Nov. 30, 2006

Results

WEST POINT, N.Y. - Navy men's swimming & diving senior Kevin Mukri (Silver Spring, Md.) won two and set a meet record in the 200-yard backstroke to lead the Midshipmen to a 196-104 victory over Army in the annual Star Meet at Crandall Pool on Thursday evening. The Mids upped their mark to 10-0 on the year in dual-meet action, while the Black Knights dropped to 4-2.

Navy won 11 of the 16 events on Thursday to extend its Star Meet winning streak over Army to 16 years and pushed its record to 40-29 all-time against the Black Knights.

"We got beat in the first event of the night (200-yard medley relay), but our guys made the decision to go to work," said Navy head coach Bill Roberts. "The score was not reflective of the meet, as there were a lot of close races that we ended up winning."

Mukri established an Army-Navy meet record in the 200-yard backstroke with a time of 1:48.20, 0.29-second ahead of his time last year in Annapolis and more than a second faster than his previous effort at West Point. Earlier in the evening, he won the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 50.10 seconds.

"I am really pleased with Kevin's effort tonight," stated Roberts. "For four years, he has been a rock at this meet. It's great to see him and captain Andy Bockus, with his leadership, guide this young crop of talented swimmers."

Joining Mukri with multiple victories in individual events on Thursday was freshman Cody Reeb (St. Louis, Mo.), as he won both distance freestyle races. Reeb finished first in the 1,000-yard freestyle with a 9:20.90 clocking before registering a 4:32.76 showing in the 500-yard freestyle.

"Cody swam two great races tonight," said Roberts. "He really came on strong in the final laps of each race. Plebe versus plebe and seeing our guy come out on top, it's a great sign."

Navy senior diver Kevin Teague (Lexington, Ky.) won both events on the springboard to improve to 14-2 on the year and 105-7 in dual-meet action during his career. Teague recorded a 298.35 on the one-meter board before posting a 316.20 effort to edge Army's Greg Sievers by 1.27 points in the three-meter event.

Navy capped off the evening with a victory in the 400-yard freestyle relay. Junior Christopher Jenkins (Chicago, Ill.), junior Matt Wood (Evergreen, Ill.), sophomore Alex Oldenkamp (Coppell, Texas) and sophomore Preston Mihalko (Chesapeake, Va.) teamed up to record a time of 3:02.74.

Oldenkamp came away victorious in the 50-yard freestyle, as he finished with a time of 21.05 seconds. Mihalko followed with a first-place performance of his own in the 100-yard freestyle, completing the race in 46.05 seconds.

Also producing individual event victories for the Midshipmen were junior Kevin Kysiak (Western Springs, Ill.) and freshman Adam Meyer (Bethesda, Md.). Kysiak produced a 56.15-second in the

Navy returns home to take on Princeton in an EISL dual-meet on Sunday, Dec. 10, in Lejeune Hall. The meet is slated to begin at 11 a.m.