Wednesday, February 17
Annapolis, Md.
2PM | 6PM
Lehigh University
vs
Patriot League Championships
PREVIEW: Men’s Swimming Set for Patriot League Championships
2/16/2016 4:30:00 PM | Men's Swimming and Diving
Patriot League Championship Central
Patriot League Meet Preview
2016 PLC Meet Psych Sheet
BETHLEHEM, Pa. - After four months and eight separate meets of competition, the Lehigh men's swimming and diving team will culminate the 2015-16 season this week at the Patriot League Championships. The four-day event, hosted by the U.S. Naval Academy will take place on Wednesday through Saturday in Navy's Lejeune Hall.
Lehigh was predicted to finish fifth in this year's preseason poll, and finished the regular season with a record of 5-5 (3-2 Patriot League), enjoying league wins over Loyola, Lafayette and Colgate.
Freestyle
Lehigh is slated to have competitors in five different freestyle events.
School record holder Jamal Willis leads the Mountain Hawks in the 50 yard freestyle, along with teammates Justin White, Zach Tieke, Tristan Stritzel and Kian O'Brien. Willis and White both qualified for Olympic Trials in December in the 50 meter freestyle at the U.S. Winter Nationals. White, a second team All-Patriot selection last season, accumulated five second place finishes and a pair of third place tallies in the event so far this season. Willis, a two-time All-League honoree, enters the championships having won six of the eight 50 freestyles he has competed in this season. Tieke finished third against Loyola and Lafayette in the event and had a season-best time of 21.44 seconds against Army.
White, Willis, Tieke and Stritzel will also compete in the 100 free. White holds Lehigh's top seed time of 45.18, having won the event five times this year to go along with two second place finishes. Tieke turned in a season-best time of 47.50 against NJIT and Colgate on Oct. 31.
White will also lead the quartet of Mountain Hawks scheduled for the 200 free, along with Willis and Stritzel, who enters with a seed time of 1:46.44. O'Brien will also take part as one his three events at the championships.
Lehigh will turn to a pair of freshman in James Mauk and Ryan Morgan for both the 500 and 1650 freestyles.
Backstroke
Four Mountain Hawks will take to the pool to compete in the 100 yard backstroke with Jimmy Davey, Dean Shafritz, Matt Carducci and Evan Riddell.
At Lafayette on Nov. 20, Shafritz captured first place in both the 100 and 200 backs, while Carducci posted a season-best 100 back time of 53.72. Davey, who enters with a seed time of 52.29, has turned out solid performances in the 100 back over the last two meets, winning the event against Loyola (53.51) and taking second at Drexel (53.89).
Shafritz and Riddell will also join Mauk, Justin Kostelnik and O'Brien for the 200 backstroke. Kostelnik won the event in the team's home finale against Loyola, and finished second in the 200 back at Drexel and Lafayette, posting his season-best time of 1:54.64 against the Leopards.
Breaststroke
Lehigh will turn to another pair of freshmen in Matt Wong and Connor Guilfoyle in the meet's two breaststroke events. Wong set season-bests of 1:04.55 in the 100 breast and 2:23.21 in the 200 breast in the Lafayette dual meet. Guilfoyle also set season-highs at Lafayette, touching the wall in 1:01.58 (100 breast) and 2:16.71 (20 breast).
Butterfly
Lehigh will have a total of six swimmers competing in the 100 yard butterfly, including Jake Hassel, Tieke, Davey, Carducci, Riddell and Shafritz. Hassel hit a season-best 100 fly mark of 50.32 with his winning performance at Lafayette, in addition to three runner-up performances.
Hassel will also compete in the 200 butterfly, where he picked up a win against West Chester/Bloomsburg this season. He will be joined in the 200 fly by Kostelnik and Jacob Moyar. Moyar is the current school record holder (1:47.18) and the Jacobs Pool record holder (1:49.25) in the event. He competed in the 200 meter fly and qualified for the consolation finals for the second year in a row at the U.S. Winter Nationals in December. The two-time All-Patriot selection also hit a NCAA 'B' cut standard last season.
Kostelnik has added three top-three finishes, including a second place mark against West Chester/Bloomsburg this year.
Individual Medley
Moyar, Kostelnik, Mauk and Ryan Morgan will be Lehigh's four representatives in the 400 yard medley relay. Moyar, the school's record holder in the event (3:53.66), took home first place against Loyola on Jan. 16 in the only time Lehigh competed in the event this season. Kostelnik and Morgan placed third and fourth in the 400 IM, respectively.
Diving
Freshman Croldy Veliz has competed in three meets this season, finishing with a season-high point total of 181.80 in the one meter dive against Loyola. Sean Daugherty, a converted swimmer who began diving in the middle of this season, will join Veliz in representing threw Mountain Hawks on the one meter board.
Relays
The Brown and White will also compete in four relays, with the 'A' teams representing in the 200, 400 and 800 freestyle relays and the 200 and 400 medley relays.
