben Denman-Grimm clocked a Navy, meet, and Lejeune Hall record in his winning effort in the 100 free, stopping the clock in 42.95.
Ben Irwin of Navy nabbed the win in the 200 backstroke, setting a meet record 1:39.93.
Michael Phillips set a new Navy record, meet, Lejeune Hall, and Patriot League marks in the 200 breast of 1:52.43, outpacing Rankin, who set an Army record in the same race in 1:52.85.
Army ended the meet on a high note, winning the 400 free relay in 2:50.18, lowering the Army, meet, Lejeune Hall, and Patriot League record marks in the process. By this point, Navy had already secured the win, but still set a team record in the event, touching in 2:50.45.
Photo Vault Courtesy of by Robert Sohovich
Navy just beat Army in football. Close game
Similarly, Kohen Rankin deserved more love.
He had a quadruple PB day.
:22.80PB Breast on 4×50 MR, exceeded his :22.94 at ’25 NCAA.
It was #5 best split I’ve seen this season, trailing only :22.56 Woodburn – GA; :22.59 Germonprez – TX; :22.70 Okadome – CAL; :22.78 Gulledge – IU.
100 Breast — :50.76, #4 in national rankings.
200 Breast — was 3rd but in PB 1:52.85, which is #20 in national rankings.
Leg #3 on 4×100 Free (lead-in to J. Crush) :42.85R; flat start PB :44.75; prior rolling start PB, :43.17(’25 ECAC)
Navy was great in winning the Men’s meet, but Cadet Johnny Crush deserves more love.
His :20.64 Back MR leadoff #5 in national rankings.
His :44.72 Back was not only a pool record, it puts him #8 in national rankings
Then, after what had to be a disappointing 100 free (third at :43.27, behind Navy swims of :42.95 and :43.26), he dove into the final leg of the 4×100 Free Relay in 2nd place, behind the Navy winner of the 50 free earlier in the meet, and anchored the Black Knights with a :41.47, a rolling start for sure, but 1.80 faster than his flat start was heroic for his squad. His PB is :42.33 from ’25 Patriot League Championships.… Read more »
Army cooked when these 2 guys graduate. The cupboard is bare.
Crush only a 20 year-old 2nd year.
Maybe Army should focus on more than two guys😬 losing 206-94 with that kind of quality at the top of your team is hard to do.
Micheal Phillips. Up vote best swim name down vote worst swim name. Either way nice 2 breast.
And go… usa
Most impressive is the all out depth and team performance of Navy women! This win was a whole team effort and every point counted. Navy women went 2, 3, 4 and 2,3,4,5
Every swimmer on Navy women stepped up played a part in that win! That’s a team! Bravo ladies! You earned it!
Navy women have always had depth. The thing is they used to win all the events AND pick up the depth points.
Now and for the first time, Army clearly has the better swimmers.
Why has navy’s top tier dropped off so much – it’s been several years since they broken any school records?! And their utter dominance over Army is clearly over.
206-94😳🤯
I know there’s no way to check this, but it seems impossible to lose by this much when you win both relays.
For individual events, the scoring is 9-4-3-2-1-0, while for relays, it’s 11-4-2-0. A team can only score points with its top three finishers in individual events and its top two relays. Lots of sweeps and near sweeps contributed to the lopsided score.
I am aware of the scoring system. What I am saying is that if you have enough sprinters to win the 400 free relay and the 200 medley, it should be difficult to get 1-2-3d in the 50 free and 1-2d in the 100 free, for example. A guy who goes 18.5 on a swing shouldn’t be 19.7 in the individual, a guy who goes 42.1 at the end on a swing shouldn’t be 43.5 in the middle of the meet, etc.
Event Winner Time/Score Points (Navy-Army)
200 Medley Relay Army 1:22.95 (Record) 6–12
1000 Freestyle Navy 15–6
200 Freestyle Navy 1:33.77 (Record) 15–6
100 Backstroke Army 44.72 8–13
100 Breaststroke Army 50.76 (Record) 7–14
200 Butterfly Navy 15–6
50 Freestyle Navy 15–6
1-Meter Diving Navy 9–7
400 IM Navy 15–6
100 Butterfly Navy 15–6
200 Backstroke Navy 15–6
100 Freestyle Navy 15–6
200 Breaststroke Navy 1:52.43 (Record) 15–6
500 Freestyle Navy 15–6
3-Meter Diving Navy 9–7
400 Freestyle Relay Army 2:50.18 (Record) 6–12
Final Score: Navy 206 – Army 94
I assume this is a troll by this point, but the scores you posted here for every single event are wrong.
https://goarmywestpoint.com/documents/2025/12/6/12.6.25_Army-Navy_Meet_Results.pdf
It looks like army relies on guys who are not swimming the individual sprint events to win their relays… army has a great top end but it seems like they don’t put attention towards anyone but the guys on their relay. The drop off is pretty insane
Navy heard my constant chirping for the past year and said, “Enough.”
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