Jan. 13, 2007

Final Stats

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - The Navy women's swimming and diving teams split a pair of meets to Cornell and Yale Saturday in New Haven, Conn., while the Navy men's squad dropped decisions to both the Big Red and the Bulldogs. The Navy women's team (11-1) posted a 241-59 win over Cornell (1-7) and lost a 163-157 decision to Yale (5-0). Meanwhile, the Navy men's program (11-3) suffered a 218.5-81.5 loss to the Big Red (8-0) and a 211.5-88.5 defeat to the Bulldogs (4-1).

"We had some decent swims today, but they were spaced out," said Navy men's head coach Bill Roberts.

"I was pleased with our performances today against two very good teams," said Navy women's head coach John Morrison. "We are farther along this year than we were last year when we lost to both Cornell and Yale, but we still have a lot of work to do."

Kevin Mukri (Sr., Silver Spring, Md.) picked up the lone victory of the day for the Navy men's team as he tied Yale's Tom Robinson for the win in the 200 backstroke with a time of 1:49.54.

Also having a strong race on the day was Cody Reeb (Fr., St. Louis, Mo.) in the 1000 freestyle. Although he placed second in the race, Reeb posted one of his fastest times of the year in the event with a clocking of 9:29.28.

The Navy women's team tallied eight victories on the day, with diver Katie Griffin (Sr., Ellicott City, Md.) and swimmers Mallory Dietrich (Fr., Pittsburgh, Pa.) and Kelly Zahalka (So., Richmond, Va.) all posting a pair of individual event wins.

Griffin scored 254.55 points to win the one-meter diving event, as well as a 249.10 to win the three meter. Teammate Desiree' Robinson (So., Tucson, Ariz.) placed second to Griffin in both events with scores of 210.10 on the one meter and 229.05 on the three meter.

Dietrich swept the breaststroke events, posting times of 1:04.57 to win the 100 breast and 2:19.34 to win the 200 breast. In the latter event, Dietrich narrowly edged Yale's Susan Kim by three-hundredths of a second. Zahalka, meanwhile, won the 200 butterfly and 200 individual medley races with times of 2:06.69 and 2:07.66, respectively.

Thuy-Mi Dinh (Fr., Anaheim, Calif.) and Tara Chapmon (Fr., Virginia Beach, Va.) each picked up one victory for the Mids on the day. Dinh posted a time of 24.16 to win the 50 free, while Chapmon recorded a time of 10:19.71 to win the 1000 freestyle event.

Both Navy teams will next be in competition Jan. 27 at Penn. It will be the final dual meet of the season for the Navy women, while it will be the penultimate dual meet for the Navy men's team.