Black Knights Best Bucknell in Patriot League Dual

Saturday, January 12

Lewisburg, PA

1 PM

Army West Point

203.5

91.5

Bucknell

Black Knights Best Bucknell in Patriot League Dual

January 12, 2019 | Men's Swimming and Diving

Results

LEWISBURG, Pa. – Coming fresh off a Friday win, the Army West Point men's swimming and diving team continued to stay in rhythm and secured a 203.5-91.5 victory over Bucknell in a Patriot League dual on Saturday.

The Black Knights (4-2, 2-1 Patriot League) won 12 events opposite the Bison (3-4, 3-3 Patriot League) en route to their second consecutive league victory.

ARMY NOTABLES

The Black Knights got off to a strong start once Brian McKenrick, Brady Almand, Kevin Doo and Josh Zock came up with a win in the 200 medley relay after finishing at 1:32.49.
When it came time for the 1000 free, Tom Ottman bested the competition with a time of 9:26.63, nearly 20 seconds faster than the second-place finisher.
The top-two spots in the 200 free went to Army as Kevin Lin won the event at 1:41.87, before Graham Ungrady touched the wall at 1:43.43.
In the 100 back, it was McKenrick topping the field with a first-place time of 50.88.
Army made it five-straight event wins after Evan Zhang was victorious in the 100 breast. The freshman posted a time of 56.42.
The run did not stop there as the Cadets swept the 200 fly, led by Peter Mikheyev's time 1:50.43. James Bilbrey (1:50.87) and Arthur Fan (1:53.83) followed.
Another sweep ensued as Zock paced the 50 free at 20.72. Brandon McCredie came in second at 21.05, just barely beating out teammate Hogan Harper, who touched the wall at 21.06.
In the 100 free, Doo was the first swimmer to finish once he posted a time of 46.30. Nathan Hein took second with a time of 46.83, before Billy Webber rounded out the top-three at 47.06.
McKenrick continued his successful day in the pool and the sophomore claimed the win in the 200 back at 1:52.17. He was followed by Mikheyev (1:52.24) and Jay Yang (1:52.96).
Zhang (2:02.01) and Ty Dang (2:06.10) finished first and second, respectively, in the 200 breast.
The top-three spots in the 500 free were captured by Army once Ottman (4:34.00), Lin (4:36.65) and Jack Venker (4:44.45) paced the event.
Doo highlighted the 100 fly with a first-place showing. He won the event at 49.47, while Bilbrey followed at 50.56 to seal the meet win for Army.

WENDER'S WORDS
"It's been a challenging stretch for our team after reporting to training camp on Dec. 29," head coach Mickey Wender said. "We challenged everyone in training at a new level and we've put in a lot of hard work that will pay off at the league meet in 28 days. Picking up a pair of Patriot League wins feels good."

UP NEXT
The Black Knights will return to action next Saturday when they head to Fairfax, Va., for a quad meet at George Mason. The Cadets will face American and Old Dominion, on top of host George Mason.