EMMITSBURG, Md. – The VMI men's and women's swimming and diving teams performed well Saturday at Mount St. Mary's University, but fell 151-142 in the men's meet and 179.5-108.5 in the women's.
Top men's performances:
*Ethan Griffith won the 200 IM in 2:11.89, with Elijah Fields in second in 2:13.77
*Fields won the 100 fly in 58.10 and Pedro Robertson won the 800 free in 9:02.51
*The Keydets' Matt Picard (53.41), Chino Vera (53.53) and Dalton Cosner (54.20) finished 1-2-3 in the 100 free
*Lane Jones earned first place in the two 1M diving events
*Fields placed second in the 200 fly in 2:13.43 and Griffith was second in the 200 breast in 2:22.64
*Sam Castle was second in the 200 free (1:58.46) and 200 back (2:14.08)
*Tinn Nguyen took second in the 100 back in 1:00.96 while Collin Marks and Robertson swam identical times of 4:23.94 to tie for second in the 400 free
*Chase Lane finished third in the 100 breast in 1:06.25
*The 200 free relay team of Picard, Vera, Castle and Cosner placed second in 1:35.88
*Vera, Lane, Max Brunner and Marks finished third in the 200 medley relay in 1:47.68
*Ryder Creal took third in both 1M contests to help the VMI men divers outscore MSM 24-8
Top Women's Performances:
*Anna Grace Adams (10:07.29), Valerie Tonnu (10:14.77) and Sarah Liebenow (10:19.66) finished 1-2-3 in the 800 free
*Rachel Greathouse won the 400 free in 4:50.14 and placed second in the 200 free (2:15.28) and the 200 fly (2:36.74)
*Ella Davenport's two first place finishes in the 1M competitions allowed VMI to outscore the Mountaineers' women divers 18-8
*Jillian Maher placed second in the 50 free (29.50) and third in the 100 fly
*Anne Bowles was second in the 100 breast in 1:18.07 and Noelle Tong was third in the 100 back in 1:09.98
*Walden Wilder was third in the 200 breast and 200 IM and Carter Wasser was fourth in the 200 back
*Tong, Greathouse, Maher and Kate Taylor swam a 1:55.88 in the 200 free relay to place third
*Tong, Wilder, Maher and Taylor placed fourth in the 200 medley relay in 2:09.29
Next Time:
The Keydets return home Saturday to the VMI Aquatics Center at 11:30 a.m. to face four teams: NJIT, Howard, UNC Asheville and UMBC.
