LEWISBURG, Pa. -- The Navy swimming and diving teams opened the 2023 Patriot League Championship by winning each of the five events contested Wednesday night at Kinney Natatorium in Lewisburg, Pa.
"It was a great Navy day," said Navy women's swimming head coach
John Morrison. "Both the men's and women's swimmers and the men's divers did an awesome job."
It was a great start to the evening as both Navy teams won the 200 medley relay. The women's team of
Megan Murphy (So., West Palm Beach, Fla.),
Riley Gavigan (Jr., East Setauket, N.Y.),
Caroline Irwin (So., Buford, Ga.) and
Maya Novack (Jr., Cedarburg, Wis.) posted a time of 1:40.24 to better the field including a second-place Loyola team that finished in a time of 1:40.33. In the men's race, Navy's team of
Patrick Colwell (Jr., New Canaan, Conn.),
Jackson Schultz (Sr., Millersville, Md.),
Jonah Harm (Jr., Placerville, Calif.) and
Austin Lockhart (So., Fort Mill, S.C.) recorded a time of 1:25.34 to finish over one second in front of Loyola (1:26.66) and third-place Army (1;26.73).
The lone diving event on the abbreviated day saw four Mids advance to the championship final of the men's three-meter board. Navy would go 1-2-3-7 in the final with
Blakeman Shaw (So., Coral Gables, Fla.) winning the event with his score of 363.35.
George Moore (Jr., New Canaan, Conn.) followed in second place with his effort of 352.95 and
Anthony Sciulli (Fr., Powell, Ohio) took the bronze medal with his score of 3:48.70.
The Mids would go on to sweep the 800 free relay titles, with Army's entrants placing second in each. In the women's event,
Cameron Horner (Jr., Hebron, Md.)
Gabi Baldwin (Jr., Lake Elmo, Minn.),
Lauren Walsh (Fr., Shelton, Conn.) and
Tiffany Shields (So., Escondido, Calif.) posted a time of 7:11.91 to barely edge the Black Knights by nine-hundredths of a second (7:12.00). The Navy men's team touched the wall in a winning time of 6:22.42. The Mids --
Everet Andrew (So., Wilmette, Ill.), Lockhart,
Conor Cranfield (So., Fort Myers, Fla.) and
Garrett McGovern (Jr., Nashville, Tenn.) -- finished over three seconds in front of Army and broke the meet record of 6;22.72.
Competition at the championship continues Thursday morning.
Women's Standings
1. U.S. Naval Academy 80
2. U.S. Military Academy 64
2. Bucknell University 64
4. Loyola University 56
4. Boston University 56
6. Holy Cross, College of the 48
6. Colgate Raiders 48
8. American University 44
9. Lehigh University 30
10. Lafayette 18
Men's Standings
1. U.S. Naval Academy 147
2. U.S. Military Academy 99
3. Bucknell University 84
4. Loyola University 78
5. Lehigh University 54
5. Boston University 54
7. American University 47
8. Holy Cross, College of the 43
9. Colgate Raiders 40
10. Lafayette 31
