Mitchell Schott Breaks Michael Phelps Pool Record as Princeton Sweeps Quad Meet
Mitchell Schott took down the United States Naval Academy pool record of Michael Phelps set in 2009 Friday as Princeton swept a quad meet Friday and Saturday.
Schott went 1:32.72 in the 200 free. That downed the mark of 1:33.14 set by Phelps in 2009, deep into a career that included eight gold medals at the Beijing Olympics in 2008.
Schott’s time is an NCAA qualifying time, as was the 1:43.48 time he used to win the 200 butterfly. Schott won Saturday’s 500 free in 4:18.57.
Patrick Dinu on Saturday set a pool record in the 100 free with a time of 42.59 seconds. He anchored the Tigers’ 400 free relay to a win, a team that included Schott, Logan Noguchi and Jake Tarara. Dinu was second in the 50 free and helped the Tigers’ 200 free relay win in 1:17.72.
Women’s Quad Meet Scores
- Princeton 268, Navy 84
- Princeton 266, Kenyon 86
- Princeton 237, Delaware 113
- Delaware 201, Navy 152
- Delaware 204, Kenyon 149
- Navy 187.5, Kenyon 165.5
Men’s Quad Meet Scores
- Princeton 202, Navy 151
- Princeton 294, Kenyon 59
- Princeton 284, Delaware 69
- Navy 290, Kenyon 63
- Navy 266, Delaware 87
- Delaware 244, Kenyon 109
Navy’s Ben Irwin swept the backstroke events, going 46.86 in Friday’s 100 back and 1:42.01 in the 200 back. He also secured second place in the 100 fly. Juan Mora did the double in men’s breaststroke, with a time of 52.27 in the 100 and 1:55.03 in the 200 breast. The Midshipmen won both medley relays.
On the women’s side, Princeton’s Sabrina Johnston won the 50 free and 100 free. Chloe Kim claimed the 1,000 free and 500 free. Second in the 500 was 400 individual medley winner Eleanor Sun. The Tigers won nine individual events in the pool in addition to all four relays, with Johnston on three of the squads and Sophia Sunwoo part of all four quartets.
Delaware’s Victoria Novinskiy did the butterfly double, then followed the 100 fly win an event later by winning the 200 IM in 1:58.37.
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