2023 Military vs. Navy
- Dec. 7, 2023
- Annapolis, Maryland
- PDF outcomes
- Workforce scores
- Ladies: Navy 162, Military 138
- Males: Navy 154, Military 147
The Navy ladies (5-1) prolonged their successful streak in opposition to Military (2-1) to 35 years with a 162-138 victory within the annual Star Meet on Thursday, however that outcome marked the closest the matchup has been since 2000 (151-149).
On the boys’s facet, Navy (6-1) bounced again with a good 153-147 win after dropping final 12 months’s rivalry showdown for the primary time in 32 years. The seven-point margin of victory was the slimmest since Navy beat Military, 125-118, again in 1993.
Regardless of getting swept, the Black Knight broke 11 program information throughout the 32 occasions.
Within the soccer version of the Star Collection on Saturday, Military got here up with a goal-line stand within the remaining seconds to clinch a 17-11 win in opposition to Navy.
Ladies’s Recap
The Navy ladies led from begin to end, however Military hung across the complete time as they cut up the 16 occasions contested on Thursday.
Navy freshman Ela Habjan had an enormous meet highlighted by her 100 again win in 53.87, which broke the Navy (54.02), meet (54.02), and Patriot League information (53.23) within the occasion. The freshman from New Jersey lowered her previous-best 53.87 from April by precisely a second. Habjan additionally received the 200 again in 1:55.79, shaving greater than three seconds off her previous-best 1:58.91 from final March. She added a 3rd private greatest along with her 50 again leadoff (24.96) on Navy’s victorious 200 medley relay (1:38.70), dropping just a few tenths off her previous-best 25.34.
Dash freestyle specialist Maya Novack secured the 50 free (23.02) and 100 free (49.97) crowns for Navy, each in personal-best instances. The senior from Wisconsin dropped .13 seconds within the 50 free and .72 seconds within the 100 free. Novack additionally anchored Navy’s 200 medley relay crew with a 22.64 free cut up.
Caroline Irwin additionally captured a number of particular person titles for the Navy ladies within the 100 fly (53.82) and 200 fly (1:58.10). The junior from Georgia has been as quick as 53.13 within the 100 fly and 1:57.71 within the 200 fly final December. Irwin additionally contributed a 23.70 fly cut up on Navy’s 200 medley relay.
“The vitality in Lejeune was unimaginable,” Navy ladies’s swimming head coach John Morrison stated. “An enormous thanks to the households, alumni and buddies for popping out to help the meet. And congratulations to Military. They’d an unimaginable meet.
“I used to be actual pleased with how our crew responded to the challenges we confronted,” Morrison added. “We had an all-in crew effort to win the day. We competed with a never-give-up mentality and it carried us to the tip.”
“This environment is like nothing else,” stated Navy ladies’s crew captain Theresa Milio, who positioned fifth within the 200 breast (2:20.44). “To have the group like this behind you, cheering you on along with your teammates by your facet makes folks like that haven’t earlier than. It’s superior.
“Our crew by no means takes something with no consideration,” Milio added. “We don’t take the streak with no consideration. It’s clean slate yearly and we all know we have now to battle in opposition to a very gifted crew. Simply trusting in our coaching and trusting our teammates realizing we put our all into it to drag by way of ultimately.”
Military sophomore Molly Webber established a brand new Academy file within the 1000 free with a 9:58.91, dropping greater than a dozen seconds off her previous-best 10:11.64 from final month. She saved her momentum going within the 200 free, the place she set one other program file with a successful time of 1:46.88 earlier than capping her spectacular session with a 500 free victory in 4:49.74.
Military senior Aurelie Migault (1:02.50) and sophomore Catriona Gilmore (1:03.13) went 1-2 within the 100 breast whereas Minh Donnell swept the diving occasions (248.10 1-meter and 263.10 3-meter) to maintain the Black Knights inside hanging distance. Migault accomplished the breaststroke sweep by securing the 200 breast crown in a personal-best 2:09.92, dipping below the two:10 barrier for the primary time, earlier than operating away with the 200 IM title in 2:00.14.
Males’s Recap
Navy freshman Ben Irwin made a huge effect at his first Star Meet, taking down the Navy (1:41.95), meet (1:43.47), and Patriot League (1:41.95) information within the 200 again throughout his victory in 1:41.50. That point marked a brand new lifetime greatest, shaving just a few tenths off his previous-best 1:41.86 from final December. Irwin additionally received the 100 again in 46.18, slicing .13 seconds off his previous-best 46.31 from final December. The Georgia native switched his dedication from Georgia Tech to Navy in January, changing into the primary Midshipmen recruit ever below 20 seconds within the 50 free.
