ANNAPOLIS, Md. –– The Navy swimming and diving teams combined for 24 event wins to post a 7-0 record Friday evening during a multi-team meet at Lejeune Hall in Annapolis.
The Navy women's team (6-1) earned 11 event wins to post victories over Miami (Fla.) (0-6), 206-87; Towson (3-2), 218-81; Johns Hopkins (2-3), 168-125; and George Washington, 210-89 (2-2). The Navy men's team (5-1) recorded 13 event wins to defeat Towson (2-2), 185-108; Johns Hopkins (0-4), 207-80; and George Washington (1-2), 199-94.
Additionally, Navy swimmers placed at least first and second in a combined 10 events, with Mids finishing first, second and third in five of those events.
"It was good to race and compete tonight," said Navy men's swimming head coach
Bill Roberts. "Overall, we are pleased with the efforts of this team. They continue to make the commitment each and every day to make this team better and am pleased with we were are as a group at this point in the season."
Each of the Navy teams saw several Mids record multiple event wins during the meet. On the women's side,
Erin Scudder (Sr., Western Springs, Ill.) won the 200 free (1:51.11) and the 500 free (5:01.92),
Ashley Boddiford (Jr., Oviedo, Fla.) won both backstroke events (56.76, 2:01.03),
Sydney Harrington (So., Fairfax, Va.) won each of the butterfly races (53.99, 1:58.78) and
Hannah Montau (So., Germantown, Md.) won both the one-meter (249.20) and three-meter (296.15) diving events.
"Once again we are very pleased with the team effort today," said Navy women's swimming head coach
John Morrison. "The medley relay got us off to a great start and we never looked back.
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Sydney Harrington was very good today. She put up some really fast times for this early in the season, and the rest of the team fed off of that. Our divers also played a big role in this today's meet.
Hannah Montau earned a zone meet score today to lead their efforts."
Winning multiple events for the Navy men were
Ryan Waters (Jr., Basking Ridge, N.J.) in the 500 (4:38.01) and 1000 (9:27.40) free races,
Dominick Wallace (Jr., La Jolla, Calif.) in the backstroke events (49.91, 1:49.37) and
Bradley Buchter (Sr., Hickory, N.C.) in both the one-meter (392.40) and three-meter (352.85) diving events.
The Navy men's team will play host to Auburn on Nov. 2, then both Navy programs will play host to American, Bucknell and Lafayette on Nov. 9.
