Feb. 9, 2008
Results
PRINCETON, N.J. - Navy's Adam Meyer (So./Bethesda, Md.) won one event and placed among the top-three finishers in two other events, but proved to not be enough as Princeton handed the Midshipmen a 183-109 loss at DeNunzio Pool on Saturday afternoon.
The Midshipmen, who defeated Columbia yesterday in Annapolis, conclude the regular season with a 15-2 overall record and a 6-2 mark in EISL action. The Mids will end up no worse than third in the EISL standings this year, their highest finish since the 1997-98 season. The Tigers improved to 98-0 in the 16-year history of dual meets held at DeNunzio Pool.
"Princeton had a strong day and we weren't as strong as I would have liked," stated Navy head coach Bill Roberts. "We had great effort for competing on back-to-back days, but this wasn't the performance we expected today. We now look forward to preparing for the championship meets coming up."
Meyer paced the field in the 200-yard individual medley with a time of 1:51.66, 0.30-second ahead of Princeton's Christopher Quemena. Meyer also placed second in the 200-yard butterfly with a 1:50.18 showing and finished with a clocking of 2:06.20 in the 200-yard breaststroke for third place.
Olaf Olson (Fr./Bainbridge Island, Wash.) delivered a Navy victory on the three-meter diving board, as he tallied 339.90 points to finish 6.53 points ahead of Princeton's Stuart Malcolm. Jon Galinski (Jr./Phoenix, Md.) produced a second-place score of 296.24 points on the one-meter springboard earlier in the day.
Erik Hunter (Fr./Placerville, Calif.) produced the team's top time in both of the distance freestyle events. Hunter placed second in the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 4:36.76 and came in third during the 1,000-yard freestyle with a 9:26.76 showing.
One day after winning two individual events, Alex Oldenkamp (Jr./Coppell, Texas) finished among the hunt for event victories in the short freestyle events on Saturday. Oldenkamp placed third in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 21.14 seconds, just 0.04-second off the first-place time. He would come back to produce a 46.63-second, third-place showing in the 100-yard freestyle, only 0.41-second longer than the fastest time of the day.
Navy recorded two other victories in the latter portion of the meet. Andrew Hetzner (So./Riverside, Calif.) won the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 52.31 seconds. The Midshipmen 200-yard freestyle relay of Nathan Durham (Jr./Greensboro, N.C.), Frank Komadina (So./Gilbert, Ariz.), Joe Unruh (Jr./Orinda, Calif.) and Jack Curran (So./Silver Spring, Md.) tallied first-place points with a 1:26.30 clocking.
The Midshipmen will return to action on Feb. 21-23, when they play host to the Patriot League Championship in Lejeune Hall.
