Navy Swimming Programs Both Record Three Wins

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, October 13. THE opening to the 2007-08 regular season for the Navy swimming and diving programs was a successful one as both squads recorded victories over Catholic, George Washington and Loyola Saturday afternoon in Lejeune Hall.

The men's team defeated Catholic by the score of 223-66, George Washington by the tally of 207.5-82.5, and Loyola by a count of 194-101.

"I am very happy with the improvement we saw from our intrasquad meet one week ago to today," said Navy men's swimming head coach Bill Roberts. "I was pleased with the improvement in both times and in the technical way we swam. We will take what we learned today and continue to work hard and keep improving next week."

The Navy women, meanwhile, posted a 196-71 victory over Catholic, defeated George Washington by the score of 174-107 and won a 160-129 decision over Loyola.

"It was a solid meet for us," said Navy women's swimming head coach John Morrison. "We received some very good results from people who were not competing in their traditional events. It is nice to see the swimmers have success in different events. Overall, today was much improved from last week (at the Potomac Relays) and I am very pleased by that."

Both programs accounted for 12 event victories on the day. Multiple event winners for Mids included Adam Meyer (So., Bethesda, Md.) in the 800 freestyle (8:28.93) and 100 butterfly (58.35), Allison Ranzau (Fr., Alpharetta, Ga.) in the 800 free (9:24.73) and 400 free (4:36.93), Tara Chapmon (So., Virginia Beach, Va.) in the 200 free (2:06.28) and 200 back (2:25.52), and Tessa Snow (Fr., Hamlin, N.Y.) in the 200 fly (2:27.21) and 200 IM (2:29.25).

Additionally, Olaf Olson (Fr., Bainbridge Island, Wash.) won both diving events for the men, while Katie Griffin (Sr., Ellicott City) swept the two boards for the women.

Both Navy programs will return to Lejeune Hall Friday night as the Mids will play host to Johns Hopkins. The women's meet between the two schools is slated to begin at 5 p.m., with the men's meet to follow at 7:15 p.m.

Special thanks to Navy for contributing this report.

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