2026 Patriot League Swimming and Diving Championship Day One Recap (2.18.26)

BETHLEHEM, Pa. – The Navy males’s swimming and diving workforce owns the lead after day one of many 2026 Patriot League Swimming and Diving Championships on the United States Naval Academy’s Lejeune Hall. The Army West Point Black Knights are in first place on the ladies’s facet with 128 factors.

200-Yard Medley Relay

For the primary time since 2020 and the fourth time in program historical past, Army West Point’s ladies’s workforce captured the 200-yard medley relay title because the quartet of Angie McKane, Catriona Gilmore, Syndney Braeger and Tiana Mescher swam a Patriot League and championship file time of 1.38.37. Navy’s Ela Habjan, Lauren Walsh, Julianne McCraine and Elise Delacruz completed because the runner-up with a time of 1:38.85. Loyola Maryland’s Maeve Brandenburg, Bryce Gold, Christine Datovech and Haley Robinson rounded out the rostrum at 1:40.17.

The Midshipmen secured first place within the males’s 200-yard medley relay for the primary time since 2023 and the sixteenth time at school historical past as Ben Irwin, Juan Mora, Lachlan Andrew and Ben Grimm-Denman clocked a championship file time of 1:23.59. The two-time defending champion Greyhounds’ relay squad (Joe Hayburn, Brennan Coyle, Hans Van Lierop, Derek Feldman) completed because the runner-up with a time of 1:23.69, whereas Army West Point’s Johnny Crush, Kohen Rankin, Daniel Verdolaga and Ben Vorthmann led the Black Knights to a third-place end (1:23.80).

3-Meter Diving – Men

The Midshipmen swept the rostrum within the males’s three-meter dive, led by junior Finn Gelbach, who captured his second profession title with a rating of 364.95. Luke Ogren completed because the runner-up with 347.55 factors and Anthony Sciulli captured third place with a rating of 341.70.

800-Yard Freestyle Relay

The Black Knights’ ladies’s workforce captured gold within the 800-yard freestyle relay for the third straight championship and fourth time at school historical past as Jenna Hart, Elle Burke, Molly Webber and Sydney Braeger posted a time of seven:13.83. Navy’s unit of Kaitlyn Landers, Erin Miller, Brynn Stoneburg and Allie Maloney touched the wall in 7:14.39 to complete because the runner-up. Bucknell rounded out the rostrum in third place because the Bison’s Clara Renner, Jennifer Bolden, Kyla Kelly and Sydney Dettmann swam a 7:19.33.

Navy concluded day one in record-breaking style because the Midshipmen’s quartet of Dean Jones, Xavier Sohovich, Martin Perecinsky and Ben Stankovich clocked a Patriot League and championship file time of 6:16.34. Two-time defending champion Army West Point (Sam Reilly, Max Peterson, Thomas Hadji, Max Jordan) positioned second with a time of 6:26.52, whereas Boston University’s Giovanni Sullo, Nathan Lee, Jonny Farber and Charlie Nenchev mixed to complete third (6:30.38).

Day two of the 2026 Patriot League Swimming & Diving Championships resumes on Thursday with preliminaries at 10 a.m., adopted by finals at 6 p.m. Live protection can be obtainable every day on ESPN+.

Additional info on the Patriot League Swimming and Diving Championships might be discovered on the championship web page HERE.

Women – Team Rankings – Through Event 5

1. Army West Point – 128

2. Navy – 112

3. Bucknell – 104

4. Loyola Maryland – 100

4. Lehigh – 100

6. Boston University – 94

6. Colgate – 94

8. American – 92

9. Holy Cross – 84

10. Lafayette – 68

Men – Team Rankings – Through Event 5

1. Navy – 215

2. Army West Point – 173

3. Boston University – 159

4. Bucknell – 147

5. Loyola Maryland – 135

6. Holy Cross – 126

7. Lehigh – 98

7. American – 98

9. Lafayette – 96

10. Colgate – 91

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