Navy senior Patrick Colwell swept the 100 fly (46.54) and 200 fly (1:44.06) in lifetime bests whereas including a personal-best 22.02 50 again leadoff on the Mids’ 200 medley ‘B’ relay (1:25.71). The Connecticut native dropped three-tenths of a second off her previous-best 100 fly from the 2022 Patriot League Championships and .73 seconds off her previous-best 200 fly from the 2023 Patriot League Championships.
Navy junior Blakeman Shaw dominated the diving occasions with 1st-place finishes on the 1-meter (362.63) and 3-meter (339.90). Navy senior Jonah Hurt triumphed within the 50 free (19.74) whereas Juan Mora added a victory within the 200 breast with a personal-best 1:54.53 together with a runner-up end within the 100 breast (52.49) only a hair behind Military sophomore Kohen Rankin‘s new Academy file of 52.48.
“This meet is particular on so many ranges,” Navy males’s swimming head coach Invoice Roberts stated. “Earlier than you even get to discussing the meet itself, it is without doubt one of the greatest twin meet environments within the NCAA. We wish to lengthen an enormous thanks to all who got here out tonight to help the meet in addition to all who labored behind the scenes to make this a particular occasion for each packages.
“Within the water, we had been anticipating a really shut meet. This meet was fascinating as there have been a number of occasions that didn’t go the best way we had deliberate. It is a tribute to the depth of the competitors as we actually needed to battle and claw for each level alongside the best way. I used to be actually pleased with the best way this crew responded to the outcomes of every occasion.”
“That is an unimaginable place to swim,” Navy males’s crew captain Matt Murphy stated. “Phrases are exhausting to explain it. In that first relay once we touched first and the entire place exploded, it was ridiculous.
“Clearly, occasions don’t go as deliberate,” Murphy added. “They by no means do. That’s why we swim the meet. If we went off of paper, this meet would have gone utterly in another way. I believe the turning level was the 200 breast when Juan Mora received with a career-best time. That turned the momentum our means.”
Military swept the rostrum within the 1000 free to kick off the meet courtesy of Ian Tansill (9:02.00), CJ Bernauer (9:05.58), and Brice Barrieault (9:05.67). Military junior Wes Tate saved it going for the Black Knights with a meet file within the 200 free (1:35.14).
They nonetheless had an opportunity at unlikely comeback win heading into the 400 free relay after Alex Edwards (1:45.84) and Sam Wesley (1:46.45) went 1-2 within the 200 IM. However though Military tallied a brand new Patriot League file within the 400 free relay (2:53.57), Navy positioned 2nd-4th to safe the general meet sweep. Ben Vorthmann (43.72), Thomas Hadji (43.24), Owen Harlow (42.99), and Wes Tate (43.62) mixed for Military’s record-breaking 400 free relay time.
“I couldn’t extra pleased with the best way the crew competed and carried themselves this night,” Military head coach Brandt Nigro stated. “They confirmed grit and resilience from begin to end and put up top-of-the-line single night time performances in program historical past.
“Navy did an superior job creating a really energetic and hostile setting,” Nigro continued. “This meet could be robust to deal with and be at your greatest given the environment and depth of the second – it’s one thing we’ve labored on and talked about over time. Our crew did an awesome job staying centered on ourselves and our mission and saved the exterior distractions exterior. They had been skilled in the best way they carried themselves and confirmed class. This rivalry is intense and our crew is usually compelled to take care of unsportsmanlike conduct from the opposite facet, nonetheless they stayed dialed in and didn’t let the nonsense get to them – and for that I’m very proud.
“We had some unimaginable performances tonight — each on the boards and within the pool,” he added. “There are too many highlights to say all of them right here, however hats off to our complete “Firstie” class for what they’ve finished for our program over time and the way properly they competed tonight. They’ve continued to enhance by way of their 4 years and lots of had lifetime greatest and set academy information tonight’s. It was nice to see Melinda Zhang and Bruce Bannister set their first particular person academy information. And, Aurelie continued to chip away at her 200 Breast Document, breaking 2:10 for the primary time. James Pinter had the meet of his profession and swam nice from begin to end. Although the ultimate scores weren’t what we needed we realized so much from the expertise and are able to take these classes again to apply this Sunday.”
Throughout LCM time trials on Friday, Military freshman Kalvin Hahn earned a 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials reduce within the 400 IM (4:25.19), dropping greater than two seconds off his previous-best 4:27.72 from final August.
