A Mixed Three Titles Locations Each Navy Teams in First at League Championship

Women’s Swimming & Diving | 2/19/2026 10:02:00 PM

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Thursday’s efforts by the Navy swimming and diving crew on the Patriot League Championship have been highlighted by a trio of victories and a pair of NCAA Championship-qualifying occasions at Lejeune Hall in Annapolis.  The Navy males’s crew has amassed 619 factors and leads second-place Army by 191 factors, whereas the Navy girls’s crew has tallied 500 factors and holds a lead of 112 factors over Army.

Individually, Dean Jones gained the five hundred free, Lauren Walsh gained the 200 particular person medley and Ben Denman-Grimm positioned first within the 50 freestyle, with Jones and Denman-Grimm certified to compete on the nationwide championship in a couple of weeks.

“We were very pleased with the energy and fight today,” mentioned Navy girls’s swimming head coach John Morrison.  “Our swimmers did a great job in the morning, which fed many lifetime bests at the night and gave us the lead.  It was great to see our three seniors, Sarah Eldridge, Maddie Koutavas and Lauren Walsh achieve lifetime best times.  Lauren’s win was a huge boost for our team.

“Our divers additionally have been great at the moment.  Advancing 4 to the championship remaining is a good feat.”

“I used to be extremely pleased with how our crew competed at the moment,” said Navy men’s swimming head coach Bill Roberts.  “In a championship meet like this, there’ll at all times be ups and downs all through every session.  I assumed the crew dealt with all the surprising extraordinarily properly and we have been capable of produce some very robust outcomes tonight.  

“We are already looking forward to the morning as we have a very exciting day ahead.”

500 Freestyle

Women

Team Eldridge led a foursome of Mids within the championship remaining along with her second-place end of 4:48.55.  Brynn Stoneburg positioned second (4:51.33), Erin Miller completed in fifth place (4:55.24) and Marin Rose positioned eighth (4:56.18).

Men

Navy swimmers stuffed six of the eight lanes in the beginning of the championship remaining and Mids would contact the wall on the finish of the race in first, second, third, fourth and fifth locations.  Highlighting all of them was Jones, who posted a time of 4:16.73 to win the race and in addition qualify for the NCAA Championship as his clocking was below the usual of 4:18.07.  (The new qualification format advances any particular person occasion convention champion to the NCAA Championship if their profitable time within the remaining is beneath the established normal.)

Jones narrowly edged Xavier Sohovich for the win as his time of 4:16.76 positioned him second.  Chase Maier adopted in third place (4:19.44), Martin Perecinsky positioned fourth (4:19.73) and Ben Mauldin claimed fifth place (4:21.64).  Additionally, Luca Oliva completed in eighth place (4:26.53).

200 Individual Medley

Women

Now a senior, Walsh had earned the silver medal in six of her earlier 9 particular person occasions on the Patriot League Championship during the last three years.  Tonight, she lastly had a gold medal positioned over her neck as she posted a time of 1:58.46 to win the championship remaining by 95-hundredths of a second.

Walsh was joined within the remaining by teammate Elsie Delacruz, who recorded a time of two:00.57 to complete in third place.

Men

Navy swimmers positioned second and third within the championship remaining as Michael Phillips positioned second with a time of 1:45.03 and Coleman Yates completed in third together with his clocking of 1:45.41.

50 Freestyle

Women

Navy didn’t qualify any swimmers for the championship remaining.

Men

It was an Army-Navy battle within the championship remaining because the race featured 4 carrying the blue and gold and three in black and gold.

Denman-Grimm broke a slew of data and certified for the nationwide championship together with his profitable time of 19.28.  That effort broke the college (19.47), pool (19.45), league and meet data (19.35) and was properly below the NCAA qualification normal of 19.43.

Army’s Johnny Crush positioned second at 19.48, then Navy’s Preston Kessler (19.56) and Lachlan Andrew (19.62) adopted in third and fourth locations, respectively.  Also, Gavin Green positioned sixth together with his time of 19.73.

Women’s One-Meter Diving

Navy’s Mackenzie Kim, final 12 months’s champion on each boards, scored 290.70 factors within the prelims to steer all divers by 15 factors.  She was joined within the championship remaining by teammates Lily Barrett (fifth, 244.55), Izzy Olson (sixth, 243.15) and Claire Ellish (seventh, 234.90). 

However, Kim was edged for the title in 19 factors as her rating of 281.60 positioned her second.  Ellish adopted in third place (269.75), Olson completed in fourth place (268.90) and Barrett scored 257.95 factors to complete in sixth place.

400 Medley Relay

Women

Army positioned first in a time of three:34.27, Boston adopted in second at 3:39.42 and Navy got here in third place with a 3:39.57.

Men

A powerful opening leg by Army gave the Black Knights a cushion over the remainder of the race as they posted a time of three:04.17 to win the race by virtually 1.7 seconds over the Navy second-place clocking of three:05.85.

Women’s Scores

1. Navy – 500

2. Army – 388

3. Boston – 369

4. Bucknell – 359

5. Loyola – 309

6. Colgate – 255

7. American – 237

8. Lehigh – 225

9. Holy Cross – 140

10. Lafayette – 130

Men’s Scores

1. Navy – 619

2. Army – 428

3. Loyola – 347

4. Boston – 343

5. Bucknell – 297

6. Lehigh – 214

7. Holy Cross – 202

8. Lafayette – 178

9. Colgate – 150

10. American – 134