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Navy Sweeps Patriot League Titles

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Leading from the very first events of the week, the Navy swimming and diving teams closed out an impressive Patriot League Championship with another strong performance Saturday night at Lejeune Hall to sweep the team titles for the fifth year in a row.  Navy’s women’s team totaled 958.5 points and the men’s squad tallied 951.5 points to claim the respective team titles.

Army West Point finished in second place in both competitions with scores of 556 for the women and 650 for the men.

For the Navy women’s team, it marked the program’s fifth crown in a row, sixth in the last seven years and a league-best 15th in its 25 years as a league member.  

Navy’s men’s team has now won the league championship in each of the 13 years it has vied for the title.  Navy’s run of 13 titles in a row ranks second in league history for the most consecutive championships won by a program (Army West Point’s men’s outdoor track and field team won 16 in a row from 1992-2007).

“Every year is different,” said Navy men’s swimming head coach Bill Roberts on winning 13-straight league meets.  “Every team is a different team even though technically three-quarters of the guys stay the same.  It is always a different team.  It takes a lot to win a conference championship. I think back to all of the steps and things that have gone into getting to this, and it really is just one at a time.”

“This is not automatic,” said Navy women’s swimming head coach John Morrison.  “We put a lot of work into this.  We start right after spring break figuring out how we can compete for a championship again.  The team has been instilled by their predecessors on this is how you do it.  We adjust and tweak a few things every year.  Fortunately we have stayed competitive and recruit strong student-athletes and Midshipmen and we keep going fast.” 

Winning the team titles led to a slew of individual awards being earned by the Mids.  Kenzie Margroum was named the league’s women’s swimmer of the meet, Lauren Barber was tabbed as the women’s rookie of the meet, Julie Jesse earned the women’s diver-of-the-meet award and Joe Kaszubowski received garnered the men’s diver-of-the-meet laurel.  Also, Morrison was selected as the women’s swimming coach of the meet, Roberts won the men’s swimming coach-of-the-meet award and Rich MacDonald was named as the diving coach of the meet. 

“It was fantastic,” said Morrison on the meet.  “Probably one of our best championships.  Every time you have a chance to win you are excited to put up the times and the efforts from all our athletes from prelims and finals, just coming to give all of their heart and soul into the team.  It was a lot of fun for three and a half days.

“Our guys are always outstanding at this meet.  They always bring a lot of energy, certainly a lot of fast swimming.  It is great to be in a program that just has great support from both teams, know that both have the mission to be as excellent as you can be as a team and student-athletes.  While we are separate teams, we have the same goals and want to do the best we can against the best teams in the country.  Right now we are feeding off each other, and that’s great.” 

“It is hard to be disappointed with anything this week,” said Roberts.  “The guys were a very cohesive unit.  This meet is something we have targeted for 11 months and 29 days.  I’m kind of at a loss for words, but I am really happy with how they performed.  There are always some ups and downs at a championship meet for three and a half days.  The guys showed a lot of character and perseverance this week.  It is never going to be perfect, but I am proud of how they finished things off.  There was a lot of excitement and energy with every race tonight.

“Our women’s team was amazing.  That was as dominant of a performance as I can recall with a women’s team.  They were just really, really good, both points wise and also their swims.  Their times kept getting better and better from morning to night.  It is a really powerful team.”

“Looking back over the weekend I can’t believe how well they dove and how well all of their hard work and training paid off,” said MacDonald of his divers.  “As a coach, you want that because you know how hard they work day in and day out.

“It was spectacular for Julie and Joe to earn their awards.  They both are such competitors.  Joe only being a freshman, was pretty awesome.  Julie, ever since I have been coaching her, she seems to always step up when the pressure is the hardest.”

Saturday night began with Navy’s Jenny Smith (16:51.20) placing sixth and Sara Lopez (16:53.81) seventh in the women’s 1650 freestyle timed final.  In the men’s edition of the event, Noah Martin posted a time of 15:09.22 to win the race by over seven seconds.  Teammate Kenneth Parker placed fourth with a clocking of 15:29.92, followed by Alex Nickell in fifth place in a time of 15:33.59.

“The mile,” said Roberts, “ started things off for us with Noah, Alex and Kenny.  Noah really took control from the start and swam his own race.”

