WEST POINT, N.Y. – Army picked up 10 event wins on the women’s side and nine on the men’s side as the Black Knights swept the UMass swimming and diving teams on Friday night at Crandall Pool at the United States Military Academy.
Both UMass swimming and diving programs will be back in action on Saturday, Oct. 24 at Boston University for a 1 p.m., dual meet with the Terriers.
For the Minutewomen (0-1), Jocelyn Yuen led the swimmers with a pair of second place finishes in the 100 individual medley (1:00.31) and in the 200 fly (2:08.96). Steph Campo also posted a second place finish in the 1,000 free with a time of 10 minutes, 33.40 seconds.
On the boards, Emma Roush once again swept the 1-meter and 3-meter events with first place finishes on both.Julia Jagannath took second on the 1-meter and third in the 3-meter flip-flopping finishes with Katie Polk in the events.
The men were led in the pool by Owen Wright who placed second in both the 50 free and 100 free events and fourth in the 100 individual medley (53.52 seconds). Wright swam 20.94 seconds in the 50 free – just 0.26 seconds behind Army’s winner Chris Szekely. In the 100 free, Wright tied for second as he and Army’s Brandon McCredie each touched the wall at 46.81 seconds.
Oliver Wyeth took second int he 100 back (51.83 seconds), while Kyle Vieira placed third in the 1,000 free (9:57.30) out-touching teammate Alessandro Bomprezzi by just 0.02 seconds.
On the boards for the men, Trent Kindvall placed first in the 1-meter event, while Nolan Burns won the 3-meter event. Kindvall placed second on the 3-meter board, while Burns took second in the 1-meter dive.
Swimming news courtesy of UMass Swimming & Diving.