Army West Point Athletics
Army Travels to Tri-Meet With Colgate And Lafayette
January 17, 2014 | Swimming
Jan. 17, 2014
WEST POINT, N.Y. – The Army swimming and diving team heads to Hamilton, N.Y., on Saturday where they will go up against Patriot League rivals Colgate and Lafayette in Lineberry Natarioum. Both swimming and diving events are set to kick off at 1 p.m.The tri-meet will mark the sixth Patriot League competition for the Black Knights this season.
The Army men (4-3, 3-1 PL) are coming off a weekend sweep over Lehigh and Bucknell, while the Black Knight women (3-4, 1-3) split the weekend with a win over Lehigh and a loss to Bucknell, both at Crandall Pool.
The Black Knights have showed success in the pool this season on both the men’s and women’s side. Freshman swimmer Ariana Bullard picked up her second female rookie of the week award this week after winning six events versus Lehigh and Bucknell last weekend. Bullard topped all swimmers in the 200-yard fly, 100-yard fly and 200 IM in both meets.
On the men’s side, junior diver Zach Woods took the gold off both boards last weekend with scores that qualified him for the NCAA Zone Diving Championships in March. Junior Chris Szekely also earned honorable mention in the league’s weekly awards after winning six events over the weekend sweeping the 50, 100 and 200 free against Lehigh before claiming the 50 and 100 free versus Bucknell.
The Colgate men (0-7, 0-3 PL) are still searching for their first win of the season after dropping a 158-111 decision versus Cornell last Saturday. The Colgate women meanwhile are 2-5 (0-3 PL) after falling to Cornell, 123-111, last weekend. The Raiders have already recorded conference loses Loyola, Lehigh and Bucknell.
Both Lafayette teams have been idle since competing at the Winter Training Trip Relay Invitational in Plantation, Fla., on Jan. 7. The Lafayette women (0-7, 0-5 PL) are still in search of their first win of the year, while the Lafayette men (3-3-1, 3-1-1) are looking for victory number four. The Leopards have not engaged in a dual meet since being swept by Patriot League rival Lehigh on Nov. 22.
The Army men are 52-6-1 all-time versus Colgate, and a perfect 10-0 all-time against Lafayette after sweeping both schools last season at home.
The Army women, meanwhile, are 9-11 all-time opposite Colgate and 6-3 all-time versus Lafayette. The Black Knights defeated the Leopards last season, but fell to the Raiders.
Following this weekend’s action, Army will travel to Fairfax, Va., for the first time this season where they will compete in a quad-meet with George Mason as well as Patriot League competitors American and Boston University.
