Nov. 29, 2007

Final Stats

ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- The Navy men's swimming and diving team recorded 14 event victories on its way to posting a 231-69 victory over Army, Thursday night in Lejeune Hall. The result marked the 17th straight victory in the series by the Midshipmen.

"Both teams were swimming very well coming into tonight," said Navy head coach Bill Roberts. "Because of that, we knew the type of effort we would need to put forth in order to reach the goals we had set for ourselves."

The Mids began the meet by placing first and second in the opening 200 medley relay, but Navy's first-place team was disqualified for a swimmer leaving the starting block too early. Navy still placed first and third in the final standings of the event, however.

Navy's Erik Hunter (Fr., Placerville, Calif.) opened the individual portion of the dual by winning the 1500 freestyle in a time of 15:37.09. Teammates Christopher Jenkins (Sr., Chicago, Ill.) and Billy Vey (Jr., Huntersville, N.C.) followed by winning the next two events, the 200 freestyle and the 100 backstroke, respectively. Jenkins recorded a time of 1:50.79 to win the former event by 1.24 seconds, with Vey narrowly edging teammate Andrew Hetzner (So., Riverside, Calif.) for the win in the latter event by three-tenths of a second.

Army's Jacob Mentele then picked up a victory for the Black Knights in the 100 breaststroke. His time of 1:02.92 set a new Lejeune Hall record.

Following Mentele's win, Navy tallied victories in the next five events. Adam Meyer (So., Bethesda, Md.) started the run by winning the 200 fly in a time of 1:58.86. He won the event by over six seconds, established a new meet record by nearly three seconds, broke a 24-year old pool record by almost two seconds and picked up an NCAA 'B' cut qualifying time.

After Jon Galinski (Jr., Phoenix, Md.) won the one-meter diving event with a score of 310.35, Alex Oldenkamp (Jr., Coppell, Texas) recorded times of 23.05 to win the 50 free and 50.65 to win the 100 freestyle. Vey then completed the Navy run by winning the 200 backstroke in a time of 2:03.52.

Mentele recorded a time of 2:15.55 to win the 200 breaststroke, but the Mids would close the meet with five-consecutive wins. Hunter captured his second distance event of the night by posting a time of 3:57.57 to win the 400 freestyle, Tyler Hill (Sr., Houston, Texas) won the 100 fly with a time of 55.63, Olaf Olson (Fr., Bainbridge Island, Wash.) scored 342.00 points to win the three-meter diving event and Meyer won the final individual event of the night, the 200 individual medley, in a meet record time of 2:01.66.

Navy concluded the evening by winning the 400 freestyle relay in a time of 3:23.62.

"We had a lot of great performances tonight," said Navy team captain Mike Lowhorn. "We really came together as a team over the last few weeks because we knew that was needed for us to have the kind of night we had this evening."

The Mids, who improved to 11-0 in dual meets this season with the win, will resume its dual meet season in January.

Event Winners
200 Medley Relay -- Navy -- 1:44.53

1500 Freestyle -- Erik Hunter, Navy -- 15:37.09

200 Freestyle -- Chris Jenkins, Navy -- 1:50.79

100 Backstroke -- Billy Vey, Navy -- 57.55

100 Breaststroke -- Jacob Mentele, Army -- 1:02.92, Lejeune Hall record (1:03.04, Dominick Szabo, American, 2003)

200 Butterfly -- Adam Meyer, Navy -- 1:58.86, Army-Navy Meet record (2:01.51, Zach Disbrow, Army, 2005), Lejeune Hall record (2:00.76, Peter Egan, Harvard, 1983), NCAA 'B' cut time

50 Freestyle -- Alex Oldenkamp, Navy -- 23.05

1-M Diving -- Jon Galinski, Navy -- 310.35

100 Freestyle -- Alex Oldenkamp, Navy -- 50.65

200 Backstroke -- Billy Vey, Navy -- 2:03.52

200 Breaststroke -- Jacob Mentele, Army -- 2:15.55

400 Freestyle -- Erik Hunter, Navy -- 3:57.57

100 Butterfly -- Tyler Hill, Navy -- 55.63

3-M Diving -- Olaf Olson, Navy -- 342.00

200 Individual Medley -- Adam Meyer, Navy -- 2:01.66, Army-Navy Meet record (2:03.48, Beau Oliver, Navy, 1999)

400 Freestyle Relay -- Navy -- 3:23.62