WEST POINT, N.Y. \u2013 The Navy swimming and diving teams each posted victories over Army West Point Saturday at Crandall Pool in West Point, N.Y., in the annual Star Meet, part of the Star Series presented by USAA, between the two service academy programs.<\/p>\n
The Navy women’s team (9-1) tallied its 30th<\/sup>-straight win in the series by defeating the Black Knights (2-2) by the score of 199.5-100.5.\u00a0 The men’s meet was won by Navy for the 28th<\/sup>-consecutive season, with the Mids tallying a 173-127 victory over Army (2-2) this afternoon.<\/p>\n The Navy women’s team won 12 events and along the way broke four Patriot League records, four Navy records, nine Crandall Pool records and seven Army-Navy Meet records.\u00a0 The Navy men won nine events and also established one league record, one school record, four pool records and three meet records.<\/p>\n “This rivalry and meet always brings some surprise performances, but today our men’s and women’s teams took many performances to the next level,” said Navy women’s swimming head coach John Morrison<\/dfn>.<\/strong><\/p>\n “All of the credit for this performance goes to our swimmers and divers,” said Navy men’s swimming head coach Bill Roberts<\/dfn><\/strong>.\u00a0 “They really stepped up today.\u00a0 We couldn’t be prouder of their efforts.”<\/p>\n The key to both victories was the depth of the Navy squads.\u00a0 The Mids placed at least first and second in seven of the 14 women’s individual events and in four of the men’s events.\u00a0 This includes Navy going 1-2-3 in a combined seven events.\u00a0 In contrast, Army placed first and second in just one event and did not record a 1-2-3 finish on the day.<\/p>\n Having the most notable meet was Navy’s Lauren Barber<\/dfn><\/strong> (Sr., New Wilmington, Pa.).\u00a0 She had a hand in four event wins, and her three individual event victories makes her the winningest swimmer in Army-Navy series history \u2013\u2013 male or female \u2013\u2013 with 11 first-place finishes (in 11 races), and she also was a perfect 5-0 in relay events in her career.\u00a0 The previous record for the most career individual event victories was nine, and that mark was held by five different swimmers.<\/p>\n Barber not only swept her three individual events, she did so in style as she set two league records, two school records, three pool records, three meet records and attained three NCAA B cut times.<\/p>\n After swimming the breaststroke leg on Navy’s 200 medley relay team that won its race in a pool record time of 1:40.05, she posted a 59.71 to win the 100 breast by 1.72 seconds.\u00a0 That broke her own league and school record of 1:00.51 and was well under the time that garnered an invitation to the 2018 NCAA Championship (1:00.11).\u00a0 Barber then posted a time of 2:09.54 to win the 200 breast by just under three seconds.\u00a0 That effort also broke her own league and school record of 2:10.53.\u00a0 She closed her day by winning the 200 individual medley with a time of 1:59.13, a time that gave her a 4.13-second margin of victory.<\/p>\n “Four Army-Navy meets \u2026 16 events \u2026 16 wins,” said Morrison of Barber.\u00a0 “That’s pretty good, to say the least.\u00a0 And B cut times in the breaststroke events are very good marks.”<\/p>\n Also breaking multiple records on the day for the Navy women’s team was Martina Thomas<\/dfn> <\/strong>(Fr., Fayetteville, Ark.) with her times of 1:45.60 in the 200 free and 4:46.52 in the 500 free.