Army West Point Athletics

Men's Swim & Dive Completes Day 1 of Championships
February 17, 2016 | Men's Swimming and Diving
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ANNAPOLIS, MD. – With one session of the Patriot League Championships complete, the Army West Point men's swimming and diving team ranks tied for fourth with 79 points alongside Loyola.
"The team had a solid start tonight," said head coach Mickey Wender. "This is a long four days of racing and we are right where we want to be. A majority of the had lifetime best swims during the relays which is a preview for what is to come the rest of the week. The divers did exceptionally well tonight with career-best scores for both Jake and Eddie."
Army was second in the 200 medley relay when Josh Sembrano, Joseph Daniels, Austin Kong and Brandon McCredie touched the wall in 1:28.99.
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The Black Knights placed third in the 800 free relay. Evin Rude, Devin McCall, Jay Yang and Chris Szekely recorded an Academy record time of 6:33.27, over three seconds better than the previous standard.
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On the three-meter, Jake Davies and Edward Emery placed 10th and 11th, respectively. Davies earned a career-best 252.70 points in the final, while was 55.6 points higher than his previous best score. Emery notched a score of 249.75 which was also a career-high and 32.93 above his previous best score.
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Army will be back in action Thursday through Saturday for the rest of the Patriot League Championships.
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For up-to-date information about Army swimming and diving, please follow @ArmyWP_SwimDive on Twitter and Instagram.
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| 1. | Naval Academy | 132 | 2. | Boston University | 100 |
| 3. | Bucknell University | 81 | 4. | Army West Point | 79 |
| 4. | Loyola University | 79 | 6. | Lehigh University | 56 |
| 7. | Colgate University | 51 | 8. | Lafayette Swimming | 46 |
| 9. | Holy Cross, College | 35 | 10. | American University | 32 |
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CHAMPIONSHIP CENTRAL • http://www.patriotleague.org/ot/championships/16-c-swim-champs.html
LIVE VIDEO • http://bit.ly/SWIMDIVEPLCvideo
LIVE RESULTS • http://bit.ly/SWIMDIVEPLCresults
TWITTER • @ArmyWP_SwimDive
INSTAGRAM • @ArmyWP_SwimDive
TICKETS • http://bit.ly/SWIMDIVEPLCTIX
DAY TWO SCHEDULE
Preliminaries - 10:30 a.m.Â
500 Freestyle - W/M
200 Individual Medley - W/M
50 Freestyle - W/M
Preliminaries - 1 p.m.Â
1m Diving - W
Finals - 6 p.m.Â
500 Freestyle Consolation Final - WÂ
500 Freestyle Final - WÂ
500 Freestyle Consolation Final - M
500 Freestyle Final - MÂ
AWARDS -- 3-Meter Diving - MÂ
200 Individual Medley Consolation Final - WÂ
200 Individual Medley Final - W
200 Individual Medley Consolation Final - MÂ
200 Individual Medley Final - MÂ
AWARDS -- 800 Freestyle RelayÂ
50 Freestyle Consolation Final - WÂ
50 Freestyle Final - WÂ
50 Freestyle Consolation Final - MÂ
50 Freestyle Final - M
AWARDS -- 500 Freestyle
1m Diving Final (6 Dives) - W
AWARDS -- 200 Individual Medley
AWARDS -- 50 Freestyle
400 Medley Relay Final - W (2 heats)Â
400 Medley Relay Final - M (2 heats)Â
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