Bucknell’s Emma Levendoski recorded her eighth win in eight career backstroke events when her time of 1:56.90 gave her the 200 backstroke title by 1.20 seconds.  Navy swimmers followed in second, Kaitlyn O’Reilly (1:58.10); third, Emily Ranzau (1:58.55); and fourth place, Ally Warnimont (1:59.29), with Casey Lawson also finishing in sixth place (2:009.38).

“The backstroke was a fantastic event for us,” said Morrison.  “We had four in the final and to go two-three-four against a great swimmer in Levendoski, one of the best the league has ever seen, was a fantastic way for us to start the big events.”

A great race took place in the men’s final of the 200 back.  Bucknell’s Chris Devlin and Navy’s David Carlson were neck and neck the entire way before Devlin edged Carlson by two-tenths of second.  Devlin posted a time of 1:43.14, with Carlson touching the wall in a time of 1:43.34.

“David’s 200 backstroke was very special,” said Roberts.  “Good race.  Win or get second place, it was a fantastic race by both of those guys with each under the conference record.  Hard to critique that race as it was pretty awesome.”

Margroum broke the league (49.49), meet (49.87) and school (49.57) records during the trial heats of the 100 freestyle to enter the evening session as the favorite.  She would make her seeding hold up at night in bettering her own mark with a winning time of 49.30 to win the championship final.  Navy’s previous record holder, Maddi Thompson, finished second to Margroum with a time of 49.87.

“Maddi is a stalwart in the freestyle, always placing among the top two,” said Morrison.  “Then you have Kenzie who is still gaining confidence and she goes a personal best and breaks the league record.”

The men’s final of the 100 freestyle included four Mids and two swimmers from Army West Point.  Chris Szekely successfully defended his title from last year as he gave the Black Knights the title with a winning time of 44.02.  Joseph Jaime (44.14) and Tom Duvall (44.15) placed second and third, respectively, for the Mids, with teammates Connor Davis (44.99) and Zach Piedt (45.30) finishing in sixth and seventh place, respectively.

“The 100 free was pretty exciting,” said Roberts.  “I think the building knew that was going to be a big one.  Hat’s off to Chris from Army.  A veteran swimmer.  Any one of those three guys could have hit it at the finish.  He came out on top.”

Barber would lead a 1-2 Navy finish in the 200 breaststroke with a Navy, league and meet record winning time of 2:10.53.  That broke the previous standards of 2:10.67 set Navy’s Laura Gorinski six years ago.  Finishing second to her teammate was Ellen Bradford with a time of 2:13.87.

“Kenzie really set things up well for us in the breaststroke with her freestyle performance,” said Morrison.  “Our three breaststrokers all had best times, so you can’t complain about that.  Lauren breaks the school and meet record and certainly puts herself in position to make the NCAAs.  And Ellen, what a fantastic race.”

Navy also claimed the crown in the 200 breaststroke as Marlin Brutkiewicz set a new meet record in winning the event in a time of 1:55.48.  Joining him in the final were teammates Brayden Lauffer in fifth place (2:00.47) and Morgan De Jong in sixth place (2:00.64). 

“Marlin battled back from disappointment Friday (second in the 100 breast), and even a little disappointment this morning,” said Roberts.  “I don’t think he was satisfied with that swim.  He just stepped up and dug down deep.  We are happy with the end result, that’s for sure.  And also Brayden and Morgan working their way into the final was pretty special, too.”

Rachael Dudley closed out her strong career by breaking the Navy, league and meet record in winning the 200 butterfly final.  Her posting of 1:57.76 bettered the three-year old mark of 1:58.40 held by Rheanna Vaughn.  She had plenty of company in the final as Hanna Gillcrist placed third (2:00.30) and Lauren Greenberg finished in fourth place (2:01.25).

“Rachael finishing the individual races by winning the event and breaking the records was real special,” said Morrison.  “That was her best time by over a second.  She had an incredible meet.  It was great to see her unload and leave it all in the pool in her last race.”

Also finishing his individual event career in style for Navy was men’s team captain Jonathan Debaugh as he won the 200 fly final in a time of 1:44.21.  Teammate Hayes McCullagh finished second to Debaugh in a clocking of 1:46.40.

“The 200 fly was pretty awesome,” said Roberts.  “Ryan Bailey won the B final in an amazing time (1:47.71), then Hayes and Jon, what they did in that event was a great statement to end the individual portion of tonight.”

