ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- The Navy swimming and diving teams combined to win seven events to stand in first place after Friday's opening day of the ECAC Swimming and Diving Championship being contested at Lejeune Hall in Annapolis.
The women's team began the three-day meet by scoring 255.5 points Friday to lead second-place Bucknell by 74.5 points. Navy's men's team has totaled 297 points to lead Princeton by 163 points.
Women's Three-Meter Diving
Navy started the evening with a 24-point lead over the rest of the field as four Mids advanced to the championship final in the first diving event of the championship.
Mackenzie Kim scored 281.45 points to win the board by 24 points.
Sarah Gurley placed fourth (246.90), Darby Raycliffe finished in fifth place (227.05) and Izzy Olson placed seventh (208.95).
200 Freestyle Relay
The women's team posted a time of 1:34.34 to finish first by 1.27 seconds over Bucknell.
Tiffany Shields,
Anna Freyman,
Viviana Vergara-Anglim and
Sydney Paglia comprised the winning team.
Navy's men's team matched the result of the women's team with a winning time of 1:19.02.
Lachlan Andrew,
Simon Thompson,
Garrett McGovern and
Austin Lockhart broke the meet record (1:19.36) and won the event by 1.9 seconds.
500 Freestyle
Navy placed a pair of swimmers into the championship final of the first individual event of the weekend.
Samantha Clifford earned the silver medal with a time of 4:54.91 and
Marin Rose just missed a podium finish with her fourth-place effort of 4:56.69.
Ben Mauldin gave the men's team its first individual event win of the meet as he placed first in a time of 4:18.41. That effort was under the NCAA B cut time of lace 4:21.99. Additionally, teammate
Cedric Brooking placed second (4:25.98),
Josh Anderson claimed third place (4:28.54) and
Evan McKelvey recorded a fifth-place finish (4:31.54).
200 Individual Medley
Team captain
Theresa Milio was the lone women's swimmer to advance to the event's championship final. She posted a time of 2:04.39 to finish in fourth place.
In contrast, five Mids qualified for the men's championship final. Leading all finishers was
Kellan Pattison with his winning time of 1:47.52. Stephan Aguirre placed third (1:48.32), George Boorker finished in fourth place (1:48.48),
Coleman Yates followed in fifth place (1:48.68) and McGovern was the seventh swimmer to finish (1:50.93).
50 Freestyle
Tiffany Sheilds was the top-finishing Mid in the championship final as her time of 23.61 gave her a fourth-place showing. Paglia also advanced to the final and her effort of 23.64 placed her sixth
The men's sprinter claimed gold, silver and bronze in the event, with the top-three swimmers finishing within seven-hundredths of a second of each other. Andrew was the first Mid to touch the wall with his time of 20.03. Thompson was next at 20.09 and Lockhart finish just one-hundredth of a second behind Thompson.
400 Medley Relay
Navy would be edged by Rutgers in the women's relay by just over two seconds. The Mids, which sent out a lineup of
Jennifer Luong,
Sydney Bare, Paglia and Shields, posted a time of 3:44.57.
Night one ended with the Navy men's team winning the final by over three seconds with its time of 3:13.04. Yates,
Richie Trentalange, Andrew and McGovern earned the gold medal for the Mids.
Top-10 Women's Scores
1. Navy, 255.5; 2. Bucknell, 181; 3. Columbia, 142; 4. Loyola, 101; 5. Penn, 99.5; 6. Rutgers, 85; 7. Rider, 49; 8. Manhattan, 46; 9. American, 29; T10. Fairleigh Dickinson, 28; T10. Penn State, 28
Top-10 Men's Scores
1. Navy, 297; 2. Princeton, 134; 3. Columbia, 120.5; 4. Bucknell, 98; 5. Loyola, 96; 6. Rider, 85; 7. Fairfield, 53; 8. Penn, 49.5; 9. Yale, 36; 10. Baruch, 30
