Mountain Hawks Take Home Four Event Wins at Navy Invitational

Saturday, January 31

Annapolis, Md.

12:00 PM

Lehigh University

Navy Invitational

Mountain Hawks Take Home Four Event Wins at Navy Invitational

1/31/2026 9:03:00 PM | Men's Swimming and Diving

ANNAPOLIS, Md.- On Saturday, Lehigh's men's swimming and diving team competed at the Navy Invitational in Annapolis, Md. The Mountain Hawks faced off against a majority of Patriot League competitors, with the field for the invite consisting of American, Bucknell, Lafayette, Lehigh, Navy and Shippensburg.

Jack Deppe led the way with three podium finishes, including two event wins. The sophomore opened the meet with a victory in the 200-yard individual medley, swimming 1:48.67. He championed the field that included two Lehigh first-years placing in the top ten. Both swimmers earned collegiate best times, with Andrew Takach placing seventh with a time of 1:54.10, and Spencer Ridge swimming 1:54.63 to place ninth. Deppe and Ridge also found themselves together in the 200-yard breaststroke. Deppe once again got a win in this event, touching in 2:04.75. Just behind was Ridge, who's time of 2:04.87 was good for second and another new collegiate best time. Lehigh also took fourth in this event, as Carson Morris swam 57.99. Deppe's remaining podium finish was in the 100-yard butterfly. He placed second in this event, but came away with a new personal best.

Frankie Prekop came away with two events in freestyle events. The sophomore first won the 200-yard freestyle, coming away with a new collegiate best time of 1:39.10. He was one of five toal Mountain Hawks to place in the top ten. Following him were sophomores David Woerner and Will Peatrichelli. Woerner swam a personal best time of 1:41.33 to place third, and Pestrichelli placed sixth with a collegiate best time of 1:43.40. First-years Jack MacMillan placed eighth (1:43.46) and
TJ Hayes ninth (1:43.83), both competing in this event for the first time in their college careers. Prekop's second win came over 50 meters, where he led a trio of Mountain Hawks to top five finishes. He swam 21.04 to lead the way, sophomore Jared Rabadam finished next in third (21.72), and first-year Sam Skibo placed fourth (22.19).

Andrew Takatch earned Lehigh's remaining win. He swam 4:01.36 in the 400-yard individual medley, which was a collegiate best time for him.

The backstroke events featured three top three finishes for Lehigh across the 100 and 200-yard competitions. Junior Marr McLellen took third over 100 yards, swimming 50.96. Senior Ben Kisker and sophomore Will Moon earned the second and third spots at the 200-yard discipline, with Kisker swimming 1:53.24 to Moon's personal best time of 1:53.52.

Will Pestrichelli earned a second sixth place finish in the 200-yard butterfly. He touched in 1:52.99, improving his personal best time by just under two seconds. It was first-year Spencer Campbell who was Lehigh's top finisher, swimming 1:52.10 to place third. Pestrichelli's best placement was in the 1650-yard freestyle swim. He placed second overall, needing a collegiate best time of 15:58.19 to do so. Right behind him in third was Alfredo Figueroa Sedano, who set a new personal record by swimming 16:00.41.

The remaining events consisted of first-years as Lehigh's highest placing swimmer, all of whom swam college best times. Jake Greeleaf placed the Mountain Hawks in the 500-yard freestyle, swimming 4:36.65 to earn fourth. Just behind him was Hayes, who also swam a collegiate best time (4:40.19) to finish eighth. MacMillan and Morris finished back-to-back in the 100-yard backstroke. MacMillan's 57.98-second race placed him seventh, a hundredth of a second in front of Morris (57.99). Judson McIntosh swam an all-time personal best time in the 100-yard freestyle, being one of three Lehigh swimmers to earn top ten placements. He led in 46.33 to finish eighth, first year Braeden Roach was a hundredth of a second behind in ninth (46.34), and Moon was right behind him in 10th with a new personal record (46.40).

First-year Ben Elie was Lehigh's top placing diver for both heights. He first finished 13th at three meters and scored 182.90, and later scored 181.15 to place 14th at the one-meter height.

Lehigh now sets their sights on the Patriot League Championship. This four day meet will see the Mountain Hawks back in Annapolis February 18-21.