Royal bests Navy as Cougars conclude preseason competitors – BYU Athletics – Official Athletics Web site

The Royal vs. Navy meet (previously Blue vs. White) kicked off with the ladies’s and males’s 200 medley relay. Both Royal and Navy earned wins of their respective occasions, with Royal — comprised of Katya Hulse, Lucy Warnick, Ana Loveridge and Taylor Bennet — taking the highest spot within the girls’s occasion with a time of 1:44.18.

Navy gained the lads’s 200 medley relay, with Team A made up of Jack Burke, Peter Etzold, Max Kleinman and Darwin Anderson, ending with a time of 1:29.70.

In addition to the swimming competitors, Royal diving beat Navy with stellar performances from Sophia DeBergh, Betty Martin, Elijah Baker and Martí Llop.

Loveridge, a freshman from Greenwood Village, Colorado, represented Royal beautifully as she took first within the 50 freestyle (23.90) and 100 butterfly (55.47), whereas additionally competing on the profitable 200 medley relay and 400 freestyle relay (3:27.91) groups.

Accompanying Loveridge, senior Victoria Schreiber additionally carried out effectively, incomes three victories together with the 200 freestyle (1:53.76) and 500 freestyle (5:10.94). She was additionally a member of the profitable 400 freestyle relay.

On the lads’s aspect, Kleinman completed first in three occasions. The sophomore gained the 50 freestyle (19.80) and 100 freestyle (44.49), and likewise competed on the profitable 200 medley relay staff. He was a part of the lads’s 400 freestyle relay staff, which got here up simply quick within the ultimate occasion of the meet.

Tanner Nelson showcased his expertise within the pool Friday night time with three first-place finishes of his personal. The South Jordan, Utah, native gained the 200 freestyle (1:40.21) and 500 freestyle (4:36.14), and anchored the profitable 400 freestyle relay staff.

With the rating neck and neck, the winner of the meet was decided by the end result of the ultimate occasion — the lads’s 400 freestyle relay. In a dramatic end, anchors Nelson and Payton Plumb raced aspect by aspect within the ultimate leg, with Nelson hitting the wall at 3:01.40. Plumb completed simply behind, giving the Navy A staff a time of three:02.64.

Up Next
The Cougars will kick off official competitors as they journey to Grand Junction, Colorado, for the fifteenth annual CMU Intermountain Shootout on Friday, Oct. 3, and Saturday, Oct. 4.