The championships are scheduled to get underway at 2 p.m. on Wednesday afternoon with the men's three meter diving trials. Be sure to visit the Patriot League's Championship Page for complete schedules, psych sheets, heat sheets, live results and video.
Patriot League Meet Preview
2016 PLC Meet Psych Sheet
BETHLEHEM, Pa. - After four months and eight separate meets of competition, the Lehigh men's swimming and diving team will culminate the 2015-16 season this week at the Patriot League Championships. The four-day event, hosted by the U.S. Naval Academy will take place on Wednesday through Saturday in Navy's Lejeune Hall.
Lehigh was predicted to finish fifth in this year's preseason poll, and finished the regular season with a record of 5-5 (3-2 Patriot League), enjoying league wins over Loyola, Lafayette and Colgate.
Freestyle
Lehigh is slated to have competitors in five different freestyle events.
School record holder Jamal Willis leads the Mountain Hawks in the 50 yard freestyle, along with teammates Justin White, Zach Tieke, Tristan Stritzel and Kian O'Brien. Willis and White both qualified for Olympic Trials in December in the 50 meter freestyle at the U.S. Winter Nationals. White, a second team All-Patriot selection last season, accumulated five second place finishes and a pair of third place tallies in the event so far this season. Willis, a two-time All-League honoree, enters the championships having won six of the eight 50 freestyles he has competed in this season. Tieke finished third against Loyola and Lafayette in the event and had a season-best time of 21.44 seconds against Army.
White, Willis, Tieke and Stritzel will also compete in the 100 free. White holds Lehigh's top seed time of 45.18, having won the event five times this year to go along with two second place finishes. Tieke turned in a season-best time of 47.50 against NJIT and Colgate on Oct. 31.
White will also lead the quartet of Mountain Hawks scheduled for the 200 free, along with Willis and Stritzel, who enters with a seed time of 1:46.44. O'Brien will also take part as one his three events at the championships.
Lehigh will turn to a pair of freshman in James Mauk and Ryan Morgan for both the 500 and 1650 freestyles.
Backstroke
Four Mountain Hawks will take to the pool to compete in the 100 yard backstroke with Jimmy Davey, Dean Shafritz, Matt Carducci and Evan Riddell.
At Lafayette on Nov. 20, Shafritz captured first place in both the 100 and 200 backs, while Carducci posted a season-best 100 back time of 53.72. Davey, who enters with a seed time of 52.29, has turned out solid performances in the 100 back over the last two meets, winning the event against Loyola (53.51) and taking second at Drexel (53.89).
Shafritz and Riddell will also join Mauk, Justin Kostelnik and O'Brien for the 200 backstroke. Kostelnik won the event in the team's home finale against Loyola, and finished second in the 200 back at Drexel and Lafayette, posting his season-best time of 1:54.64 against the Leopards.
Breaststroke
Lehigh will turn to another pair of freshmen in Matt Wong and Connor Guilfoyle in the meet's two breaststroke events. Wong set season-bests of 1:04.55 in the 100 breast and 2:23.21 in the 200 breast in the Lafayette dual meet. Guilfoyle also set season-highs at Lafayette, touching the wall in 1:01.58 (100 breast) and 2:16.71 (20 breast).
Butterfly
Lehigh will have a total of six swimmers competing in the 100 yard butterfly, including Jake Hassel, Tieke, Davey, Carducci, Riddell and Shafritz. Hassel hit a season-best 100 fly mark of 50.32 with his winning performance at Lafayette, in addition to three runner-up performances.
Hassel will also compete in the 200 butterfly, where he picked up a win against West Chester/Bloomsburg this season. He will be joined in the 200 fly by Kostelnik and Jacob Moyar. Moyar is the current school record holder (1:47.18) and the Jacobs Pool record holder (1:49.25) in the event. He competed in the 200 meter fly and qualified for the consolation finals for the second year in a row at the U.S. Winter Nationals in December. The two-time All-Patriot selection also hit a NCAA 'B' cut standard last season.
Kostelnik has added three top-three finishes, including a second place mark against West Chester/Bloomsburg this year.
Individual Medley
Moyar, Kostelnik, Mauk and Ryan Morgan will be Lehigh's four representatives in the 400 yard medley relay. Moyar, the school's record holder in the event (3:53.66), took home first place against Loyola on Jan. 16 in the only time Lehigh competed in the event this season. Kostelnik and Morgan placed third and fourth in the 400 IM, respectively.
Diving
Freshman Croldy Veliz has competed in three meets this season, finishing with a season-high point total of 181.80 in the one meter dive against Loyola. Sean Daugherty, a converted swimmer who began diving in the middle of this season, will join Veliz in representing threw Mountain Hawks on the one meter board.
Relays
The Brown and White will also compete in four relays, with the 'A' teams representing in the 200, 400 and 800 freestyle relays and the 200 and 400 medley relays.
The championships are scheduled to get underway at 2 p.m. on Wednesday afternoon with the men's three meter diving trials. Be sure to visit the Patriot League's Championship Page for complete schedules, psych sheets, heat sheets, live results and video.
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