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Van Ess Ties School Record at Navy Invite

Multiple Leopards reach personal-best performances

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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Players Mentioned

Peter Curtis

Peter Curtis

Diving
Senior
Daisy Decker

Daisy Decker

Free
Junior
Zachary Dickman

Zachary Dickman

Free
Junior
Mia Guster

Mia Guster

Diving
Junior
Natalie Johnson

Natalie Johnson

Fly/Free/Back
Junior
Emma Luttrell

Emma Luttrell

Fly/IM/Free
Senior
Landon Orth

Landon Orth

Diving
Junior
Isabella Van Ess

Isabella Van Ess

IM/Breast
Senior
Alexander Zoldan

Alexander Zoldan

Free/IM/Fly
Junior
Max Mahler

Max Mahler

Breast/Free/Fly
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Peter Curtis

Peter Curtis

Senior
Diving
Daisy Decker

Daisy Decker

Junior
Free
Zachary Dickman

Zachary Dickman

Junior
Free
Mia Guster

Mia Guster

Junior
Diving
Natalie Johnson

Natalie Johnson

Junior
Fly/Free/Back
Emma Luttrell

Emma Luttrell

Senior
Fly/IM/Free
Landon Orth

Landon Orth

Junior
Diving
Isabella Van Ess

Isabella Van Ess

Senior
IM/Breast
Alexander Zoldan

Alexander Zoldan

Junior
Free/IM/Fly
Max Mahler

Max Mahler

Freshman
Breast/Free/Fly