Nov. 10, 2007
Complete Results
ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- The Navy men's & women's swimming and diving teams cruised to six wins on Saturday, sweeping past American, Lafayette and Bucknell on Saturday afternoon. The victories move both teams to 8-0 on their respective seasons.
The men's team routed American (169-98), Bucknell (159-125) and Lafayette (168-109) to pick up its three wins.
"The team did a good job today in the water and on the boards. Several were able to repeat or improve their 2007-08 performances," said Navy head men's coach Bill Roberts.
The Navy men's team was bolstered by 25 top-three finishes including a sweep of the top three spots in four events. The 200-meter medley relay team of Andrew Hetzner, Kevin Kysiak, Adam Meyer and Aaron Aiken got the Mids off to a strong start in the first event of the day, taking home top honors with a clocking of 1:47.28. Navy then had one of its sweeps in the next event, the 800-meter freestyle. Sam Martinette, J.J. Helms and Erik Hunter finished 1-2-3 with times of 8:19.60, 8:32.18 and 8:38.40, respectively.
In the next event, the 200-meter freestyle, Navy again swept the top three spots, this time by Chris Jenkins, Aaron Aiken and Jack Curran. The trio finished in 1:54.08, 1:54.41 and 1:57.72. Hetzner followed with his second title of the day in the 100-meter backstroke with a clocking of 59:27, while Billy Vey was second in 1:00.16.
Andrew Utama won event 10, the 100-meter breaststroke, with a time of 1:06.45. The Mids then swept the next event on the men's side, the 200-meter butterfly. Adam Meyer won with a clocking of 2:05.33, while Tedd Torgeston and James Lascara were second and third in 2:09.79 and 2:10.48.
Aiken won his second title of the day in the 50-meter freestyle (24.23), narrowly defeating teammate Wren Dupre (24.66). Navy recorded its last sweep in the 100-meter freestyle as Jenkins won his second title with a 52.49. Nate Durham and Curran followed in second and third.
Martinette then won his second event of the day, the 200-meter backstroke, with a time of 2:07.36.
Adam Neikras, who was named Navy's performer of the meet, won both the 1- and 3-meter diving events. Niekras recorded a score of 336.95 in the three-meter competition, while scoring a 297.35 in the one-meter event.
The women's team knocked off American (221-70), Bucknell (163-137) and Lafayette (177-123).
"We had some very good performances, including pool records from Katie Griffin in three-meter diving and the 200-meter freestyle relay," said Navy head women's coach John Morrison. "We were tied with Bucknell going into the second half of the meet, so I was really pleased with our drive and focus to come back and get the win. We won some big races, including the 100-meter freestyle (Thuy Dinh) and the 200-meter backstroke (Allison Ranzau) to spark us to the win. It was a good effort for us."
The Navy women's team was just as dominant, recording 16 top-three finishes.
Tara Chapmon was Navy's first-event winner, racing to top honors in the 200-meter freestyle, winning by over five seconds with a time of 2:04.51. Kelly Zahalka then followed with a win of her own in the 200-meter butterfly with a time of 2:23.20.
Sarah Dorenkott was victorious in the 50-meter freestyle with a time of 27.17. Navy then went 1-2 in the 100-meter freestyle as Thuy Dinh and Chapmon recorded times of 58.34 and 59.36 to take the top two spots. Allison Ranzau won the 200-meter backstroke with a time of 2:23.38.
Chapmon then scored her third top-two finish with a title in the 400-meter freestyle in 4:20.00. Zahalka won her second event moments later with a clocking of 5:04.36 in the 400-meter IM. The relay team of Dinh, Ranzay, Rachel Gray and Dorenkott closed out Navy's title in the pool with a 1:47.68 clocking in the 200-meter freestyle relay.
Katie Griffin won the three-meter diving competition with a Lejeune Hall record of 326.85.
The men's team will be in action next on Nov. 17 against Brown and Dartmouth in Bristol, R.I. The women's team will head to College Park for the Terrapin Invitational on Nov. 15-17.
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