Army Drops Star Meet Dual to Navy

Saturday, December 1

West Point, NY

12 PM

Army West Point

127

173

Navy

Army Drops Star Meet Dual to Navy

December 01, 2018 | Men's Swimming and Diving

Results

WEST POINT, N.Y. – The Army West Point men's swimming and diving team fell to Navy, 173-123, in the Star Meet on Saturday afternoon at Crandall Pool.

The Black Knights (2-2, 0-1 Patriot League) had success in the pool against the Midshipmen (9-1, 1-0 Patriot League) despite the loss, posting seven Academy records on top of a pair of plebe records.

ARMY NOTABLES

The group of Brian McKenrick, Brady Almand, Johnny Ellery and Brandon McCredie took second in the 200 medley relay at 1:27.41, setting an Academy record.
The 1000 free was highlighted by Tom Ottman's Academy record and first-place time of 8:59.81. The senior later grabbed a second-place finish in the 500 free at 4:23.75.
Army then went on to capture the win in the 200 free once Kevin Lin set an Academy and plebe record at 1:36.50.
In the 100 breast that came down to the wire, Evan Zhang and Brady Almand tied for second at 54.74.
Ellery was the first swimmer to touch the wall in the 200 fly, claiming a first-place finish and setting an Academy record with his time of 1:44.42.
Tyler Kim placed third in the 200 back by setting an Academy record time of 1:45.04.
The Cadets took the top-two spots in the 50 free once Josh Zock (20.02) and Brandon McCredie (20.18) sped past the competition.
Kevin Doo's time of 44.60 in the 100 free was good for second, while Nathan Hein and Billy Webber tied for third at 44.96. Doo later won the 100 fly with an Academy record time of 47.29.
Zhang took the 200 breast for Army once he finished first with a time of 1:56.62.
With a time of 1:47.04, McKenrick came away with the win in the 200 IM, while Peter Mikheyev came in third at 1:48.88.
McKenrick (47.56) set an Academy record with his third-place showing in the 100 back earlier in the meet.
Hein, Ellery, Doo and McCredie took second in the 400 free relay after posting a time of 2:59.73.

WENDER'S WORDS
"Although we are bitterly disappointed to have lost, I am proud of our swimmers and divers," head coach Mickey Wender said. "We fought hard, we were focused, and we gave it everything we had, but ultimately lost to a tough Navy team. Navy has a good program and it showed today. I was pleased with our fight and tenacity. Ten wins and 10 academy records by 15 different people is something that we're incredibly proud of. My staff did an amazing job getting our team ready. The number of lifetime bests was phenomenal. Our firsties have done an amazing job and were awesome today on senior day. We also got a lot of production from our plebes and yearlings. We're looking forward to the conference season that enables us to utilize our depth."

UP NEXT
The Black Knights will return to action on Jan. 11 for a 3 p.m. dual at Patriot League foe Lehigh in Bethlehem, Pa.