Black Knights Have Solid Performance at West Virginia

Thursday, November 17

Morgantown, WV

Army West Point

West Virginia Invite (Diving)

Black Knights Have Solid Performance at West Virginia

November 19, 2022 | Men's Swimming and Diving, Women's Swimming and Diving

MEET 6
MEN'S SCORES	Army 58 (84 Team)
MEN'S RECORDS	Army (4-1)
WOMEN'S SCORES	Army 26 (84 Team)
WOMEN'S RECORDS	Army (2-2)

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The Army men's and women's diving team had a solid outing at the West Virginia Invite. Competing against ten schools, diver's David Manelis, Isaac Newman, and Minh Donnell finished in the top 10 in their respective events.

The Men's Meet
The Army Black Knights started out strong on day one. The Black Knights kicked things off with the quarterfinals, going up against eight schools. In the 1M dive, sophomore Isaac Newman finished third with a score of 316.40. Sophomore David Manelis placed fourth with a score of 304.60. With their top-four finishes Manelis and Newman both qualified to compete in the finals.

In the 1M finals, Manelis finished third with a final score of 239.50 behind Alabama's Peter Edin and West Virginia's Owen Johns who finished first and second with a score of 326.80 and 323.90 respectively. Newman completed the finals placing eighth with a final score of 260.75.

In day two of competition, Army kicked things off with the 3M Dive. Both Manelis and Newman qualified for the finals with final scores of 299.65 and 293.45 besting St. Bonaventure's Lucas Dekaney and Navy's George Moore. In the finals, Manelis ended competition finishing third with a final score of 322.50, just behind West Virginia's Glenn Eloriaga, who finished second with a score of 326.20.

The Women's Meet
The Black Knights kicked off day one with the same determination as the men's team. In the 3M quarterfinals, sophomore Minh Donnell finished fifth with a score 265.90, qualifying for the championship round. In the 3M finals Donnell finished fifth with a final score of 269.40.

On day two Army continued where it left off on Thursday, starting things off with the 1M dive. In the quarterfinals, Abigail Gibbs and Minh Donnell finished ninth and tenth with scores of 254.65 and 248.00, both Gibbs and Donnell qualified to further compete in the consolation final. Minh Donnell finished first in the consolation final with a score of 282.10, defeating James Madison University's Madison Yager by 8.7 points. Gibbs finished sixth with a final score of 249.10.

Men's Event Winners
Day 1
1M
David Manelis – 3rd
Isaac Newman - 8th
Alex Zhang - 16th
Adam Elahmadi - 30th

Day Two
3M
David Manelis - 3rd
Isaac Newman - 7th
Alex Zhang - 16th
Adam Elahmadi - 28th

Women's Event Winners
3M
Minh Donnell – 5th
Abby Gibbs - 26th
Kayla Teuscher - 32nd
Joanna Conrad - 53rd
Day Two
1M
Minh Donnell – 9th
Abby Gibbs - 14th
Kayla Teuscher - 27th
Joanna Conrad - 32nd

Coach's Corner
"It was incredibly exciting, and the divers really executed well! Super happy to see their hard work pay off. They relaxed, cheered each other on and really enjoyed the fun of competing in such a great event!"- Head Diving Coach Chris Waters

Cadet's Corner
"An amazing meet and opportunity to understand where we all are in the season. It was great to see old friends and meet new ones as well as compete with everyone and cheer for my team. Army Diving did very well this week and I am very proud of all my teammates." -David Manelis

"Exciting opportunity for every one of our divers, being able to watch our entire team compete at such a huge meet made me really proud of what Army Diving has become and I know we are all excited for what's next" -Abigail Gibbs

What's Next
The Black Knights return home to face Navy in the annual Star Series matchup on Friday, December 2 at 4 p.m.

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