Black Knights Fall in Star Meet Versus Navy

Saturday, December 3

West Point, NY

12 PM

Army West Point

106

194

Navy

Black Knights Fall in Star Meet Versus Navy

December 03, 2016 | Women's Swimming and Diving

WEST POINT, N.Y. – The Army West Point women's swimming and diving team fell to Navy in the Star Match, 194-106, on Saturday afternoon at Crandall Pool. The Black Knights set several academy, pool and plebe records during the meet.

COACHES CORNER
"I want to credit Navy with a very strong performance. They swam really well today," stated head coach Mickey Wender. "I'm very proud of our team for their effort today. We came up a little bit short but we made progress and competed hard against our rival."

MEET HIGHLIGHTS/NOTES

Kelly Hamilton touched the wall in 54.10 seconds to claim first in the 100 backstroke, setting a pool and academy record.
Kara Wineinger set an academy record in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:02.94.
The 200-medley relay team of Cecelia Croman, Wineinger, Hamilton and Jenna Forrester set an academy record with a time of 1:41.54, good for a second-place finish.
Josephine Marsh won the 200 backstroke and set an academy, pool and plebe record with clocking in at 1:58.52.
In the 200 individual medley, Sidney Evans swam to an academy record by clocking in at 2:03.76.
In the 1-meter diving, Serica Hallstead took the top spot with a score of 256.42 Hallstead also won the 3-meter dive with a final mark of 264.37.
Kathryn Seyer helped Army finished 1-2 in the 3-meter dive with a score of 256.79.
Sabrina Mortell took second in the 500 freestyle, clocking in at 4:53.30, which was just over a second behind the Mids top finisher.

UP NEXT
Sabrina Mortell and Meaghan McGovern will compete in the TCNJ Invitational tomorrow, and then the Black Knights will be off until Jan. 6, when they host Lehigh in a dual-meet at Crandall Pool.