ANNAPOLIS, Md. – Lafayette swimming and diving traveled to Navy for the Navy Invite on Saturday afternoon, putting up a couple of dominant performances and season-best times.
Senior Isabella Van Ess tied her own Lafayette school record from last season in the 200-yard breaststroke with a time of 2:18.14. Van Ess touched the wall first in the 200 breast and placed third in the 100 breast with a time of 1:04.94.
Junior Natalie Johnson collected third in the 1650-yard freestyle with a final time of 17:48.72, a personal best performance. Classmate Daisy Decker followed behind in the 1650 free in fourth with a time of 17:56.80. Senior Emma Luttrell snagged fifth in both the 200-yard butterfly and the 400-yard IM (2:12.12, 4:41.35).
Junior diver Mia Guster reeled in fourth in the 3-meter dive and fifth in the 1-meter (238.40, 229.05).
For the men, junior Alexander captured the victory in the 100 breast with a season-best performance time of 56.39. Freshman Trevor Olson claimed second in both the 200 and 500 freestyles with season-best times of 1:39.82 and 4:29.47, respectively. Classmate Justin Tucker collected a season-best time of 1:50.78 in the 200 fly for second place.
Freshman Gregory Yukhvid enjoyed a third-place finish in the 100 fly with a time of 49.74. Freshman Max Mahler finished fifth in the 100 breast (57.89) and junior Zachary Dickman achieved fourth in the 200-yard backstroke (1:56.20). Junior Alexander Zoldan reeled in fifth in the 1650 free, touching at 16:27.08.
Junior diver Landon Orth secured fourth in the 1-meter dive with a score of 265.70 while senior Peter Curtis scored 253.50 for fifth.
"Today was a culmination of a lot of hard work over the last seven months, and seeing so many goals come to fruition is one of the many things that makes this time of year so special," said Lafayette head coach James Dailey. "Winning events against such incredible competition is always exciting and we will continue to build on that success over the coming weeks."
"We will miss the seniors that finished their careers today. We couldn't be more proud of how they represented Lafayette swimming and diving over the last four years," Dailey continued.
The Maroon and White will travel back to Navy for the Patriot League Championships on Feb. 18-21.
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