\u00a0 The former was under the league and school record of 1:45.87, bettered the pool record of 1:47.64 and was an NCAA B cut time, and the latter broke the pool and meet record and was an NCAA B cut effort.<\/p>\n Kelly Huffer<\/dfn><\/strong> (Fr., Phoenix, Ariz.) was the third member of the Navy women’s team to break both a school and league record as she did so with her time of 1:57.06 in the 200 fly.\u00a0 That effort was below the league and school standard of 1:57.76, bettered the pool record of 1:59.29, broke the meet record of 1:48.43 and was an NCAA B cut time.<\/p>\n Sarah Sorenson<\/strong> (Fr., Kennesaw, Ga.) established two new Crandall Pool records with her times in the sprint freestyle events.\u00a0 Her winning time of 22.95 in the 50 free broke the pool record of 22.97, and her effort of 49.82 in the 100 free bettered the pool record of 49.85 that was set in 1976 by eventual four-time member of the U.S. Olympic Team and Olympic Gold Medalist Jill Sterkel<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Rounding out the list of record-setting members of the women’s team was Jamie Miller<\/dfn><\/strong> (Jr., Rochester Hills, Mich.), who won the 200 back in a new pool (1:58.08), and meet (1:56.78) record and NCAA B cut time of 1:56.08.<\/p>\n “We had a huge win in the opening relay,” said Morrison, “then Erin Jordan<\/dfn><\/strong> (Jr., Schnecksville, Pa.) put all of her heart into an amazing come-from-behind 1000 free win by less than eight-tenths of a second.\u00a0 She has been battling some injuries, but that effort really set the tone for the day.”<\/p>\n James Wilson<\/dfn><\/strong> (Jr., Ephrata, Pa.) put together a great effort in winning the men’s 100 backstroke.\u00a0 His clocking of 46.78 broke the league and school record of 47.05, was under the pool record time of 48.09, broke the meet record standard of 47.46 and was an NCAA B cut time.<\/p>\n Caleb Mauldin<\/dfn><\/strong> (Fr., Chesapeake, Va.) also put his name on the record board in the 200 back as his time of 1:43.47 broke the pool record of 1:44.48 and the meet record of 1:43.78 and was an NCAA B cut time.<\/p>\n Navy’s lone multi individual event winner on the day was diver Bradley Buchter<\/dfn><\/strong> (Jr., Hickory, N.C.).\u00a0 He posted a score of 377.55 to win the one-meter event and break how own pool record of 344.25 and also tallied 352.80 points to win the three-meter board.<\/p>\n Buchter led a 1-2-3 finish for the Navy divers on both boards.<\/p>\n “It was another good performance in this meet for our divers,” said Navy diving coach Rich MacDonald<\/strong><\/dfn>.\u00a0 “It is always difficult to compete here because the facilities are very conducive for diving.\u00a0 The environment is very similar to what we will see at the Patriot League Championship, so this really was a great learning experience for our young divers.\u00a0 It is always great to have a 1-2-3 finish, and I was excited to see Bradley break his own event record.”<\/p>\n Navy’s 200 medley relay team of Wilson, Dean Nguyen<\/dfn><\/strong> (So., Seattle, Wash.), Zach Piedt<\/dfn> <\/strong>(Sr., Fort Mill, S.C.) and Vince Everman<\/dfn> <\/strong>(Sr., Philadelphia, Pa.) combined for a time of 1:26.53 to win the event and break both the pool (1:27.83) and meet (1:27.29) records in the process.<\/p>\n The Navy men’s team will next be in competition Jan. 5 when it swims and Princeton, and then both Navy teams will return to Lejeune Hall for a Jan. 12 meet against Penn State and North Carolina.<\/p>\n Women’s Results (Records Broken) Men’s Results (Records Broken)<\/strong> \u2014 The above press release was posted by Swimming World in conjunction with Navy<\/i>. 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\n3-Meter Diving<\/strong> \u2013 Serica Hallstead, Army, 289.88