Navy advanced a pair of divers into the championship final of the women’s three-meter event.  Jesse accrued 262.05 points to win the final, with teammate Amanda Zerphy taking second with a score of 253.80.  Zerphy finished six points ahead of the third-place entrant.

“Our women had a great evening,” said MacDonald.  “After being second and third in prelims in a very tight match –– there were only about 20 points separating the lead from eighth place –– neither of them missed a dive.  It was great to watch.”

That left only the 400 freestyle relay events, both of which were won by Navy in record breaking fashion.  The women’s team of Margroum –– who broke her own 100 free records with a time of 49.22 in leading off the event –– Warnimont, Barber and Thompson attained a time of 3:18.10 to win the final by nearly three seconds and break the Navy (3:20.58), league and meet (3:20.55, Colgate, 2009) and pool (3:21.60, Navy, December, 2015) records.  The Navy men’s foursome of Joseph Jaime, Davis, Piedt and Duvall led from start to finish in winning their final in a time of 2:54.92.  That beat the remainder of the field by 1.5 seconds and improved upon the Navy, league and meet record of 2:56.27 set by the Mids in 2012.

“The final really summed up the meet,” said Morrison.  “We led from the beginning all the way to the end.  Kenzie leading off, she just went her best time in the 100 free, and to do that at the end of the meet when you are most tired is tough, then she leads off by breaking her records again.  Then Ally went a best time, Lauren followed with a best time and you have Maddi who has been our best and most consistent anchor the whole year.  Just fantastic to see her put her hand on the wall in a substantial record was great to break the 3:20 mark.  We have been trying to do that for years.  It was a great relay.” 

“We knew on paper we had a solid relay,” said Roberts.  “But we have been in this position before where we could have done something better and we didn’t.”

 

Army Men

The Army West Point men’s swimming and diving team clocked seven new records during the final day of the Patriot League Championships Saturday to finish second overall with 650 points. The men’s and women’s teams combined for 30 total records broken at the conference meet with the men tallying 10 Academy and six plebe records. 

“It was a solid day for the men’s team,” said head coach Mickey Wender, “It was the most competitive I have seen the team against Navy in the past 10 years. They were focused and consistent, I am really proud of the entire team.”

Freshman Brandon McCredie was named the Rookie of the Meet after winning the 50 free and being a part of two Academy records and a plebe record for the Black Knights.

“Brandon has had a tremendous freshman year,” Wender said. “He has impressed me with his work ethic and desire to get better. Brandon is very coachable and soaks in every bit of knowledge he can. He is going to have a great future. His win in 50 free is only beginning of what he is capable of.”

Chris Szkekely stood atop the podium for his first-place finish in the 100 free today. He clocked an NCAA B-Cut time of 43.96 in the prelims and won the finals with a time of 44.02. Brandon McCredie finished in 44.91 to place fifth. Evin Rude won the consolation final with a time of 45.37.

Tom Ottman had a standout performance in the 1650 free with an Academy and plebe record. He had a second-place time of 15:16.95, and his 1000 free split of 9:09.19 was also an Academy and plebe record. Clay Harmon was seventh in the mile after finishing in 15:46.13 for Army. 

Josh Sembrano clocked an Academy record time of 1:46.16 in the 200 back during the preliminary round. In the finals, he touched the wall sixth and was followed by Matt McPheters (1:49.93) and Michael Stanchi (1:49.54) who were seventh and eighth, respectively. 

In the 200 fly, Sean Regan clocked a new Academy record with a third-place time of 1:46.28 which was also an NCAA B-Cut time. Jason Rodriguez placed fifth with another NCAA B-Cut time. He touched the wall in 1:47.67 with Devin McCall (1:49.89) trailing closely behind in seventh. 

Joseph Daniels was Army’s top finisher in the 200 breast with a time of 2:01.75 while Sam Mo was eighth in 2:01.82 and Ander Thompson (2:04.44) placed 12th. 

Army wrapped up the championships with a final Academy record. The 400 free relay team of McCredie, McCall, Rude and Szekely clocked a time of 2:56.43 to place second.


Army Women

The Army West Point women’s swimming and diving team clocked six new records during the final day of the Patriot League Championships Saturday to finish second overall with 556 points.

The men’s and women’s teams combined for 30 total records broken at the conference meet with the women’s team capturing 11 Academy and five plebe records. This was the highest finish in 18 years for the women, the last time Army placed second at the conference meet was in 1998.

