ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- A school and league record performance by Jonah Harm (Jr., Placerville, Calif.) and NCAA B cut efforts by Lauren Walsh (Fr., Shelton, Conn.) and Caroline Irwin (So., Buford, Ga.) highlighted the efforts of the Navy swimming and diving teams at the invitationals the teams competed in this week.

The men's swimming team placed fifth out of seven teams at the Purdue Invitational in West Lafayette, Ind.  The women's swimming team finished in ninth place out of 13 teams at the Ohio State Invitational in Columbus, Ohio.  The men's and women's divers competed in a non-scoring meet at the West Virginia Invitational in Morgantown, W.Va.

"This was an excellent meet for us," said Navy men's swimming head coach Bill Roberts.  "We walk away from the last three days with a very good sense of what we are doing well and where we can still improve.  We continued to improve from day one to three at this meet to close a strong November performance."

Each of the swimming meets featured multiple level of finals and the diving meet featured championship and consolation level finals.

Harm placed second in the 100 butterfly with a time of 46.19, finishing just two-hundredths of a second in back of Purdue's Brady Samuels in the championship final.  Harm's effort bettered his own school and Patriot League record of 46.27 set last year at the league championship.  Additionally, his time was under the NCAA B cut standard of 47.23.  

Women's swimmers Walsh and Irwin also posted an NCAA B cut times.  Walsh recorded an effort of 1:59.41 in the 200 individual medley to finish ahead of the standard of 1:59.56 and place 12th in the field.  Irwin posted a time of 53.67 in the trial heats of the 100 fly, which was under the requirement of 53.69.  She would go on to finish in 10th place in the event.

Among the divers, George Moore (Jr., New Canaan, Conn.) placed fifth in the championship final of both springboard events.

The Navy teams will face Army Dec. 2 at West Point.

Purdue Invitational -- men's swimming -- A (1-8 from prelims) and B level (9-16 from prelims) finalists
200 freestyle relay -- 6th -- 1:20.54 -- Nate Gaver, Austin Lockhart, Jonah Harm, Everet Andrew
500 freestyle -- 11th -- 4:26.21 -- Conor Cranfield; 14th -- 4:29.62 -- Everet Andrew; 15th -- 4:30.16 -- Zach Stump
200 individual medley -- 10th -- 1:48.78 -- Jackson Schultz
400 medley relay -- 6th -- 3:15.18 -- Zach Stump, Jackson Schultz, Jonah Harm, Everet Andrew
200 medley relay -- 6th -- 1:27.66 -- Patrick Colwell, Jackson Schultz, Jonah Harm, Austin Lockhart
400 individual medley -- 12th -- 3:58.81 -- George Brooker; 13th -- 3:59.07 -- Zach Stump; 15th -- 4:01.67 -- Zach Stump
100 butterfly -- 2nd -- 46.19 -- Jonah Harm; 14th -- 48.51 -- Patrick Colwell
200 freestyle -- 5th -- 1:37.64 -- Everet Andrew; 11th -- 1:38.64 -- Conor Cranfield; 16th -- 1:41.41 -- Cohen Bruner
100 breaststroke -- 12th -- 54.93 -- Jackson Schultz; 13th -- 54.94 -- James Lee
800 freestyle relay -- 4th -- 6:40.84 -- Cohen Bruner, Austin Lockhart, Conor Cranfield, Everet Andrew
1650 freestyle -- 6th -- 15:04.10 -- Jack Lambert; 8th -- 15:42.29 -- Josh Wurgler; 12th -- 15:57.40 -- Conor Cranfield; 16th -- 16:10.78 -- Josh Anderson
200 backstroke -- 13th -- 1:48.42 -- George Brooker
100 freestyle -- 8th -- 45.08 -- Everet Andrew; 12th -- 44.62 -- Jonah Harm
200 breaststroke -- 7th -- 2:00.19 -- James Lee; 8th -- 2:00.64 -- Matt Murphy; 12th -- 2:01.14 -- Jackson Schultz
200 butterfly -- 8th -- 1:49.79 -- Patrick Colwell; 14th -- 1:50.47 -- Evan O'Dea; 15th -- 1:51.06 -- Ben Sewlnick
400 freestyle relay -- 5th -- 2:57.49 -- Patrick Colwell, Austin Lockhart, Everet Andrew, Jonah Harm

Ohio State Invitational -- women's swimming -- A (1-10 from prelims) and B (11-20 from prelims) level finalists
200 individual medley -- 12th - 1:59.41 -- Lauren Walsh
100 butterfly -- 10th -- 53.79 -- Caroline Irwin
100 breaststroke -- 19th -- 1:01.94 -- Lauren Walsh
800 freestyle relay -- 15th -- 7:28.01 -- Gabi Baldwin, Tiffany Shields, Hannah Pratt, Cameron Horner
200 breaststroke -- 19th -- 2:17.17 -- Maddie Koutavas

West Virginia Invitational -- diving -- championship (1-8 from prelims) and consolation (9-16 from prelims) level finalists
women's three meter -- 15th -- 223.80 -- Darby Ratcliffe 
men's one meter -- 5th -- 268.30 -- George Moore; 11th -- 294.75 -- Blakeman Shaw; 12th -- 270.20 -- Anthony Sciulli; 14th -- 255.35 -- Zack Peng
women's one meter -- 12th -- 261.20 -- Mackenzie Kim
men's three meter -- 5th -- 304.45 -- George Moore; 6th -- 298.35 -- Blakeman Shaw; 9th -- 286.40 -- Zack Peng; 14th -- 256.80 -- Anthony Sciulli
women's platform -- 3rd -- 2:11.15 -- Ali Polidori; 7th -- 174.60 -- Darby Ratcliffe

NCAA B Cut Times -- Men's Swimming (standard)
Jonah Harm -- 100 butterfly -- 46.19 (47.23)

NCAA B Cut Times -- Women's Swimming (standard)
Lauren Walsh -- 200 individual medley -- 1:59.41 (1:59.56)
Caroline Irwin -- 100 butterfly -- 53.67 (53.69)

Purdue Invitational Team Scoring
1. Purdue 864.5 
2. Louisville 764.5
3. Northwestern 513.5 
4. California Baptist 429
5. U.S. Naval Academy 315 
6. Missouri State 307.5
7. Southern Illinois 189

Ohio State Invitational Team Scoring
1. Ohio State 2,496
2. Indiana 2,316. 50
3. Kentucky 1,984
4. Virginia Tech 1,236
5. UCLA 1,004. 50
6. Notre Dame 986
7. Yale 906
8. Ohio 478. 50
9. U.S. Naval Academy 419. 50
10. Cincinnati 410
11. Lindenwood 301
12. Pittsburgh 98
13. Miami 32