Two School Records Fall as Lehigh Takes Sixth Place at Patriot League Championships

Saturday, February 20

Annapolis, Md.

10:30AM | 6PM

Lehigh University

Patriot League Championships

Two School Records Fall as Lehigh Takes Sixth Place at Patriot League Championships

2/21/2016 12:07:00 AM | Men's Swimming and Diving

Complete Results (PDF) | Individual Points (PDF)

ANNAPOLIS, Md. – The Lehigh men's swimming and diving team wrapped up the 2015-16 season on Saturday with a sixth place finish of 250 points at the Patriot League Championships. Junior Jacob Moyar set a new school record and NCAA B-cut in the 200 yard butterfly, and was a member of the 400 freestyle relay team which also set a new program high mark. Moyar also led the team with 45 points scored at this year's meet, which tied him for ninth overall. Justin white tallied 34.50 points, followed by Willis with 17.

Moyar secured his third school record and NCAA B-cut time of the week with his fourth place finish of 1:46.78 in the finals of the 200 yard butterfly. The time surpassed the benchmark he set at last year's PLC by 0.40 seconds. Senior Jake Hassel competed in the 'B' finals and placed 11th overall with a time of 1:49.65.

Lehigh landed on the podium in one event on the evening courtesy of the 400 freestyle relay team. Jamal Willis, Zach Tieke, Moyar and Justin White piloted a third place finish of 2:58.48, setting a new school record and becoming the first Lehigh team to finish the event in under three minutes in school history.

White led the charge in the 100 yard freestyle, qualifying for the 'A' final and using a finals time of 44.66 to take home fourth place overall. Tieke raced his into the 'B' final, where he improved on his prelim time by 0.10 seconds, to finish 12th overall in 45.66. Willis also represented Lehigh in the event, finishing 25th overall out of 49 competitors.

Dean Shafritz and James Mauk both qualified for the 'B' final of the 200 yard backstroke, with Shafritz taking second in the consolation final (10th overall) with a time of 1:51.22. Mauk finished two spots behind in 12th place overall in 1:52.67.

Mauk and Ryan Morgan represented Lehigh in the 1650 freestyle, where Mauk (16:17.00) led the way with a 14th place finish overall and Morgan (16:40.53) finished in 20th. Connor Guilfoyle added a 22nd place tally to lead Lehigh in the 200 yard breaststroke.

Host Navy captured its 13th straight league title, as the Midshipmen swept both the men's and women's championships. Army West Point, Boston University, Bucknell and Loyola rounded out the top five ahead of Lehigh in this year's championships. Full results can be found below.

Final Men's Standings: