Army Swimmers Place 6th at NC State Fall Invite

Thursday, November 17

Greensboro, NC

9:30 AM

Army West Point

NC State Invite (Swimming)

Army Swimmers Place 6th at NC State Fall Invite

November 20, 2022 | Men's Swimming and Diving, Women's Swimming and Diving

GREENSBORO, N.C. – The Army men's and women's swimming team both finished sixth among a challenging field at the three-day (Friday-Saturday) NC State Fall Invite held at the Greensboro Aquatic Center that included the host school, Stanford, Penn State and ASU who grabbed the top places, respectively.
The Black Knights did not participate in the diving events this weekend as the Army divers competed at the West Virginia Diving Invite.

Among the highlights for Army's men and women at the NC State Fall Invite:

THE MEN'S MEET
Evan Yoo turned in Army's highest individual finishes placing seventh in the 100 breaststroke (54.46) and eighth in the longer 200 breast (1:57.92) in the finals. Kohen Rankin took sixth (54.88) in the consolations of the 100 breaststroke event touching the wall in 54.88.

Owen Harlow posted the Black Knights' top performance in the 50 free claiming runner-up honors in the consolations in 19.76, improving upon his qualifying time of 19.93.

Alex Edwards was sixth in the 400 IM consolations in 3:53.10 following a qualifying time of 3:54.42. Jack Mowery took sixth in the consolations of the 200 fly with his time of 1:49.01. Freshman Zac Leith splashed to a time of 1:47.22 to place eighth in the 200 backstroke consolations.

Ian Tansill was 10^th in the grueling 1650 free, posting a time of 15:29.72 in a challenging field of 23 participants. Army was eighth in the 200 free (1:20.55) behind the team of Owen Harlow, Tanner Falls, Ben Vorthmann and William Rankin.

THE WOMEN'S MEET
Army shined in the breaststroke events behind junior Aurelie Migault. She finished eighth in the 100 finals in 1:01.79, as well as the longer 200 in 2:13.58, setting school records in both. She splashed to an academy time of 1:01.28 in the prelims of the 100 and set another with her time of 2:12.48 in the prelims of the 200.

Freshman Catriona Gilmore was fifth in the consolation finals of the 200 breast in 2:18.23.

Layne Peterson tied for seventh place in the consolations of the 200 back posting a time of 1:59.45.

The Black Knights were 10^th in the 200 free (1:33.49) behind the foursome of Meghan Cole, Autumn Baumgartner, Molly Webber and Angela Huang.

Coach's Corner
"Great meet overall. The team built momentum over three days and got better each session. Swan against some of the best teams and swimmers in the world and I'm proud of how our team competed with confidence and passion.
Too many great moments to mention them all, this was a true team effort.
Congrats to Aurelie Migault on setting two school records and making A-Finals in both the 100&200 Breast strokes. Last year we only had one A-final at the meet and this year we had four. We still have work to do and details to clean-up before we race again." -Head Coach Brandt Nigro

NEXT UP
The men and women return to Crandall Pool to prepare for the annual Army-Navy Star match hosted by the Black Knights on Friday, December 2 at 4 p.m.

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