LEWISBURG, Pa. -- The Navy women's swimming and diving team won the program's 13th-straight and league-record 23rd overall title Saturday night at Kinney Natatorium in Lewisburg, Pa.  The Navy men's team placed second by 16.5 points to see its run of 20-consecutive titles end.

No Patriot League team in any sport has won as many titles as the Navy women's swimming and diving team.  Also the 20 titles in a row for the Navy men's team was the longest run of success by any Patriot League team in any sport.

"Thank you to Bucknell for hosting the meet," said Navy women's swimming head coach John Morrison.  "I am extremely proud of the grit and determination of our team during these four days.  It truly was a total team effort.  The divers, led by Mackenzie Kim, did an amazing job on the boards.  Our senior class leadership was pivotal on the swimming side.  They really paved the way for the underclass.  Without winning a single individual swimming event, our incredible depth proved to be the deciding factor in this meet."

"Once again," said Navy men's swimming head coach Bill Roberts, "the energy and excitement of the Patriot League Championship is simply incredible.  We want to congratulate Army on winning the championship.  Also, a huge congratulations to John Morrison, (women's assistant coach) Carlye Ellis (diving coach) Tim Fisher and the Navy women's swimmers and divers for earning another title.  They were excellent from beginning to end this week.  

"I could not be more proud of everyone involved with Navy men's swimming and diving.  Our athletes gave it everything they had this week.  Despite not reaching our goal of winning the championship, we walk out of here with our heads held high and looking forward to the future."

Navy's Blakeman Shaw was named the men's diver of the year, Mackenzie Kim was named the women's diver of the year and Tim Fisher was named both the men's and women's diving coach of the year. 

1650 Free - Women
Unlike the other individual swimming events contested during the championship, swimmers compete in the 1650 free just once as opposed to having trial heats in the morning and finals at night.  Seeding is based upon top times entering the meet, with the final results from all of the heats combined.  When all was said and done, Navy had three of the top-eight swimmers in the final results.  Sarah Eldridge placed third (16:55.42), Marin Rose followed in fourth place (16:56.04) and Brynn Stoneburg finished in eighth place (17:09.17).

After starting the day with a 90-point lead on Army, the 1650 results pushed the Navy advantage to over 200 points.

1650 Free - Men
The Navy men's team faced having to overcome a 58-point deficit to Army on Saturday.  The Black Knights placed first and second in the 1650 free to extend their cushion to just over 100 points.  The lone Mid to finish among the top-eight swimmers was Ben Mauldin, and he placed eighth in a time of 15:31.10.

200 Back - Women
Ela Habjan was seeded fifth heading into the championship final, but she dropped two seconds from her morning effort and improved two spots to third place at night with a time of 1:59.21.

200 Back - Men
Ben Irwin posted the fastest time of all swimmers this morning in the trial heats with a time of 1:41.06.  He improved upon his clocking to a 1:40.04 to repeat as the champion in the event.  His effort was an NCAA B cut time and as well as a new school, pool, meet and league record.

Teammate Will Jones finished in seventh place with a time of 1:45.96 as the Mids narrowed the deficit down to 46 points.

100 Free - Women
A great championship final played out in the event as the difference between first and fourth place was 19-hundredths of a second with the top-seven swimmers finishing within one second of each other.  Tiffany Shields for Navy earned the bronze medal with a time of 50.57, while Samantha Clifford earned fifth place with a clocking of 50.90.

100 Free - Men
Navy qualified two swimmers into the B final and four into the A final.  Everet Andrew would be the top finishing Mid in the championship final with his time of 43.91 giving him third place.  His younger brother, Lachlan Andrew, followed in fourth place (44.09), with Simon Thompson placing fifth (44.12).  Competing the foursome of Mids was Ben Stankovich in seventh place (44.56).

The result returned Navy to a slight lead over Army, 1296-1289.5 points.

