Black Knights Top Lehigh on Friday Night

Friday, January 6

West Point, NY

5 PM

Army West Point

170

128

Lehigh

Black Knights Top Lehigh on Friday Night

January 06, 2017 | Women's Swimming and Diving

WEST POINT, N.Y. – The Army West Point women's swimming and diving team defeated Lehigh, 170-128, Friday night at Crandall Pool.

The victory marked the Black Knights' first Patriot League win of the season.

COACHES CORNER
"I thought it was a good start to the last part of our season", said head coach Mickey Wender. " We swam tough coming out of a big, 10-day training camp in Florida. We haven't backed off one bit. We've been putting in a lot of work and the team responded really well in the meet. I give a lot of credit to a tough, well-coached Lehigh team that knows how to put their hand on the wall. I was really pleased with how our women rallied in the back half of the meet. They were up just 11 points but were able to put some distance on Lehigh down the stretch.

MEET HIGHLIGHTS

The 400-yard medley relay team comprised of Kelly Hamilton, Kara Wineinger, Kaylie Breslin and Bailey Smith took home first place with a time of 3:54.43.
Hamilton also nabbed second in the 100-yard freestyle with a mark of 52.44 seconds.
Sabrina Mortell blew away the competition in the 1000-yard freestyle by almost eight seconds, with a clocking of 10:29.70.
Kara Wineinger and Jess Ambrose went 1-2 in the women's 100-yard breaststroke with marks of 1:05.65 and 1:06.48, respectively.
Army swept the top-four spots in the women's 100-yard backstroke, led by Hamilton, who finished first in 56.72 seconds. Cecilia Croman (58.49 seconds), Kim Sembrano (59.08 seconds) and Josephine Marsh (59.75 seconds) rounded out the next three spots for the Black Knights.
Marsh finished first and Jess Burkett took second in the women's 200-yard backstroke with times of 2:05.16 and 2:05.64, respectively.
In the diving portion of the meet, Serica Hallstead claimed the top spot in the three-meter with a score of 258.15. Jorie Mason finished second with a mark of 200.25.