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WEST POINT, N.Y. – VMI Men’s Swimming & Diving kicked off the 2025-26 marketing campaign towards Army at Crandall Pool Friday night.
“I am very impressed with our early-season performances,” says VMI Swimming Head Coach Scott Thacker. “Four new team records and sixteen program top-10 times in early October are incredible for us. This was a great way to start the season, and we are looking forward to the next few weeks of racing.”
Despite the 152-53 loss, the Keydets had a number of constructive outcomes, together with a damaged file and 4 top-10 program instances.
Junior Matthew Picard led the way in which by breaking the 100 Butterfly varsity file with a time of 49.12 en route to 3rd place. Picard would land on the rostrum once more, incomes second place within the 50 Freestyle (20.85).
Making an impression in his first collegiate meet was freshman Ian Lutz, who took residence second within the 100 Freestyle (45.73), which places him within the high 10 all-time.
Sophomore Stephen Russell produced a top-10 time for VMI within the 1,000 Freestyle (9:28.99) to earn second, with sophomore Aubrey Struder additionally becoming a member of the record (9:58.37). Russell would additionally land second within the 200 IM (1:53.38).
Returning to his acquainted methods was sophomore Jack Mills, tallying a third-place mark within the 200 Freestyle (1:41.06). Junior Sam Castle and sophomore Joshua Wolf went second (50.68) and third (52.87), respectively, within the 100 Backstroke.
The Keydets’ 200 Freestyle Relay squad, consisting of Picard, Lutz, Russell, and Mills, introduced residence the gold by lower than two-tenths of a second (1:22.32).
On the boards, junior Ryder Creal earned factors for VMI with a third-place end result within the one-meter (249.67).
In complete, VMI posted 11 podium marks with one first-place end.
Next Up
The Keydets head to Emmitsburg, Maryland, for a twin towards Mount St. Mary’s on Saturday, October 11, beginning at 1 p.m.
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