“I am so proud of all of our women’s team,” said head coach Mickey Wender. “It was an amazing team effort to go from fifth to second and after all of the accomplishments this year I am so excited for the team, coaches and support staff. I am proud of how the women came together and their will to lead. The team never gave up, they stayed focus and engaged in the process. They everything they needed to do to pull it out. Tonight was a great end to a very good meet and season.”

Sabrina Mortell captured her second Academy record of the week with a first-place finish in the 1650 free tonight. She touched the wall in 16:36.22 to claim the title in the mile. Meaghan McGovern (17:03.93) and Sidney Evans (17:04.77) were eighth and ninth in the finals for Army. 

Monica Sowinski set an Academy and plebe record in the 100 free. She placed third with a time of 50.36 for Army. Kelly Hamilton was sixth after clocking a 50.81 and Molly Mucciarone finished 14th in 51.74. 

Jess Ambrose had another stellar performance for the Black Knights. She touched the wall in 2:16.12 to place third in the 200 breast to set a new Academy and plebe record. Ambrose was followed by Kara Wineinger who was fifth after finishing in 2:20.51. Margaret Ireland won the consolation final with a time of 2:20.30, while Kate Kinley (2:21.43) and Jess Fabrizio (2:22.21) were 11th and 13th. 

In the 200 back, Bailey Smith won the consolation final with a time of 2:01.89. She was followed by Cecelia Croman (2:03.43), Jess Burkett (2:03.51) and Kim Sembrano (2:04.43) who were also in the finals. 

Teresa Groton was Army’s top finisher in the 200 fly. She placed 10th and clocked a time of 2:04.87. 

Army was able to clinch one more Academy record this week, this time in the 400 free relay. Sowinski, Mucciarone, Smith and Hamilton touched the wall in 3:22.84 to place third. 

Jorie Mason competed for the Black Knights off the 3-meter. She tallied 219.75 points in the finals to place 13th, while garnering a score of 221.25 during the preliminaries, just 0.52 points shy of her career-best. 

 

Bucknell Men

For the second consecutive day Bucknell sophomore Chris Devlin added a gold medal to his trophy case. On Saturday at the Patriot League Championships Devlin captured the 200-yard backstroke title in a Patriot League, meet and Bucknell record time of 1:43.14. It came one day after he won the 400 IM for the second consecutive year. Following competition, he was named Bucknell’s first Patriot League Swimmer of the Meet since 1993.
 
The Bison finished in fourth place in the team standings for the third consecutive year. Navy claimed its 13th consecutive team trophy, while Army West Point was in second place and Boston University finished third, just 18.5 points ahead of the Bison.
 
Bucknell registered 10 school top-10 times on Saturday, including a school record in the 400 free relay, but Devlin stood out. He was one of four Bison to score in the 200 back and his time was an NCAA “B” Cut time and it shaved 1.90 seconds off his own school record. No other Bison has gone faster than current teammate Jack Robinson, who placed fourth on Saturday in a time of 1:46.92. Will Rappaport (14th) and Wes Marberry (15th) also scored in the 200 back.
 
Devlin, who has six career Patriot League top-five finishes in his two-year career, became the first Bison named Patriot League Swimmer of the Meet since Jay Gross and Steve Droste shared the award in 1993.
 
Devlin also swam the anchor leg of the record-setting 400 free relay that took more than a half-second off the school record that had stood since 2011. Robinson, Charlie McFarland, Louis Behnen and Devlin finished fourth in the race in a school-record time of 3:00.29 to cap the meet.
 
Bucknell had four of the top 11 finishers in the 1,650 free on Saturday with Behnen leading the way with a bronze medal. It marked his ninth career top-five finish at the Patriot League Championships. Brian Phillips (6th), Sam Rutan (9th) and Denver Freeman (11th) also scored in the lengthy race. Phillips took .02 off his previous best that ranks third in program history, while Rutan and Freeman posted program top-10 times with their 1,000 splits.
 
Freshmen were the top Bison finishers in the 200 fly and 200 breast as Mitch Buccalo finished sixth in the 200 fly with the No. 3 time (1:49.87) in program history, while Chadd Cummings won the “B” final to finish ninth in the 200 breast, also in the No. 3 time (2:01.06) in the school record book. Triston Loux (14th) joined Buccalo as a scorer in the 200 fly, while Sam Mackie (13th) joined Cummings in the 200 breast.
 
