Army Swims to Runner-Up Finish

Saturday, February 18

Lewisburg, PA

All Day

Army West Point

Patriot League Championships

Army Swims to Runner-Up Finish

February 18, 2017 | Men's Swimming and Diving

FINAL DAY RESULTS | COMPLETE RESULTS

LEWISBURG, Pa. - The Army West Point men's swimming and diving team fought down the stretch against Navy, but ended up taking second at the Patriot League Championships at Bucknell with 786 points.

The Mids won the title with 846 points to sweep both men's and women's championships. There was a large gap between Army and the rest of the field as Boston University ended up third with 498.5 points.

First-year Peter Mikheyev earned accolades following the conclusion of the meet as he was named the Patriot League Male Rookie of the Meet. Head coach Mickey Wender was awarded the Patriot League Men's Swimming and Diving Coach of the Year Award following the meet as the Black Knights had one of their best outings at the championships in recent memory.

COACH'S CORNER

"The team fought like hell and they believed and they gave everything. We had some great performances this week and broke a ton of records and had some wins. More points by far that the men have ever scored before. I couldn't be more proud of our men and women for the effort and the fight. They were great. So honored to get the coach of the year award for the men's side. It is a tribute to our coach staff and our leadership. I am sad that this season is coming to an end. The best is yet to come for our program."

FINAL DAY HIGHLIGHTS

The men got off to a great start with Tom Ottman breaking the academy record in the 1650 free with a time of 15:16.32 to home the title in the event.
Jay Yang took second in the same event with a time of 15:34.03.
The second highlight of the night was later on with Sean Regan winning the 200 fly Patriot League title in a time of 1:46.34, which was an NCAA B time.
Johnny Ellery finished third at 1:47.57, while Mikheyev ended up fifth at 1:49.56.
The Black Knights saw Josh Sembrano finish fifth in the 200 back and Matt McPheters taking home eighth at 1:49.50.
Army gained a little bit of ground on Navy in the 100 free with Brandon McCredie finishing third at 44.50 seconds, while Evin Rude took fourth at 44.62 seconds and Nathan Hein placing seventh at 45.14 seconds.
Joe Daniels swam to a fourth-place finish in the 200 back and was followed by Ty Dang in sixth. Daniels clocked in at 1:59.00, while Dang touched the wall at 2:00.89.
In the final event of the championships, McCredie, Hein, Rude and Devin McCall swam to a second-place finish in the 400 free relay with a time 2:58.37.