Spencer and Irwin to Captain Swimming and Diving Teams

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Rising seniors Clarice Spencer and Ben Irwin have been chosen to function the captains for the Navy swimming and diving groups through the 2026-27 season, ladies’s head coach John Morrison and males’s head coach Bill Roberts introduced right this moment.

Spencer was Navy’s prime swimmer within the 200 fly at this 12 months’s Patriot League Championship as she completed in sixth place.  She additionally positioned third within the C last of the 100 fly and competed within the 200 IM on the league meet.  Spencer beforehand scored factors in 5 of her six occasions on the 2024 and ’25 ECAC Championship meets.  

She is an operations analysis main who posted a 4.00 grade-point common through the 2026 spring time period and has recorded a 3.78 cumulative GPA at Navy.  Spencer has obtained educational honors from the USNA in every of her six accomplished semesters.

Irwin gained the 100 fly and 200 again titles at this 12 months’s Patriot League Championship to boost his profession complete in particular person occasions to seven victories. The three-time First-Team All-Patriot League choice competed within the 2025 and ’26 NCAA Championship meets.  He holds the Navy report in each backstroke occasions (100 – 45.66 / 200 – 1:39.79).

Irwin is also an operations analysis main and earned a 4.00 GPA through the 2025 fall semester.  He has compiled a 3.77 cumulative GPA and obtained educational honors from the USNA in all six semesters.  He was named the 2026 Patriot League Scholar-Athlete of the Year for males’s swimming and diving.