Cadets Climb to Fifth on Day Two

Thursday, February 21

Lewisburg, PA

All Day

Army West Point

Patriot League Championships

Cadets Climb to Fifth on Day Two

February 21, 2019 | Women's Swimming and Diving

Results

LEWISBURG, Pa. – The Army West Point women's swimming and diving team broke an Academy record and catapulted all the way to fifth place after a successful second day at the Patriot League Championships.

Navy maintained its lead with 334 points, with Boston U. (181), Bucknell (174) and Lehigh (164) finishing just ahead of the Black Knights (158). Army is followed by Loyola (91), Holy Cross (86), Colgate (77), American (70) and Lafayette (50).

ARMY NOTABLES

The day began with the 500 free and Meaghan McGovern finished seventh with a time of 4:57.79.
Whitney Chang then swam in the B-Final of the 200 IM and placed third at 2:04.41.
Mia Rankin made her championship debut and took fourth in the 50 free at 23.31. Prior to Rankin's finish, Army won the B-Final after Madison Berg touched the wall at 23.15.
On the 1-meter board, Serica Hallstead was the top-scoring cadet, coming away with a total of 260.20.
The Cadets finished strong, claiming the second-fastest time in the 400 medley relay and setting an Academy record. The group of Cecelia Croman, Kara Wineinger, Whitney Chang and Rankin posted the record time of 3:40.55.

WENDER'S WORDS
"It was a great second day for our team," head coach Mickey Wender said. "I'm really proud of the way we were able to rally after a slow start yesterday. Our women moving from ninth to fifth is a huge accomplishment. Both team's breaking the Academy records in the 400 medley relay was awesome. The best is yet to come."

UP NEXT
The Black Knights will resume action tomorrow with the preliminary heats slated for 10 a.m. and the finals to follow later in the day at 6 p.m.