ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- The Navy swimming and diving teams each earned first-place honors at the ECAC Championship that came to a conclusion Sunday at Lejeune Hall in Annapolis.  The men's team scored 814.5 points to win by just under 400 points and the women accrued 546 points to win the meet by 43 points.

Bucknell placed second in both the men's (416) and women's (503) standings.

The Navy men's team has now won the meet in each of the last nine times it has been held and the Navy women's team won the title for the fifth time in six years.

"We could not be prouder of the way our team finished out the season," said Navy men's swimming head coach Bill Roberts.  "From the beginning of the year to the end, they did everything we asked them to strive for.  We are so happy for the Class of 2023 to end the year by winning Patriot League and ECAC titles alongside their teammates.  It says a lot about their character and resilience.  It will be remembered forever in our program."

"We are incredibly proud of our team's effort to win the Patriot League and ECAC titles in back-to-back weeks," said Navy women's swimming head coach John Morrison.  "It takes an amazing amount of dedication and determination throughout the year to accomplish that.  

"The ECAC team displayed tremendous character as they persevered through two relay teams being disqualified on Saturday.  As a result, they went into Sunday trailing by 30 points, but put on an amazing team performance today capped with a victory in the relay to win the meet."

Roberts was named the men's swimming coach of the year, Warren Turner (Sr., Memphis, Tenn.) was named the men's swimmer of the year and Rachel Schlemmer (Jr., Sterling, Va.) was named the women's swimmer of the year.

"Rachel had an amazing weekend," said Morrison.  "Injuries limited her training and competition opportunities during the second semester, but she never gave up and put together three impressive races during the championship."

The Navy teams combined to win seven events on the final day of the meet.   Mitch Dubey (Fr., Belchertown, Mass.) won the 1650 freestyle by six seconds with his time of 15:26.32.  Benjamin Stankovich (Fr., Dumfries, Va.) posted a time of 1:46.48 to win the 200 backstroke by 1.23 seconds.  Ben Denman-Grimm (Fr., Vienna, Va.) won the 100 free by 15-hundredths of a second with his winning time of 44.32.  Matt Murphy (Jr., Mullica Hill, N.J.), recorded a 1:57.59 to win the 200 breaststroke by 1.33 seconds.  Evan O'Dea (Fr., Brooklyn, N.Y.) won the 200 fly by 1.5 seconds with his effort of 1:45.82.

The Mids also won both of the 400 freestyle relay races.  The team of Anastasia Fleming (Fr., Huntsville, Ala.), Sydney Paglia (Jr., West Grove, Pa.), Anna Freyman (Jr., Lake Mary, Fla.) and Megan McGrath (Fr., Jacksonville, Fla.) combined for a time of 3:25.10 to win the women's race by 1.78 seconds.  In the men's final, Denman-Grimm, Evan McKelvey (Fr., Ann Arbor, Mich.), Cohen Bruner  (So., Hilton Head, S.C.) and Paul Kinsella (Sr., Arlington, Va.) touched the wall in a time of 2:57.79 to win the race by 1.83 seconds.

1650 Freestyle - Women
4) Rachel Schlemmer / 16:59.22
1650 Freestyle - Men
1) Mitch Dubey /15:26.32 ... 2) Josh Wurgler / 15:34.15 ... 3) Josh Anderson / 15:42.46
200 Backstroke - Women
2) Chloe Skogg / 2:00.24
200 Backstroke - Men
1) Benjamin Stankovich / 1:46.48 ... 3) Mike Jeschke / 1:50.14
100 Freestyle - Women
4) Ana Fleming / 51.41 ... 6) Sydney Paglia / 51.89
100 Freestyle - Men
1) Ben Denman-Grimm / 44.32 ... 5) Cohen Bruner / 44.93 ... 6) Paul Kinsella / 44.97 ... 7) Gavin Green / 44.98
200 Breaststroke - Women
4) Libby Miller / 2:14.88 ... 7) Jessica Riggs / 2:17.78
200 Breaststroke - Men
1) Matt Murphy / 1:57.59 ... 5) Richie Trentalange / 2:01.26
200 Butterfly - Women
No championship final qualifiers
200 Butterfly - Men
1) Evan O'Dea / 1:45.82 ... 8) Josh Anderson / 1:49.41
400 Freestyle Relay - Women
1) Ana Fleming, Sydney Paglia, Anna Freyman, Megan McGrath / 3:25.10
400 Freestyle Relay - Men
1) Ben Denman-Grimm, Evan McKelvey , Cohen Bruner, Paul Kinsella / 2:57.79

Women's Team Scores -- Top 5
1) Navy / 546 ... 2) Bucknell / 503 ... 3) Columbia / 386 ... 4) Penn / 328 ... 5) Yale / 274
Men's Team Scores -- Top 5
1) Navy / 814.5 ... 2) Bucknell / 416 ... 3) Columbia / 392 ... 4) Princeton / 328 ... 5) Loyola / 319