Full Results
BALTIMORE –
Devin Cronin and
Sung Lee each posted individual event victories, and Loyola University Maryland's swimming and diving programs combined for four runner-up efforts over the final two sessions of this year's Thomas Murphy Invitational at Mangione Pool.
Cronin beat out 16 other competitors in the 100-yard breaststroke, while Lee was first in a field of 36 swimmers in the 100 butterfly.
Three Greyhound women were among the top eight in the 100 breast. Cronin completed the race in 1:03.00,
Emma Schouten followed in fourth (1:05.33) and
Abby Andrews was eighth (1:08.20).
Schouten and Cronin added strong performances in the 200 breast later in the afternoon, with Schouten taking second place with a time of 2:19.77, less than a half second ahead of Cronin (2:20.20) in third.
Loyola's other top individual efforts on the women's side came in the 100 fly, with
Emily Koegl (2nd, 55.27),
Anne Hayburn (4th, 57.63) and
Elizabeth Walsh (5th, 58.26) all cracking the top five.
Walsh added an eighth place showing in the 100 backstroke (58.86).
Megan Dickey was fifth in the 100 freestyle (52.56),
Molly Davis took sixth in the 200 fly (2:13.80) and
Elizabeth Romano placed eighth in the 1650 free (18:15.16).
In the relays,
Claire Bowser, Cronin,
Sophie Jahan and Dickey were fifth in the 200 free (1:39.00) while Walsh, Cronin, Koegl and Dickey were fifth in the 200 medley.
Jess Stolfi posted the top scoring effort for the female divers, earning 197.00 points to take eighth in the 3-meter.
Lee became the second Loyola male to win a race this weekend, as he completed the 100 fly in a time of 48.99. He also joined
Colin Anderson,
Jimmy Hayburn and
Jonathan Brooks for a runner-up effort in the 200 free relay (1:24.60).
The Greyhounds had several top finishers in the 100 back.
Conor Rutigliano placed second overall out of 15 competitors with a mark of 52.15, just edging out Brooks (52.37).
Mark Boran followed in fifth (52.96) and
Zachary Metzler was seventh (54.14).
John Sakovich (5th, 58.27) and
David Sears (6th, 58.63) had strong showings in the 100 breast, Hayburn (5th, 47.27) and Anderson (8th, 47.85) cracked the top eight in a field of 36 swimmers in the 100 free, and
Max Verheyen (5th, 2:05.69) and Sakovich (7th, 2:09.74) were among the top finishers in the 200 breast.
Finishing just outside of the top five individually were
Dean Spicer (6th, 16:41.28) in the 1,650 free and
Dylan Champagne (6th, 1:45.16) in the 200 free. Loyola's group of Rutigliano, Sears, Lee and Hayburn added a fifth-place showing in the 200 medley relay, completing the race in 1:34.21.
Jack Still competed in both diving events for the Greyhounds, placing fifth in the 1-meter (197.70 points) and 3-meter (197.80 points).
Richmond, Drexel, Johns Hopkins and West Chester also took part in this weekend's meet.
Loyola returns to the road next Saturday, traveling to Patriot League member Colgate for a dual beginning at 12 p.m.
