Men’s Swim & Dive Edges Columbia

Friday, November 6

New York, NY

7 PM

Army West Point

153

143

Columbia

Men’s Swim & Dive Edges Columbia

November 06, 2015 | Men's Swimming and Diving

FINAL RESULTS

NEW YORK, N.Y. – For the first time in over a decade, the Army West Point men's swimming and diving team edged Columbia. The Black Knights defeated the Lions in a close, 153-143, dual-meet on Friday night. Army maintained its unbeaten streak on the year and improved to 4-0 overall.

"It was a great team win for us," said head coach Mickey Wender. "They were able to come off the bus into a challenging environment and be successful. It was a great win and the team showed a lot of heart and toughness in the meet. Nobody got overly emotional. The guys knew what their roles were and executed well. They focused on the things that mattered most and it was a great overall team win. Chris and Jay really stepped up big for us today and had wins in key races."

The Black Knights started the meet off strong by placing first and third in the 200 medley relay. Josh Sembrano, Sam Mo, Austin Kong and Chris Szekely joined together to touch the wall in 1:31.84. Evin Rude, Neon Stern, Jason Rodriguez and Brandon McCredie placed third with a time of 1:35.06.

In the 1000 free, Tom Ottman was the Cadets' top finisher after clocking a 9:37.81, a personal best. He finished third and was followed by Clay Harmon who recorded a 9:42.15.

Rude placed first in the 200 free with a time of 1:41.56, while Devin McCall (1:43.26) and Adam Sjholm (1:44.55) placed fourth and fifth, respectively.

Sembrano placed first in the 100 back for the Black Knights after touching the wall in 50.33 before Jay Yang clocked a first-place time of 1:49.47 in the 200 fly. Jason Rodriguez (1:52.47) and Zack Blankenbeker (1:53.49) earned the third and fourth place sports in the 200 fly for Army.

In the 50 free, Szekely finished in first place with a time of 20.72. McCredie was third after clocking a 21.19.

After the diving break, Szekely turned around to be the top finisher in the 100 free after touching the wall in 45.25. McCredie, Devin McCall and Adam Sjoholm were third through fifth for the Black Knights in the same event.

Yang and Sembrano go one-two in the 200 back. Yang recorded a time of 1:49.72 and Sembrano finished in 1:50.73. Ottman clocked a 4:37.78 in the 500 free to place third.

Yang recorded another first-place finish on the night in the 100 fly. He touched the wall in 1:51.33 to be first, while Kong (50.09) and Rodriguez (50.80) were second and third.

The Black Knights closed-out the meet with the top time in the 400 free relay. The team of Szekely, McCredie, McCall and Rude had a time of 3:02.92 to place first.

In the diving events, Edward Emery was awarded 186.15 points off the 3-meter to place third. On the 1-meter Joe Frullaney tallied 237.23 points, while Emery was fourth with a score of 188.48.

Army increases its lead over the Lions to 58-24 all-time with tonight's victory.

The Black Knights will take a weekend of rest before heading to the Terrier Invitational Nov. 21-23 at Boston University.

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