Army Leads After Day One of PL Championships

Wednesday, February 15

Lewisburg, PA

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Army Leads After Day One of PL Championships

February 15, 2017 | Men's Swimming and Diving

DAY 1 RESULTS

LEWISBURG, Pa. - After day one of the 2017 Patriot League Championships at Bucknell, the Army West Point men's swimming and diving team leads the field with 80 points.

The Black Knights swept both relays to gain first place after day one of competition and set a new academy record in the 800-yard freestyle relay. The race came down to the final 50 yards and the Black Knights were able to edge out the Mids in an exciting race.

Bucknell sits in second with 66 points, followed by Boston University with 60 points.

"Very solid first day," head coach Mickey Wender said. "Great to come up with two relay wins. Especially proud of our performance in the 800, which is my personal favorite event and we were able to set a new academy record by almost two seconds. We still have a lot of fast swimming ahead of us."

FIRST DAY HIGHLIGHTS

The men's 200 medley relay team of Josh Sembrano, Joseph Daniels, Jason Rodriguez and Brandon McCredie finished in the top spot with a time of 1:27.97. Navy was disqualified from the top spot as they ended up with a time of 1:27.83, but couldn't claim the points.
The success on the first day continued into the second relay of the night as the team of Peter Mikheyev, Evin Rude, Sean Martin, and Devin McCall cruised to the win by over a second at 6:31.41, which broke the academy record by almost two seconds.

UP NEXT

The championships return tomorrow with the prelims in multiple events beginning at 10 a.m., while the finals will take place at 6 p.m.
The Patriot League Network will have all the action this week at PatriotLeague.tv.