Males’s Swimming Units Two Faculty Data at NCAA Championship

ATLANTA, Ga. — The Navy males’s swimming and diving season concluded with the Mids setting two faculty relay data and posting 9 top-10 instances through the four-day NCAA Championship that ended Saturday on the McAuley Aquatic Center in Atlanta, Ga.

“This was a bittersweet meet for us,” stated Navy head coach Bill Roberts.  “On one level, we are honored to bring as many guys as we did to the 2026 NCAA Championship.  However, we were hoping to perform a little better in our events.  It is never an easy meet as we have learned a lot of about where we can grow and improve as a program.  All this said, I am very proud of this group and the 2025-26 team for what they accomplished together.  They were a special group who just completed one of our best seasons to date.”

Headlining Navy’s efforts have been the Mids attaining new faculty requirements within the 200 free relay and the 400 medley relay.

Ben Denman-Grimm, Lachlan Andrew, Henry Cain and Preston Kessler mixed to put up a time of 1:16.70 within the 200 free relay to interrupt the earlier mark of 1:16.80.  Also, Ben Irwin, Juan Mora, Dean Jones and Denman-Grimm set a brand new report within the 400 medley relay as their clocking of three:05.81 bettered the earlier customary of three:05.85.

Navy’s two further relay entries additionally had productive showings.  The 400 free relay staff of Preston Kessler, Denman-Grimm, Andrew and Jones set the third-best time within the occasion with a clocking of two:51.99, whereas the 200 medley relay staff’s time of 1:24.27 ranks fourth on the faculty.  Irwin, Mora, Jones and Denman-Grimm comprised that foursome.

Individually, Jones posted Navy’s second-fastest time in 200 free as his effort of 1:33.79 simply barely missed the present report of 1:33.77.  Also, his 200 fly effort of 1:43.56 ranks ninth in program historical past.  Michael Phillips recorded the fifth-best Navy time within the 200 breast (1:54.28), with Denman-Grimm additionally attaining the No. 5 time within the 100 free (42.82) and tying for the fifth-best time within the 50 free (19.49).

Wednesday

1650 free – Chase Maier – nineteenth / 15:07.91 

200 medley relay – Ben Irwin, Juan Mora, Dean Jones, Ben Denman-Grimm – nineteenth / 1:24.27

Thursday

100 fly – Ben Irwin – thirty seventh / 46.35 

200 free – Dean Jones – fortieth / 1:33.79

200 free relay – Ben Denman-Grimm, Lachlan Andrew, Henry Cain, Preston Kessler – nineteenth / 1:16.70

Friday

100 again – Ben Irwin – forty fourth / 46.44

200 breast – Michael Phillips – twenty seventh / 1:54.28

500 free – Dean Jones – forty first / 4:20.65

50 free – Ben Denman-Grimm – thirty sixth / 19.49 

400 medley relay – Ben Irwin, Juan Mora, Dean Jones, Ben Denman-Grimm – seventeenth / 3:05.81

Saturday

100 free – Ben Denman-Grimm – thirty ninth / 42.82

200 fly – Dean Jones – twenty ninth / 1:43.56

200 again – Ben Irwin – thirty seventh / 1:42.22

400 free relay – Preston Kessler, Ben Denman-Grimm, Lachlan Andrew, Dean Jones – twenty second / 2:51.99