LEWISBURG, Pa. –– The Navy swimming and diving teams combined for 29 event wins and 21 second-place finishes in defeating Patriot League-foes American, Bucknell and Lafayette Saturday afternoon at Kinney Natatorium in Lewisburg, Pa. Each Navy team is now 8-1 in dual meets this season.
The Navy men won all 16 events and placed second in 13 of them to defeat American (0-7), 215-73; Bucknell (2-3), 210-84; and Lafayette (0-4), 215-67. The Navy women's team recorded 13 wins and eight second-place showings to beat the Eagles (4-3), 260-58; the Bison (5-1), 214.5-101.5; and the Leopards (0-4), 270-42.
Additionally, 19 different Mids won at least one of the 28 individual events.
"It was good to get in a lot of racing this afternoon," said Navy men's swimming head coach
Bill Roberts. "We walked away with several things we definitely need to work on heading into the next meets on our schedule. We look forward to getting back to work."
"We were really pleased with our performance coming off of exam week," said Navy women's swimming head coach
John Morrison. "It was a long day, but the team put a lot of good energy into the meet and that led us to coming away with three wins. We have some things to work on moving forward, and we are getting excited for the experience of our first three-day meet of the year in two weeks."
Four members of the men's team came away with a pair of victories. The first to earn the double was
Daniel Cook (So., Virginia Beach, Va.) as he won the 200 free (1:41.84) and the 100 free (46.23) races. Next was
Dean Nguyen (So., Seattle, Wash.) in winning the 100 breast (55.87) and the 200 breast (2:02.94). Soon to follow was
Luke Johnson (So., Charlotte, N.C.) as he won the 1000 free (9:36.72) and the 500 free (4:42.32). Completing the foursome was
Bradley Buchter (Jr., Hickory, N.C.) with wins on both the one- (377.50) and three-meter (385.20) diving events.
The lone two Mids on the women's side to record multiple victories were
Lauren Barber (Sr., New Wilmington, Pa.) and
Ashley Boddiford (So., Oviedo, Fla.). Barber won both breaststroke events (1:02.61 and 2:15.57) and Boddiford placed first in the 200 back (2:02.17) and 200 IM (2:08.35) events.
Also winning an individual event for the men's team were
James Wilson (Jr., Ephrata, Pa.), 100 back (50.00);
Micah Oh (So., Kent, Ohio), 200 fly (1:53.37);
Zach Piedt (Sr., Fort Mill, S.C.), 50 free (21.19);
Caleb Mauldin (Fr., Chesapeake, Va.), 200 back (1:52.17);
Vince Everman (Sr., Philadelphia, Pa.), 100 fly (51.21); and
Brayden Lauffer (Sr., Apex, N.C.), 200 IM (1:53.32).
Completing the list of Navy women to win an event were
Alicia Mancilla (Fr., Miami, Fla.), 1000 free (10:23.19);
Erin Scudder (Jr., Western Springs, Ill.), 200 free (1:52.94);
Kelly Huffer (Fr., Phoenix, Ariz.), 200 fly (2:04.44);
Brooke West (Fr., River Forest, Ill.), 50 free (23.88);
Martina Thomas (Fr., Fayetteville, Ark.), 500 free (5:00.33);
Caroline Turner (Fr., Phoenixville, Pa.), one-meter diving (253.10); and
Meghan Gerdes (So., Spring, Texas), three meter diving (307.85).
Navy also swept all four relay events.
Both Navy teams will next be in action in two weeks. The men's swimmers will take part in a Nov. 16-18 meet at Indiana Univ.-Purdue Univ. Indianapolis, the women's swimmers will compete on those same three days at Liberty and the Navy divers will play host to the Navy Diving Invitational Nov. 15-17.
