Army West Point Athletics
Army West Point
Lehigh
Women's Swim and Dive Edges Lehigh
January 09, 2015 | Women's Swimming and Diving
RESULTS
WEST POINT, N.Y. – The Army women’s swim and dive team defeated Lehigh Friday evening, 122-109, at Jacobs Pool in Bethlehem, Pa. The Black Knights claimed first-place in six events.
“Tonight was a good start to the weekend,” said head coach Mickey Wender. “I thought we raced hard, especially the back half of the meet. We came together as a team and were a lot more aggressive, focused and inspired towards the end of the meet. It was a good win against a very well coached Lehigh team. Their sprinters were phenomenal tonight making us rely heavily on our divers and the points they were able to accumulate for us.”
The Black Knights pegged a second-place start in the 400 medley relay to begin the meet. Kelly Hamilton, Collin Kessinger, Molly Mucciarone and Keeli McNeary comprised the team that touched the wall in 3:57.75. Sabrina Mortell clocked a 10:26.50 in the 1000 free for first place followed by Ana Marie Bistrow who came in third.
In the 400 IM, Jessica Burkett claimed the top spot with a time of 4:29.90. Kate Kinley finished third in the same event after clocking a 4:39.81, respectively. Hamilton won the 200 back after touching the wall in 2:06.54.
Army finished one-two in the 500 free by a close margin. Danielle Nuszkowski claimed first (5:08.10), and was closely followed by Mortell who had a time of 5:08.14.
The 200 breast proved to be an even closer race. Burkett (2:24.84) managed to edge Kessinger 2:25.85) by 0:00.01 to win the top spot.
In the diving segment Maggie Churchill had the top scores on both boards finishing with a 217.17 off the 1-meter and a 219.06 in the 3-meter. Delaney Musselman also had high marks in both events. In the 1-meter she scored a 168.00 and in the 3-meter she calculated a 168.52.
To close out the evening the Black Knights had second and third place finishes in the 800 free relay.
The Black Knights are back in action tomorrow, Jan. 10 at noon when they face Bucknell for another Patriot League dual-meet. To follow the meet results live please click here.
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