Lehigh men, women sixth after day one at Navy

ANNAPOLIS, Md. – Junior Dan Johnson posted a second place finish in the men’s 50 yard freestyle to lead Lehigh on day one of the 2008 Patriot League swimming and diving championships, Thursday at Navy’s Lejeune Hall. Johnson’s time of 20.91 seconds was 18 hundredths off the school record and 51 hundredths behind the winning time of Navy’s Alex Oldenkamp.

Johnson was the only Lehigh individual to reach the A final in his or her individual event. After one day of action both Mountain Hawk teams sit in sixth place.

The Lehigh women were paced by freshman Lauren Kindrick, who won the B final in the 500 yard freestyle, placing ninth overall with a time of 5:06.79. The Mountain Hawks placed a pair of swimmers in the B finals in the 200 yard individual medley, as junior Melanie Rolish finished tenth with a time of 2:11.80 and sophomore Liz Murray finishing 16th. In the 50 freestyle freshman Kristen Keenan placed 13th while senior Terry Mongan finished 15th.

Two relays were contested on Thursday, with Rolish and Keenan joining sophomores Laura Eull and Julie Sicherman to place fourth in the 400 yard medley relay with a time of 3:55.26. Keenan, Mongan, sophomore Kailyn Finnegan and freshman Allison Montanye placed fifth in the 200 free relay with a time of 1:37.96.

In the women’s three meter dive, sophomore Erin Tormey missed the final eight by six points and settled for ninth place.

On the men’s side, sophomore Kevin McGrath and senior Jon Kearney placed 13th and 14th respectively in the 200 IM. Freshman Matt Alford placed 16th in the 500 free with a finals time of 4:49.57. Lehigh’s 400 medley relay team of Kearney, senior Michael Hay, sophomore Ryan Guttormsen and freshman Billy Dunne placed fifth with a time of 3:29.77

Defending champion Navy leads both the men’s and women’s standings after day one. Complete results are available via the link above.

The 2008 Patriot League championships continue Friday morning from Lejeune Hall.

Men’s Team Standings

Team	Points
1. Navy	224
2. Bucknell	190
3. Army	161
4. Colgate	93
5. American	92
6. LEHIGH	57
7. Holy Cross	48
8. Lafayette	28

Women’s Team Standings

Team	Points
1. Navy	223.5
2. Bucknell	203.5
3. Colgate	189
4. Army	123
5. Lafayette	116
6. LEHIGH	95
7. American	86
8. Holy Cross	56 Related Links Patriot League Championships home

Lehigh University Athletics

Completed Event: Swimming and Diving versus Patriot League Championships on February 20, 2010 , , Men: 4th, 427 pts.<br>Women: 4th, 317.5

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Completed Event: Swimming and Diving versus Patriot League Championships on February 18, 2010 , , Men: 3rd, 98 pts.<br>Women: 6th, 96 pts.

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Lehigh men, women sixth after day one at Navy

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