McFarland was the squad’s lone point scorer in the 100 free, placing 14th. His 45.69 in the prelims ranks ninth in program history.
 
Bucknell will be back at Navy’s Lejeune Hall next weekend for the ECAC Championships.

 

Bucknell Women

One day after winning her fourth consecutive Patriot League gold medal in the 100-yard backstroke, Bucknell senior Emma Levendoski completed her Patriot League career a perfect 8-for-8 in backstroke events as she captured her fourth straight gold in the 200 back on Saturday on the final day of the league championship meet.
 
Also highlighting Saturday’s competition for the Bison were school records in the 100 free by Abigail Rosenberg, 200 fly by Julianna Foss and the 400 free relay by Rosenberg, Brittany Bishop, Stephanie Boyd and Rachel Perry. Foss finished second in the 200 fly to take home a silver medal.
 
Bucknell finished in fourth place in the team standings, trailing five-time champion Navy, runner-up Army West Point and Boston University. The Bison finished with 419 points, 15 ahead of fifth-place Lehigh. This is the fourth time Bucknell has finished in fourth place at the league meet.
 
Levendoski continues to etch her name into both the Bucknell and Patriot League record books. Last year she became the program's first Division I NCAA qualifier, and now she has joined Bucknell Athletics Hall of Famer Jennifer Myers as the only swimmers in league history to sweep the 200 back over four years. Levendoski is tied for third in Bucknell history with her eight career conference titles, trailing only Margaret Grunow (12) and Myers (9).
 
Levendoski is just the second swimmer in Patriot League history to win two different events four times, joining Navy’s Laura Gorinski, who won both the 100 and 200 breast from 2010 to 2013. Levendoski beat out three Navy swimmers for first place on Saturday, touching the wall 1.20 seconds ahead of Kaitlyn O’Reilly in 1:56.90. She also won the prelim of the 200 back.
 
Like the 100 back was on Friday, the 200 back proved to be an important event for the Bison as four swimmers scored points. Julie Byrne finished in fifth place, Stephanie Boyd was in 11th and Caroline Orem placed 16th. Perry just missed scoring points, finishing 17th in the prelims. Byrne’s prelim time of 1:59.59 ranks third in program history, while Boyd’s prelim time (2:02.30) is good for 10th place.
 
Just a sophomore, Foss is already a six-time Patriot League scorer after her career-best second-place showing in the 200 fly. She broke her own school record in the event, finishing in 2:00.26, a full 1.62 seconds below her best entering the day. Foss finished seventh in both the 100 fly and 200 IM earlier this week.
 
Emily Andrews (13th) and Lindsay Smalec (14th) also scored in the 200 fly and both recorded program top-10 times in the process.
 
The Bison 400 free relay team concluded the championships with a school record and it was a young group with three freshmen and one junior (Perry). Rosenberg set the school record (50.84) in the 100 free on the leadoff leg and the group timed in at 3:25.78 to finish in fifth place.
 
Rosenberg was also Bucknell’s top finisher in the 100 free, finishing eighth. Bishop also scored in the event with a 15th-place showing. Bishop’s prelim time of 51.54 ranks 10th in school history.
 
The Bison also had two scorers apiece in the 1,650 free and 200 breast. Paige Daniel (10th) and Leanne Archer (15th) scored in the 1,650, while Leah Bloodgood (7th) and Mary Weinstein (15th) scored in the 200 breast. Daniel’s time (17:16.23) ranks 10th in program annals, while Bloodgood’s 2:21.27 ranks ninth on that list.
 
The three-meter diving competition was also held on Saturday and Tally Ford (12th) and Lara Curtis (15th) scored for the Bison.
 
While the Patriot League Championships are complete, the Bison season is not finished. Bucknell will compete at the ECAC Championships next weekend, which will also take place at Navy’s Lejeune Hall.

 

Lehigh Men

The Lehigh men’s swimming and diving team wrapped up the 2015-16 season on Saturday with a sixth place finish of 250 points at the Patriot League Championships. Junior Jacob Moyar set a new school record and NCAA B-cut in the 200 yard butterfly, and was a member of the 400 freestyle relay team which also set a new program high mark. Moyar also led the team with 45 points scored at this year’s meet, which tied him for ninth overall. Justin white tallied 34.50 points, followed by Willis with 17.