200 Breast - Women
The championship final field featured five Navy swimmers, including top-seed Lauren Walsh at 2:13.00.  Walsh improved upon her time to a 2:12.57, but was edged for the victory by 16-hundredths of a second.  

Mids held down the next three spots as Maddie Koutavas placed third (2:14.67), Elsie Delcruz finished in fourth place (2:17.36) and Haley Harris placed fifth (2:18.32).  Additionally, Sydney Bare placed eighth (2:20.46).

200 Breast - Men
Each service academy placed two swimmers in the championship final, with Army swimmers seeded first and second and Navy swimmers seeded third and sixth.  Army would win the race, but Navy's Michael Phillips finished in second place (1:57.28) and Juan Mora placed third (1:57.79).

Navy still led Army by 6.5 points after the event (1367-1360.5).

200 Fly - Women
The last individual event of the championship saw Navy's Caroline Irwin take the silver and Catherine Weaverling the bronze with times of 1:59.41 and 2:00.33, respectively.

200 Fly - Men
Navy qualified one swimmer in the consolation final and two in the championship final.  This included Irwin being the top seed.  Army had four swimmer in the A final, including the second and fourth-seeded qualifiers.  Irwin held up his seed as he posted a time of 1:42.99 to win the final by 2.62 seconds.  Ben Mauldin also placed seventh for the Mids (1:49.03).

Army took a 19.5 point lead with the results of the event (1464.5-1435).

3M Diving - Men
Navy's Finn Gelbach, Blakeman Shaw and Anthony Sciulli were the top three divers in the afternoon's trials.  Shaw would win the title with a score of 374.5 points, Gelbach was second with 372.60 and Sciulli was third with a 340.05.

Army outscored Navy in the early rounds as the Mids had one qualifier in the C and B finals and Army had two in the C final and three in the B final. 

That meant the Black Knights held a 6.5 point lead on the Mids going into the 400 free relay (1547.5-1541).

400 Free Relay - Women
Navy's team of Shields, Clifford, Irwin and Weaverling posted a third-place time of 3:23.18.

400 Free Relay - Men
The Black Knights had won the 400 free relay during the Army-Navy meet by four seconds and they were the favorite coming into the meet.  Army would post a time of 2:52.20 to win the race by 2.77 seconds over Loyola and 2.78 seconds over Navy.

Army bettered Navy in four of the five relays this week and totaled 18 more points over the course of the five events.  

Team Scores - Women
1) Navy - 1514.5; 2) Army - 1246; 3) Bucknell - 1090.5; 4) Loyola - 809.5; 5) Boston 727; 6) Lehigh - 701; 7) American - 554; 8) Colgate - 505.5; 9) Lafayette - 354; 10) Holy Cross - 346

Team Scores - Men
1) Army - 1611.5; 2) Navy - 1595; 3) Loyola - 1213; 4) Bucknell - 952.5; 5) Boston - 626.5; 6) Lehigh - 425; 7) Lafayette - 368; 8) Holy Cross - 355; 9) American - 348.5; 10) Colgate - 307

2025 Patriot League Swimming and Diving Major Awards
Women's Swimmer of the Meet: Lily Mead, Loyola Maryland
Men's Swimmer of the Meet: Johnny Crush, Army West Point
Women's Rookie of the Meet: Clara Renner, Bucknell
Men's Rookie of the Meet: Johnny Crush, Army West Point
Women's Diver of the Meet: MacKenzie Kim, Navy
Men's Diver of the Meet: Blake Shaw, Navy
Women's Highest Point Scorer: Lily Mead, Loyola Maryland, Mimi Watts, American, Molly Webber, Army West Point
Men's Highest Point Scorer: Ben Irwin, Navy
Women's Swim Coach of the Year: Ed Pretre, Colgate
Men's Swim Coach of the Year: Brandt Nigro, Army West Point
Women's Diving Coach of the Year: Tim Fisher, Navy
Joe Suriano Men's Diving Coach of the Year: Tim Fisher, Navy