\n200 Medley Relay<\/strong> \u2013 Navy, 1:40.05 (Crandall Pool, 1:41.18)
\n1000 Freestyle<\/strong> \u2013 Erin Jordan<\/dfn>, Navy, 10:10.04
\n200 Freestyle<\/strong> \u2013 Martina Thomas<\/dfn>, Navy, 1:45.60 (Patriot League and Navy, 1:45.87; Crandall Pool, 1:47.64; Meet, 1:46.84; B Cut, 1:47.12)
\n100 Backstroke<\/strong> \u2013 Lauren Craig, Army, 54.33
\n100 Breaststroke<\/strong> \u2013 Lauren Barber<\/dfn>, Navy, 59.71 (Patriot League and Navy, 1:00.51; Crandall Pool and Meet, 1:00.72; B Cut, 1:01.84)
\n200 Butterfly<\/strong> \u2013 Kelly Huffer<\/dfn>, Navy, 1:57.06 (Patriot League and Navy, 1:57.76; Crandall Pool, 1:59.29; Meet, 1:58.43; B Cut, 1:59.23)
\n50 Freestyle<\/strong> \u2013 Sarah Sorenson, Navy, 22.95 (Crandall Pool, 22.97)
\n1-Meter Diving<\/strong> \u2013 Serica Hallstead, Army, 273.70
\n100 Freestyle<\/strong> \u2013 Sarah Sorenson, Navy, 49.82 (Crandall Pool, 49.85)
\n200 Backstroke<\/strong> \u2013 Jamie Miller<\/dfn>, Navy, 1:56.08 (Crandall Pool, 1:58.08; Meet, 1:56.78; B Cut, 1:57.11)
\n200 Breaststroke<\/strong> \u2013 Lauren Barber<\/dfn>, Navy, 2:09.54 (Patriot League and Navy, 2:10.53; Crandall Pool and Meet, 2:11.10; B Cut, 2:13.97)
\n500 Freestyle<\/strong> \u2013 Martina Thomas<\/dfn>, Navy, 4:46.52 (Crandall Pool, 4:48.23; Meet, 4:48.57; B Cut, 4:47.20)
\n100 Butterfly<\/strong> \u2013 Whitney Chang, Army, 53.90 (Crandall Pool, 54.57)
\n200 Individual Medley<\/strong> \u2013 Lauren Barber<\/dfn>, Navy, 1:59.14 (Crandall Pool and Meet, 2:00.33; B Cut, 1:59.94)
\n400 Freestyle Relay<\/strong> \u2013 Navy, 3:21.70<\/p>\n
\n1-Meter Diving<\/strong> \u2013 Bradley Buchter<\/dfn>, Navy, 377.55 (Crandall Pool, 344.25)
\n200 Medley Relay<\/strong> \u2013 Navy, 1:26.53 (Crandall Pool, 1:27.83; Meet: 1:27.29)
\n1000 Freestyle<\/strong> \u2013 Tom Ottman, Army, 8:59.81 (Army, 9:03.01; Meet: 9:02.65)
\n200 Freestyle<\/strong> \u2013 Kevin Lin, Army, 1:36.50 (Army, 1:36.77)
\n100 Backstroke<\/strong> \u2013 James Wilson<\/dfn>, Navy, 46.78 (Patriot League and Navy, 47.05; Crandall Pool, 48.09; Meet, 47.46; B Cut, 47.77)
\n100 Breaststroke<\/strong> \u2013 Chris Bondarowicz<\/dfn>, Navy, 54.73
\n200 Butterfly<\/strong> \u2013 Johnny Ellery, Army, 1:44.42 (Army, 1:45.15; B Cut 1:46.69)
\n50 Freestyle<\/strong> \u2013 Josh Zock, Army, 20.02
\n3-Meter Diving<\/strong> \u2013 Bradley Buchter<\/dfn>, Navy, 352.80
\n100 Freestyle<\/strong> \u2013 Zach Piedt<\/dfn>, Navy, 44.30
\n200 Backstroke<\/strong> \u2013 Caleb Mauldin<\/dfn>, Navy, 1:43.47 (Crandall Pool, 1:44.48; Meet, 1:43.78; B Cut, 1:45.04)
\n200 Breaststroke<\/strong> \u2013 Evan Zhang, Army, 1:56.62 (B Cut, 1:58.43)
\n500 Freestyle<\/strong> \u2013 Ryan Waters<\/dfn>, Navy, 4:23.11 (B Cut, 4:23.34)
\n100 Butterfly<\/strong> \u2013 Kevin Doo, Army, 47.29 (Army, 47.43; Crandall Pool and Meet, 47.66)
\n200 Individual Medley<\/strong> \u2013 Brian McKenrick, Army, 1:47.04
\n400 Freestyle Relay<\/strong> \u2013 Navy, 2:57.00<\/p>\n