ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- Swimming and diving battled Navy, Bucknell and American in a quad meet at Navy's Lejeune Hall on Saturday afternoon.
Swimming for the men, freshman Augustus earned fifth in the 100-yard freestyle with a final time of 46.94, a season best performance. Senior Tommy Weber reeled in fifth in the 50-yard freestyle and sixth in the 100-yard backstroke (21.62, 52.93). Junior Alexander Zoldan enjoyed a sixth-place finish in the 1000-yard freestyle, finishing with a season best 9:52.72.
Freshman Justin Tucker secured seventh in the 500-yard freestyle with a final time of 4:41.79, a season best, and sophomore Owen Lever achieved a 2:18.66 finish for eighth in the 200-yard breaststroke.
Diving for the men, junior Trey Telleen secured third in the 1-meter dive with a score of 264.15. Classmate Landon Orth earned fourth in both the 1-and 3-meter dives with scores of 263.45 and 289.70. Senior Peter Curtis scored 229.05 in the 1 meter for ninth place.
Swimming for the women, senior Isabella Van Ess snagged fifth in the 200-yard breaststroke with a final time of 2:24.27. Freshman Francesca DiGiovanni placed seventh in the 1000-yard freestyle, finishing in 10:58.26, a season best. Classmate Kristina Fleck reeled in seventh in the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 1:09.63.
Sophomore Meghan Robinson collected seventh in the 200 breast with a time of 2:29.40. Junior Caroline Schenck reached eighth and a season best with her performance in the 200-yard freestyle, finishing in 1:57.72. Sophomore Ever Ferguson and freshman Luca Pirone each acquired team-leading times for the season as well as an eighth-place finish in the 200-yard butterfly and the 50-yard freestyle. Ferguson finished with a time of 2:12.33 while Pirone ended with 25.05.
Senior diver Katie Hensell enjoyed a third-place finish in the 3-meter with a score of 246.50. Hensell also finished sixth in the 1 meter, scoring 232.40. Junior Mia Guster took home third in the 1 meter with a score of 242 even. In the 3 meter, Guster collected fourth (245.75).
The men fell to American 160-127, Bucknell 217.50-81.50 and Navy 188-94. The women saw similar results, losing to American 170-129, Bucknell 224-76 and Navy (188-101).
"Being able to swim in the facility that is hosting Patriot League Championships is always a great opportunity and today our teams took advantage of that opportunity," said Lafayette head coach James Daily. "We are all about progression and consistently moving the needle forward and many of our athletes did exactly that. We have our rivalry meet against Lehigh in two weeks and we believe our team is in a great place to make our alumni and athletics department proud. We look forward to seeing everyone at Jacobs Pool on Lehigh's campus!" Dailey said.
The Maroon and White head to Lehigh for the annual Laf-Lehigh dual meet on Nov. 21 at 6 p.m.
