Cadets Secure Win in Home Opener

Saturday, October 27

West Point, NY

12 PM

Army West Point

199

UConn

Cadets Secure Win in Home Opener

October 27, 2018 | Men's Swimming and Diving

Results

WEST POINT, N.Y. – Behind 13 event victories, the Army West Point men's swimming and diving team defeated UConn, 199-95, on Saturday afternoon at Crandall Pool.

The Black Knights moved to 2-0 in the dual season after securing the win at their home pool, while the Huskies dropped to 1-3.

ARMY NOTABLES

Army improved to 9-7 all-time versus UConn.
It was the second straight year that the Black Knights topped the Huskies.
The Cadets secured a win in their home opener for the second consecutive season.
Jay Yang, Ty Dang, James Bilbrey and Brandon McCredie opened up the afternoon with a win in the 200 medley relay after finishing at 1:32.80.
Tom Ottman (9:27.55) and Jack Venker (9:40.11) finished first and second, respectively, in the 1000 free.
The top-three spots in the 200 free went to Kevin Lin (1:40.42), Peter Mikheyev (1:40.96) and Graham Ungrady (1:42.67).
In the 100 back, Yang led the Black Knights with a second-place showing after posting a time 51.51. He was followed by Brian McKenrick, who finished right behind at 51.54.
The 100 breast was highlighted by Dang's first-place time of 56.07, while Kevin Doo (56.65) and Evan Zhang (57.54) followed in second and third, respectively.
Army once again finished in the top-three places, this time in the 200 fly. Bilbrey led the pack at 1:50.19, with Ellery (1:51.20) and Lin (1:54.41) trailing behind.
Josh Zock secured the win in the 50 free at 20.66, while McCredie placed second at 20.84.
In the 100 free, Doo topped the competition once he touched the wall at 45.00. Nathan Hein secured a third-place finish at 46.57. Doo would later go on to win the 100 fly at 48.53.
Yang was the top finisher in the 200 back after he finished with a time of 1:50.60. He was followed by McKenrick, who took second at 1:51.57.
Brady Almand (2:08.47) and Andrew Blomquist (2:10.92) finished first and second in the 200 breast.
It was all Army in the 500 free as Lin (4:34.33), Ottman (4:39.29) and Ungrady (4:42.34) were the top-three finishers.
Hudson Kay bested the competition on both boards. He posted a score of 286.42 on the 1-meter board and 311.48 on the 3-meter board.

WENDER'S WORDS
"We've made a lot of progress as a team," head coach Mickey Wender said. "Last year we took the meet down to the last relay, but this year was a lot different. We're progressing in our speed and power and are executing race plans well. The attitude and effort by our team today was excellent. It's a good step in the right direction and a confidence builder for Columbia next week."

UP NEXT
Army will stay at West Point and host Columbia for a dual on Friday at 5 p.m. at Crandall Pool