Moyar secured his third school record and NCAA B-cut time of the week with his fourth place finish of 1:46.78 in the finals of the 200 yard butterfly. The time surpassed the benchmark he set at last year’s PLC by 0.40 seconds. Senior Jake Hassel competed in the ‘B’ finals and placed 11th overall with a time of 1:49.65.

Lehigh landed on the podium in one event on the evening courtesy of the 400 freestyle relay team. Jamal Willis, Zach Tieke, Moyar and Justin White piloted a third place finish of 2:58.48, setting a new school record and becoming the first Lehigh team to finish the event in under three minutes in school history.

White led the charge in the 100 yard freestyle, qualifying for the ‘A’ final and using a finals time of 44.66 to take home fourth place overall. Tieke raced his into the ‘B’ final, where he improved on his prelim time by 0.10 seconds, to finish 12th overall in 45.66. Willis also represented Lehigh in the event, finishing 25th overall out of 49 competitors.

Dean Shafritz and James Mauk both qualified for the ‘B’ final of the 200 yard backstroke, with Shafritz taking second in the consolation final (10th overall) with a time of 1:51.22. Mauk finished two spots behind in 12th place overall in 1:52.67.

Mauk and Ryan Morgan represented Lehigh in the 1650 freestyle, where Mauk (16:17.00) led the way with a 14th place finish overall and Morgan (16:40.53) finished in 20th. Connor Guilfoyle added a 22nd place tally to lead Lehigh in the 200 yard breaststroke.

Host Navy captured its 13th straight league title, as the Midshipmen swept both the men’s and women’s championships. Army West Point, Boston University, Bucknell and Loyola rounded out the top five ahead of Lehigh in this year’s championships. 

 

Lehigh Women

The Lehigh women’s swimming and diving team concluded its 2015-16 season on Saturday night at the Patriot League Championships. Cora Summerfield, Sydney Bornstein and the 400 yard freestyle relay team all set new program records on Saturday, bringing the total number of new women’s school records set at this week’s championships to nine. The Brown and White finished the meet in fifth place overall out of 10 teams with 404 points. For the third time in her four years with Lehigh, Carolyn Koch led the way for the Mountain Hawks in points with 35. Junior Kaitlyn Ruffing was second on the squad with 32 and junior Kelly Carrol rounded out the top three with 31 points.

Lehigh received a strong performance from the 400 freestyle relay team of senior Carolyn Koch, sophomore Julianne Koch, sophomore Meghan Thompson and Ruffing, who combined on a final time of 3:21.58. The mark was not only a new Lehigh program record, but also surpassed the Navy pool record by 0.02 seconds. Unfortunately for Lehigh, the relay team from Navy swam even faster, taking home the championship in league record time of 3:18.10.

Summerfield captured a new school record time with her runner-up performance in the 1650 freestyle. The highest Patriot League Championship finish of her career, Summerfield finished the race in 16:39.03.

Bornstein broke her own school benchmark with her performance in the prelims of the 200 yard butterfly. Her time of 2:01.90 qualified her for the finals and eclipsed her record set earlier this year by 0.02 seconds. Carroll joined her in the finals, where Bornstein (2:02.40) led the Mountain Hawks in sixth place, finishing one spot ahead of Carroll in seventh place (2:04.35).

Ruffing, C. Koch and J. Koch all qualified for the ‘A’ finals of the 100 freestyle, making Lehigh the most represented school in the championship heat. Ruffing led the way in fourth place (50.37), followed by Carolyn in fifth place (50.45) and Julianne in seventh (51.11). Thompson and Courtney Ferreira placed 18th and 19th overall, respectively, in the field of 42 competitors after racing in the prelims.

Senior Melissa Feeney qualified for the finals of the 200 breaststroke and finished seventh overall (2:22.38). In the finals of the 200 backstroke, Bergin finished sixth in the ‘B’ final to place 14th overall with a time of 2:03.96.

Rayna Smilowitz and Megan Schappert represented Lehigh on the three meter board, with Smilowitz coming within one spot of the ‘B’ final in 17th place (193.35) and Schappert placing 24th overall (119.70).

Host Navy captured its fifth straight league title and sixth in its last seven years, as the Midshipmen swept both the men’s and women’s championships. Army West Point, Boston University, Bucknell and Lehigh rounded out the top five in this year’s championships. 

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