ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- The Navy men's swimming and diving team strengthened its hold on first place while the women's team jumped up from third place to within striking range of first-place Villanova, Friday at the Navy Invitational at Lejeune Hall in Annapolis.

The men's team qualified at least four swimmers for the 10-lane championship final in each of the five individual events contested on the middle day of the three-day meet as the Mids increased their point total of 1,542 points and their advantage over second-place UC Santa Barbara to over 600 points.  

The Navy women's team started Friday in third place, 222 points behind UCSB and 187 points in back of second-place Villanova.  At the end of the day, Villanova had taken over first place with 1,079 points and Navy moved into second place with 1,042 points.

Winning events for the men's team were Luca Oliva in the 400 IM, Juan Mora in the 100 breast, Ben Irwin in the 100 back and Luke Ogren in the three-meter diving event.  Additionally, the foursome of Irwin, Mora, Lachlan Andrew and Ben Denman-Grimm won the 200 medley relay.

Highlighting the women's efforts were third-place finishes by Brynn Stoneburg in the 200 free, Lauren Walsh in the 100 breast and Ela Habjan in the 100 back.

The Navy Invite concludes Saturday with swimming trial heats at 10 a.m., diving prelims at 12:30 p.m. and finals starting at 6 p.m.

Women - Team Scores
1 - 1,079 - Villanova
2 - 1,042 - Navy
3 - 844 - UC Santa Barbara
4 - 594 - James Madison
5 - 368 - Old Dominion
6 - 163 - Rutgers (divers only)
7 - 31 - George Washington (divers only)
8 - 29 - North Carolina State  (divers only)

Men - Team Scores
1 - 1,542 - Navy
2 - 937 - UC Santa Barbara
3 - 710 - Villanova
4 - 540 - Old Dominion
5 - 123 - George Washington (divers only)

Top-10 Finishers (championship finalists)
200 Medley Relay - Women
6th / 1:42.45 - Ela Habjan, Maddie Koutavas, Julianne McCranie, Elsie Delacruz
7th / 1:43.42 - Addy Herl, Lauren Walsh, Clarice Spencer, Samantha Clifford
9th / 1:44.52 - Georgia Andrew, Corinne Warriner, Samantha Aguirre, Ana Fleming (non-scoring finisher)
200 Medley Relay - Men
1st / 1:25.74 - Ben Irwin, Juan Mora, Lachlan Andrew, Ben Denman-Grimm
3rd / 1:26.69 - Luke Lamb, Gavin Green, Dean Jones, Preston Kessler
6th / 1:29.02 - Will Jones, Michael Phillips, Alex Park, Simon Thompson (non-scoring finisher)
8th / 1:30.12 - Aaron Mendoza, Noah Robinson, Henry Cain, Evan McKelvey (non-scoring finisher)
9th / 1:30.24 - Will De La Garza, Jack Ussery, Tyler Kaminski, Matt Beehler (non-scoring finisher)
100 Butterfly - Women
8th / 55.45 - Julianne McCranie
10th / 56.37 - Elsie Delacruz
100 Butterfly - Men
3rd / Ben Irwin - 47.41
4th / 47.86 - Lachlan Andrew
5th / 47.91 - Dean Jones
6th / 48.13 - Alex Park
400 Individual Medley - Women
8th / 4:23.17 - Sarah Eldridge
10th / 4:27.84 - Elsie Delacruz
400 Individual Medley - Men
1st / 3:51.47 - Luca Oliva
3rd / 3:52.36 - Coleman Yates
6th / 3:54.41 - Casey Aten
8th / 3:58.36 - Charlie Greenwood
10th / 4:00.33 - Will Jones
200 Freestyle - Women
3rd / 1:50.56 - Brynn Stoneburg
6th / 1:51.31 - Allie Maloney
200 Freestyle - Men
2nd / 1:35.50 - Martin Perecinsky
3rd / 1:36.09 - Dean Jones
4th / 1:36.73 - Xavier Sohovic
7th / 1:37.09 - Ben Stankovich
8th / 1:37.92 - Chase Maier
9th / 1:40.06 - Gio Aguirre
100 Breaststroke - Women
3rd / 1:01.95 - Lauren Walsh
5th / 1:02.76 - Maddie Koutavas
6th / 1:02.98 - Corinne Warriner
8th / 1:03.49 - Marley Barnard
100 Breaststroke - Men
1st / 52.38 - Juan Mora
2nd / 53.53 - Gavin Green
3rd / 54.08 - Michael Phillips
8th / 55.46 - Jack Ussery
100 Backstroke - Women
3rd / 54.91 - Ela Habjan
6th / 55.81 - Addy Herl
7th / 56.09 - Allie Maloney
8th / 56.38 - Julianne McCranie
100 Backstroke - Men
1st / 47.23 - Ben Irwin
2nd / 47.48 - Luke Lamb
4th / 48.14 - Martin Perecinsky
5th / 48.17 - Aaron Mendoza
6th / 48.75 - Will Jones
7th / 48.95 - Tyler Kaminski
10th / 49.70 - Will De La Garza
800 Freestyle Relay - Women
2nd / 7:23.27 - Kaitlyn Landers, Allie Maloney, Erin Miller, Brynn Stoneburg
6th / 7:31.36 - Lauren Walsh, Marin Rose, Samantha Aguirre, Viviana Vergara-Anglim
10th / 7:37.00 - Sarah Eldridge, Alana Maxey, Samantha Clifford, Valentina Fraga (non-scoring finisher)
800 Freestyle Relay - Men
2nd / 6:40.92 - Chase Maier, George Ivascu, Jaiden Sreenivasan, Zack Arnold
9th / 7:11.76 - Eli Bates, Cedric Brooking, Evan McKelvey, Josh Wurgler
One-Meter Diving - Women
4th / 276.05 - Mackenzie Kim
Three-Meter Diving - Men
1st / 338.70 - Luke Ogren
7th / 256.55 - Anthony Sciulli