Army West Point Athletics
Army West Point
St. Bonaventure University
Swimming and Diving Cruise Past St. Bonaventure in Home Opener
November 04, 2023 | Men's Swimming and Diving, Women's Swimming and Diving
WEST POINT, N.Y. – The Army West Point men's and women's swimming and diving teams swept the St. Bonaventure Bonnies. Senior Ian Tansill won the 1650 Free and the 500 Free. On the women's side, sophomore Layne Peterson finished first in the 100 and 200 Back.
The Men's Meet
The Black Knights defeated St. Bonaventure with a final score of 224-74. Army had 37 top-three finishes. In the 200 Free, the Black Knights had a clean sweep, taking the top three spots with Wes Tate (1:37.31) placing first, Jack Mowery (1:38.99) earning silver, and Maxwell Jordan (1:39.07) finishing third. In the 1650 Free, senior Ian Tansil earned gold with a time of 15:17.78 and CJ Bernauer finished second with a time of 15:32.35.
Army continued to dominate the pool, taking the top three spots in the 100 Breast. Kohen Rankin took first with a time of 53.47 while freshman Kalvin Hahn placed second, and Bruce Bannister finished third with times of 55.25 and 56.02 respectively. Junior Owen Harlow saw success in the pool earning gold in both the 50 and 100 Free with times of 0.08 and 44.46 respectively. In the 50 Free, Ben Vorthman also finished second with a time of 20.52. In the 100 Free, Thomas Hadji (44.47). and Wes Tate (45.42) finished second and third respectively.
The Black Knights took first and third in the 200 Back with junior Alex Edwards finishing first with a final time of 1:48.36 and Bernauer placing third with a time of 1:51.00. In the 200 Breast, Hahn placed first with a time of 1:58.26 and Joey Kling and Bruce Bannister finished second and third with times of 2:00.80 and 2:01.33 respectively.
On the boards, finished first and third in the 1M Dive with Isaac Newman earning gold with a final score of 279.75. Newman also finished first in the 3M Dive with a score of 292.80. Sophomore Alex Zhang placed third in the 1M Dive with a final score of 250.90. In the 3M Dive, Adam Elahmadi earned bronze with a score of 241.88.
The Women's Meet
On the women's side, Army defeated the Bonnies 231-68. The Black Knights had 36 top-three finishes. Sophomore Layne Peterson finished first in the 100 Back with a time of 55.02. Peterson also placed first in the 200 Back with a final time of 1:57.35, setting a new Academy Record (Peterson, 1:57.57, 2023). Aurelie Migault took first in the 100 Breast with a time of 1:02.90. Migault also earned gold in the 200 Breast with a final time of 2:14.86.
In the 1650 Free, Army took the top-three finishes. 1650 Free. Sophomore Molly Webber took first with a time of 16:52.30, Mary Brooke Chandler earned silver with a final time of 17:37.35, and Bridget O'Shaughnessy placed third with a time of 17:56.15. Webber also finished first in the 500 Free with a time of 4:51.64.
In the 200 Fly, senior Melinda Zhang earned gold with a final time of 2:00.57 and Maggie Kroening finished second with a time of 2:02.18. In the 100 Fly, Meghan Cole placed second with a finishing time of 55.28. Cole also finished first in the 50 Free (23.18) as well as the 100 Free (51.02). Catriona Gilmore finished second in the 100 and 200 Back with times of 1:03.13 and 2:17.82 respectively. In the 200 IM, The Black Knights took the top three spots with Melinda Zhang finishing first (2:03.88), Clara Williams, earned silver (2:06.70), and Avery Lord tied with Williams, finishing third (2:06.70).
In the diving events, the Black Knights dominated the boards. In the 1M Dive Army swept, finishing in the top three spots. Junior Minh Donnell earned gold with a score of 264.68, Abigail Gibbs finished second with a final score of 234.15, and freshman Ava Ramirez placed third with a score of 230.55. In the 3M Dive, Donnell took first with a final score of 245.33, Gibbs placed third with a score of 235.15, and Ramirez earned bronze with a final score of 227.70.
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Coach's Corner
"The team brought energy and focus into the meet tonight. I'm very proud of how the team competed and supported one another throughout. We had a great turn out from the corps and our swim & Dive families/fans, it made for a very exciting Friday night meet!
Our relay's came out swinging right from the start and set the tone for the rest of the meet. We decided to wear old tech suits for this meet to give us some practice reps with kick counts, stroke counts, timing, pacing, etc. We head to Greensboro next week for our mid-season invite and I'm hoping we can transition better to day 1 than we have in the past.
It was great to see our team compete so well tonight. We had a number of swimmers swim lifetime best times and even had a new academy record from Layne Peterson in the 200 Back which is awesome to see. We trained hard all week and have continued to build up over the last month. Monday marks 10 days until NC State and 31/32 Days until navy and our Olympic Trial LC Qualifier meet in Annapolis.
I'm excited to get back to work and continue to work for more!" - head coach Brandt Nigro
?? Head Diving Coach Connor Dorff on tonight's meet against St. Bonaventure. #GoArmy #RelentlessPursuit pic.twitter.com/dUs0oNwgst
— Army Swimming & Diving (@ArmyWP_SwimDive) November 4, 2023
Cadet's Corner
??? Junior Isaac Newman on tonight's win against St. Bonaventure!#GoArmy #RelentlessPursuit pic.twitter.com/k3F3aAUVUB
— Army Swimming & Diving (@ArmyWP_SwimDive) November 4, 2023
??? Layne Peterson on tonight's win against St. Bonaventure!#GoArmy #RelentlessPursuit pic.twitter.com/jqwjd5j3ig
— Army Swimming & Diving (@ArmyWP_SwimDive) November 4, 2023
??? Senior Ian Tansill on tonight's home opener win against St. Bonaventure. #GoArmy #RelentlessPursuit pic.twitter.com/2Z1X7mKTsS
— Army Swimming & Diving (@ArmyWP_SwimDive) November 4, 2023
Up Next
The Black Knights will compete in the NC State Invite on November 16-18.
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