Penn State vs Boston College vs Navy
- Saturday, October 8, 2022
- Annapolis, Maryland
- SCY (25 yards)
- Results
- Final Scores
- Women: Penn State 202.5, Navy 97.5
- Women: Penn State 217, Boston College 82
- Women: Navy 181, Boston College 119
- Men: Navy 150, Penn State 148
- Men: Navy 224, Boston College 76
- Men: Penn State 212, Boston College 86
Courtesy: Penn State Athletics
Annapolis, Md. – Penn State swimming & diving beats Navy, 202.50-97.50, and Boston, 217-82, decisively on the road at Lejeune Hall during their season-opening meet.
Senior captain Emma Harvey and freshman Julia Meisner highlighted the team, earning two and three induvial victories while the back, breast, fly and sprint free squads demonstrated their strength by capturing their respective events.
Top Swims
Harvey won the 100 Back (54.85) as sophomore Molly Carson (56.24) placed second. In the 200, junior Abby Henderson touched first, leading Harvey (2:01.47) and Carson (2:04.21) to a Penn State top-three sweep.
The Nittany Lions’ breaststroke squad took the day’s events with victories in the 100 (graduate student Olivia Jack – 1:03.41) and 200 (junior Kylie Rydland – 2:21.27).
Harvey gained her second individual victory in the 100 Fly 55.18), while Meisner earned her first in the 200 (2:01.42) and led Penn State to a top-three sweep with juniors Morgan Rinn (2:05.11) and Casey Loughlin in second and third (2:05.28).
The Nittany Lions were triumphant in the 50, 100 and 200 Free. Junior Mary Brinker outtouched her Boston College opponent by 0.12 seconds to win the 50 (23.44) while junior Cat Stanford (50.98) led the team to a sweep the top four places in the 100. And Meisner, in her second win of the day (1:49.98), led senior Abbie Amdor to second in the 200 (1:52.08).
Meisner (2:04.14) and Henderson (2:04.99) concluded the day’s individual events by placing first and second in the 200 IM.
Relays
Penn State’s Amdor, Stanford, Brinker and Jack won the 400 Free Relay by nearly five seconds (3:25.37), while the team of Carson, Jack, sophomore Maura Fluehr and Stanford tied with Navy in the 200 Medley, touching for first place in 1:43.38.
Top Dives
Senior captain Wei Wei led the Nittany Lions on the boards, placing first in the 1-Meter (255.80) and fifth in the 3-Meter Dives (231.60).
Event Winners
200 Free – Catherine Meisner (1:49.98)
100 Back – Emma Harvey (54.85)
100 Breast – Olivia Jack (1:03.41)
200 Fly – Julia Meisner (2:01.42)
50 Free – Mary Brinker (23.44)
100 Free – Cat Stanford (50.98)
200 Back – Abby Henderson (2:01.47)
200 Breast – Kylie Rydland (2:21.27)
500 Free – Julia Meisner (4:55.56)
100 Fly – Emma Harvey (55.18)
200 IM – Julia Meisner (2:04.14)
1-Meter Dive – We Wei (255.80)
Next Up
The Nittany Lions remain on the road for their next matchups against the Panthers and the Fighting Irish, October 21-22 at Pitt’s Trees Pool.
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Courtesy: Navy Athletics
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — A first and third-place finish in the meet-closing 400 freestyle relay gave the Navy men’s swimming and diving team (2-0) victories over Penn State (1-1) and Boston College (1-3), Saturday at Lejeune Hall in Annapolis. The Mids edged the Nittany Lions by the score of 150-148 and defeated the Eagles by the count of 224-76.
The Navy women’s swimming and diving team (1-1) split its meets on the day, winning a 181-119 decision over Boston College (2-2) and losing, 202.5-97.5, to Penn State (2-0).
“Today was an exceptionally exciting day in Lejeune Hall,” said Navy men’s swimming head coach Bill Roberts. “First, there was a lot of energy in the venue just because it was the season opener. Next, having three programs and six teams present today along with additional people in stands made for a terrific environment. And third, there was a lot of great racing today. From the very first event where our women’s 200 medley relay came from behind to tie for first to the final men’s 400 free relay, it was just a fantastic day of exciting competition.”
The men’s meet was not decided until the final event. Navy’s foursome of Jonah Harm (Jr., Placerville, Calif.), Austin Lockhart (So., Fort Mills, S.C.), Patrick Colwell (Jr., New Canaan, N.J.) and Everet Andrew (So., Wilmette, Ill.) posted a time of 258.89 to edge Penn State’s team by just under two seconds to win the race. That left the score tied at 148-148, but Navy also placed third in the race to account for the final two points of the meet. The team of Zach Stump (Fr., Westerville, Ohio), Garrett McGovern (Jr., Nashville, Tenn.), Eli Williams (Sr., Murrieta, Calif.) and Paul Kinsella (Sr., Arlington, Va.) finished the race in a time of 3:03.10 to place third overall in the event.
Andrew, Colwell and Stump also combined for four individual event victories in the three-team meet. Andrew won the 200 free (1:38.01) and 100 free (44.66) races, Colwell touched the wall first in the 200 fly (1:48.13) and Stump won the 200 back (1:48.97).
In the women’s meet, swimmer Rachel Schlemmer (Jr., Sterling, Va.) and diver Mackenzie Kim (Fr., Diamond Bar, Calif.) placed first overall in events. Schlemmer won the 1000 freestyle (10:23.77) and Kim won the three-meter board (269.35). Navy’s 200 medley relay team of Tiffany Shields (So., Escondido, Calif.), Reagan Johnson (Sr., Charlotte, N.C.), Caroline Irwin (So., Buford, Ga.) and Hannah Pratt (Jr., Fishers, Ind.) posted a time of 1:43.38 to tie Penn State for the victory.
Members of the Navy women’s team also placed second in five events. Sarah Eldridge (Fr., Brielle, N.J.) was the silver medalist in the 1000 free (10:30.83), Johnson placed second in the 100 breast (1:04.14), Lauren Walsh (Fr., Shelton, Conn.) was the runner-up in the 200 breast (2:21.99), Irwin took second in the 100 fly (56.80) and Sarah Gurley (Jr., Oakton, Va.) finished in second place in the three-meter diving event (234.30).
Navy totaled 11 second-place showings in the men’s competition. Included in those efforts were Andrew placing second in the 500 free (4:30.31), Stump earning second place in the 100 back (50.87), Jackson Schultz (Sr., Millersville, Md.) finishing second in the 100 breast (54.77) and 200 individual medley (1:50.66) and George Moore (Jr., New Canaan, Conn.) taking second place on both the one (274.65) and three-meter (303.70) diving boards.
“I would like to commend team captain Nathan Roodzant (Sr., Newport Beach, Calif.) and his classmates for leading the way to get to this point,” said Roberts. “And I would like to commend the entire program. Any time you get a meet that goes down to the last relay, it is due to a full team effort. I was really impressed with how well our guys fought to keep the meet close. We were behind in the score pretty much the entire meet. It was a huge testimony to their grit, will and brotherhood to make this happen. Regardless of outcome, I could not be more proud of how well they battled to represent our program and the Naval Academy today.”
Navy’s teams will next be in competition October 21 when they play host to George Washington and October 22 when they face UMBC on the road.