Army Sets Records in Star Meet Loss to Navy

Several academy, pool and plebe records fell as the Army West Point men's swimming and diving team lost to Navy in the Star Match, 156.5-143.5, on Saturday afternoon at Crandall Pool. The trio of Sean Regan, Johnny Ellery and Peter Mikheyev swept the top three spots in the 200 butterfly with marks of 1:45.85, 1:46.32 and 1:48.18, respectively. For Regan, it was an academy record, while Ellery posted a new plebe mark. Mikheyev also set an academy and pool record in winning the 200 individual medley with a time of 1:48.44. Tom Ottman won the 1000 freestyle with a time of 9:06.47. The sophomore also won the 500 freestyle by touching the wall in 4:26.09. Evin Rude posted a new academy record as he touched the wall first in the 200 freestyle with a time of 1:36.77. Rude also tied for first in the 100 freestyle clocking in at 44.76 seconds. Josh Sembrano tied his own academy record in the 100 backstroke with a time of 48.39 seconds. Sembrano and Mike Stanchi went first and second in the 200 backstroke with marks of 1:46.90 and 1:47.22, respectively. Joe Daniels recorded an academy record in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 53.35 seconds, while teammate Ty Dang broke the plebe record in 54.50 seconds. Ty Dang broke his own plebe record and set an academy record with a time of 1:56.05 in the 200 breaststroke. Dang broke a 29-year old academy record previously held by John VanSant. Junior Jason Rodriguez took home the top spot in the 100 butterfly with a time of 47.90 seconds. In the 1-meter diving portion of the meet, Bradley Buchter recorded a pool record with a final score of 344.25. Read More