ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- The Navy swimming and diving teams will open their respective seasons Saturday when the Mids play host to Boston College and Penn State in an 11 a.m. meet in Lejeune Hall.
Fan Access
Members of the public without a Department of Defense-approved ID card are not allowed to drive through the gates of the USNA. They must instead park outside of the USNA and walk through the gate one visitor's center. Expect heavier traffic and more limited parking than usual due to the boat show taking place in downtown Annapolis and the 3:30 p.m. Navy football game.
Like Navy, Penn State will open its season on Saturday but Boston College will compete against American and Loyola Friday evening in Baltimore.
Results
Live results from the meet will be available through the Meet Mobile app.
Navy Men
The Mids posted an 8-2 record last season and won the program's 18th Patriot League title in as many years as they have competed at the meet.
Navy returns 26 letter winners from 2021-22, including five first-team all-league honorees from last year and six Mids who earned second-team all-league laurels. That list includes
Everet Andrew (So., Wilmette, Ill.), winner of the 200 and 500 freestyle events at last year's Patriot League meet,
Jackson Schultz (Sr., Millersville, Md.), who won the 100 breaststroke title in February and
Jonah Harm (Jr., Placerville, Calif.), the 2022 league champion in the 100 butterfly.
Navy Women
Navy finished the 2021-22 season with a 7-2 record in dual meets and as Patriot League champions for the 10th year in a row.
Returning for the Mids are 30 letter winners, including six first-team and three second-team all-league recipients last season. Among the returners are 2022 league individual event champions
Haley Harris (So., St. John's, Fla.), 400 individual medley;
Riley Gavigan (Jr., East Setauket, N.Y.), 100 breaststroke;
Gabi Baldwin (Jr., Lake Elms, Minn.), 200 backstroke and
Libby Miller (Sr., Gates Mills, Ohio), 200 breaststroke.
Boston College Men
Boston College split its six dual meets last season and placed 11th at the Atlantic Coast Conference Championship.
Navy and Boston College have met on just one prior occasion. The Mids recorded 203-90 victory in a meet held Oct. 11, 2008, as part of a double-dual meet with Loyola in Baltimore.
Boston College Women
The Eagles compiled a 6-1 record in dual meets last season and placed 12th at the ACC Championship.
Saturday's meet will be the third in the series. The Eagles won the first meeting, 165-134, which occurred Oct. 24, 1998, in Boston, and the Mids evened the young series with a 165-135 win Oct. 11, 2008, in Baltimore.
Penn State Men
Penn State tallied a 4-4 record in dual meets last year. The Nittany Lions placed eighth at the 2022 Big Ten Championship and sent six swimmers to the NCAA Championship.
Penn State defeated Navy, 181-119, last season in Pennsylvania. The win allowed the Nittany Lions to narrow the lead by the Mids in the series down to 6-5.
Penn State Women
Penn State ended the 2021-22 dual meet season with a 6-1 record. The team would go on to finish in 10th place at the Big Ten Championship and qualify one swimmer for the NCAA Championship.
Penn State posted a 209-91 victory over the Mids last season. The Nittany Lions now hold a 9-0 advantage over the Mids in the series.
