Mountain Hawks Take Residence 4 Occasion Wins at Navy Invitational

ANNAPOLIS, Md.- On Saturday, Lehigh’s males’s swimming and diving staff competed on the Navy Invitational in Annapolis, Md. The Mountain Hawks confronted off in opposition to a majority of Patriot League rivals, with the sector for the invite consisting of American, Bucknell, Lafayette, Lehigh, Navy and Shippensburg.

Jack Deppe led the best way with three podium finishes, together with two occasion wins. The sophomore opened the meet with a victory within the 200-yard particular person medley, swimming 1:48.67. He championed the sector that included two Lehigh first-years inserting within the high ten. Both swimmers earned collegiate greatest instances, with Andrew Takach inserting seventh with a time of 1:54.10, and Spencer Ridge swimming 1:54.63 to put ninth. Deppe and Ridge additionally discovered themselves collectively within the 200-yard breaststroke. Deppe as soon as once more bought a win on this occasion, touching in 2:04.75. Just behind was Ridge, who’s time of two:04.87 was good for second and one other new collegiate greatest time. Lehigh additionally took fourth on this occasion, as Carson Morris swam 57.99. Deppe’s remaining podium end was within the 100-yard butterfly. He positioned second on this occasion, however got here away with a brand new private greatest. 

Frankie Prekop got here away with two occasions in freestyle occasions. The sophomore first received the 200-yard freestyle, coming away with a brand new collegiate greatest time of 1:39.10. He was considered one of 5 toal Mountain Hawks to put within the high ten. Following him had been sophomores David Woerner and Will Peatrichelli. Woerner swam a private greatest time of 1:41.33 to put third, and Pestrichelli positioned sixth with a collegiate greatest time of 1:43.40. First-years Jack MacMillan positioned eighth (1:43.46) and 

TJ Hayes ninth (1:43.83), each competing on this occasion for the primary time of their faculty careers. Prekop’s second win came to visit 50 meters, the place he led a trio of Mountain Hawks to high 5 finishes. He swam 21.04 to prepared the ground, sophomore Jared Rabadam completed subsequent in third (21.72), and first-year Sam Skibo positioned fourth (22.19).

Andrew Takatch earned Lehigh’s remaining win. He swam 4:01.36 within the 400-yard particular person medley, which was a collegiate greatest time for him.

The backstroke occasions featured three high three finishes for Lehigh throughout the 100 and 200-yard competitions. Junior Marr McLellen took third over 100 yards, swimming 50.96. Senior Ben Kisker and sophomore Will Moon earned the second and third spots on the 200-yard self-discipline, with Kisker swimming 1:53.24 to Moon’s private greatest time of 1:53.52.

Will Pestrichelli earned a second sixth place end within the 200-yard butterfly. He touched in 1:52.99, bettering his private greatest time by slightly below two seconds. It was first-year Spencer Campbell who was Lehigh’s high finisher, swimming 1:52.10 to put third. Pestrichelli’s greatest placement was within the 1650-yard freestyle swim. He positioned second general, needing a collegiate greatest time of 15:58.19 to take action. Right behind him in third was Alfredo Figueroa Sedano, who set a brand new private file by swimming 16:00.41.

The remaining occasions consisted of first-years as Lehigh’s highest inserting swimmer, all of whom swam faculty greatest instances. Jake Greeleaf positioned the Mountain Hawks within the 500-yard freestyle, swimming 4:36.65 to earn fourth. Just behind him was Hayes, who additionally swam a collegiate greatest time (4:40.19) to complete eighth. MacMillan and Morris completed back-to-back within the 100-yard backstroke. MacMillan’s 57.98-second race positioned him seventh, a hundredth of a second in entrance of Morris (57.99). Judson McIntosh swam an all-time private greatest time within the 100-yard freestyle, being considered one of three Lehigh swimmers to earn high ten placements. He led in 46.33 to complete eighth, first yr Braeden Roach was a hundredth of a second behind in ninth (46.34), and Moon was proper behind him in tenth with a brand new private file (46.40). 

First-year Ben Elie was Lehigh’s high inserting diver for each heights. He first completed thirteenth at three meters and scored 182.90, and later scored 181.15 to put 14th on the one-meter top.

Lehigh now units their sights on the Patriot League Championship. This 4 day meet will see the Mountain Hawks again in Annapolis February 18-21.