Navy Swimming Teams Win Two Events at Navy Invitational :: Mids record 18 top-three finishes in five-team event.

Feb. 2, 2008

ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- Navy men's swimmers Adam Meyer and Erik Hunter won events at the five-team Navy Invitational on Saturday afternoon in Lejeune Hall. In addition, the two Navy teams finished the non-scored invite with 18 top-three finishes during the competition.

Meyer, a sophomore from Bethesda, Md., led the Navy men's team with a school-record performance in the 200-yard butterfly with a clocking of 1:50.02, a performance that placed him second in the event. In addition to that second-place showing, he captured the title in the 400-yard individual medley with a time of 4:00.80. He was also a member of the 200-yard medley relay that placed second in 1:33.75, teaming with Andrew Hetzner (So. / Riverside, Calif.), Kevin Kysiak (Sr. / Western Springs, Ill.) and Alex Oldenkamp (Jr. / Coppell, Texas).

Navy's other individual title came in the 1650-yard freestyle. Freshman Erik Hunter (Placerville, Calif.) led a Navy 1-2-3 finish with a time of 16:01.48. Sam Martinette (Fr. / Richmond, Va.) was second in 16:25.90 and J.J. Helms (Fr. / Conroe, Texas) finished third in 16:37.30.

Oldenkamp garnered a second-place finish in the 50-yard freestyle with a clocking of 20.84. Frank Komadina (So. / Gilbert, Ariz.) was second in the 100-yard freestyle in 47.03. Ari Molina (Jr. / Arlington, Va.) placed second in the 100-yard breaststroke in 58.43. Lastly, the relay team of Komadina, Nathan Durham (Jr. / Greensboro, N.C.), Wren Dupre (So. / Terrace Park, Ohio) and Preston Mihalko (Jr. / Chesapeake, Va.) placed second in the 200-yard freestyle relay in 1:25.92.

"Overall, it was a productive day, but I'm not totally satisfied with where we are. We have some work to do," said Navy head coach Bill Roberts. "Individually, we had some good performances. Adam Meyer had a good day and Erik Hunter swam well for us."

The Navy men's team will host Columbia next Friday at 4:00 pm.

On the women's side, Tara Chapmon (So. / Virginia Beach, Va.) was Navy's top finisher with a second-place showing in the 100-yard backstroke in 1:00.37.

The Mids picked up five third-place finishes on the afternoon, highlighted by a pair by Thuy-Mi Dinh (So. / Anaheim, Calif.). She finished third in the 100-yard butterfly in 59.91, then teamed with Jamie Call (Sr. / Valdez, Alaska), Lauren Milliron (Jr. / Richmond, Va.) and Tessa Snow (Fr. / Hamlin, N.Y.) for a third-place showing in the 200-yard medley relay in 1:53.81.

Snow also finished third in the 100-yard breaststroke in 1:08.63.

Clare McKenna (Jr. / Garden City, N.Y.) was third in the 100-yard backstroke in 1:04.02.

Navy's last third-place showing came in the 200-yard freestyle relay, where Lakin Stogner, Chapmon, Allison Ranzau (Fr. / Alpharetta, Ga.) and Rachel Gray (Sr. / Latrobe, Pa.) were third in 1:39.39.

The Navy's women's team will next compete in the Patriot League Championships on Feb. 21-24, in Annapolis.

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