Friday, January 8
West Point, N.Y.
5PM
Lehigh University
91
at
191
Army West Point
Men's Swimming and Diving Falls at Army West Point
1/8/2016 11:32:00 PM | Men's Swimming and Diving
Complete Results (PDF)
WEST POINT, N.Y. - The Lehigh men's swimming and diving program dropped a 191-91 dual meet at Army West Point on Friday evening. The Black Knights, the Patriot League's preseason No. 2 selection, improve to 5-1 overall (1-1 Patriot), while the Mountain Hawks have their three-meet win streak snapped and fall to to 4-4 (2-2 Patriot).
Junior Justin White earned three runner-up performances on the evening and was victorious as a member of the 200 freestyle relay team. Jacob Moyar added a pair of second place performances and a third place tally, in addition to being on the winning 200 free relay squad.
Justin Kostelnik landed on the podium twice on the night and notched Lehigh's lone individual win in the 200 yard IM, finishing in 1:56.87. Kostelnik's performance in the 200 IM helped the Brown and White to a sweep in the event, as Jimmy Davey (2:01.86) and Matt Carducci (2:02.20) rounded out the top three spots. Kostelnik later grabbed a third-place time of 1:56.04 in the 200 backstroke.
The Mountain Hawks snatched another win in the 200 yard freestyle relay, where Jamal Willis, Moyar, Zach Tieke and White combined on a winning time of 1:23.07.
Moyar took second place in the 1,000 yard freestyle, finishing in 9:29.83, just 0.73 seconds behind the winner and nearly 18 seconds ahead of his next closest competitor. Moyar was then able to add his second runner-up finish of the evening, this time in the 200 yard butterfly (1:51.65) and later registered a third place finish in the 500 free (4:40.28).
White followed with a second place tally of his own in the 200 freestyle, touching the wall in 1:42.36. Behind White was Jake Hassel, who finished in fourth place with a time of 1:45.57.
Hassel also powered his way towards the top of the 100 yard fly, finishing in second place (50.85). Davey was able to hold off a Cadet for a third place finish in the 100 backstroke (54.25 seconds).
Competing in the 50 yard free, White collected another runner-up finish in 21.12 seconds. He was joined in the top 50 percent of the race by Zach Tieke, who placed fourth overall (21.44). The same duo combined to take second and third, respectively in the 100 free, with Willis following right behind in fourth place (47.88).
Lehigh will make its return to Jacobs Pool next Saturday, January 16 at 1 p.m. when they will host Patriot League foe, Loyola (Md.)
WEST POINT, N.Y. - The Lehigh men's swimming and diving program dropped a 191-91 dual meet at Army West Point on Friday evening. The Black Knights, the Patriot League's preseason No. 2 selection, improve to 5-1 overall (1-1 Patriot), while the Mountain Hawks have their three-meet win streak snapped and fall to to 4-4 (2-2 Patriot).
Junior Justin White earned three runner-up performances on the evening and was victorious as a member of the 200 freestyle relay team. Jacob Moyar added a pair of second place performances and a third place tally, in addition to being on the winning 200 free relay squad.
Justin Kostelnik landed on the podium twice on the night and notched Lehigh's lone individual win in the 200 yard IM, finishing in 1:56.87. Kostelnik's performance in the 200 IM helped the Brown and White to a sweep in the event, as Jimmy Davey (2:01.86) and Matt Carducci (2:02.20) rounded out the top three spots. Kostelnik later grabbed a third-place time of 1:56.04 in the 200 backstroke.
The Mountain Hawks snatched another win in the 200 yard freestyle relay, where Jamal Willis, Moyar, Zach Tieke and White combined on a winning time of 1:23.07.
Moyar took second place in the 1,000 yard freestyle, finishing in 9:29.83, just 0.73 seconds behind the winner and nearly 18 seconds ahead of his next closest competitor. Moyar was then able to add his second runner-up finish of the evening, this time in the 200 yard butterfly (1:51.65) and later registered a third place finish in the 500 free (4:40.28).
White followed with a second place tally of his own in the 200 freestyle, touching the wall in 1:42.36. Behind White was Jake Hassel, who finished in fourth place with a time of 1:45.57.
Hassel also powered his way towards the top of the 100 yard fly, finishing in second place (50.85). Davey was able to hold off a Cadet for a third place finish in the 100 backstroke (54.25 seconds).
Competing in the 50 yard free, White collected another runner-up finish in 21.12 seconds. He was joined in the top 50 percent of the race by Zach Tieke, who placed fourth overall (21.44). The same duo combined to take second and third, respectively in the 100 free, with Willis following right behind in fourth place (47.88).
Lehigh will make its return to Jacobs Pool next Saturday, January 16 at 1 p.m. when they will host Patriot League foe, Loyola (Md.)
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