BALTIMORE – Loyola University Maryland men's and women's swimming and diving combined to win seven events Saturday during the second day of the Thomas Murphy Invitational at the Mangione Pool at the Fitness and Aquatic Center.
The men's team won both relays contested during the second of three days of the meet, and
Tyler Stewart,
Henry Mueller, Teddy Cross and
Jack Still all won individual events.
Lily Mead cruised to a win for the women's team in the 400 individual medley.
Through 28 events, the Loyola men's team leads the event with 1,073 points, followed by Towson University (912) and Johns Hopkins University (774). Towson holds a razor-thin lead on the women's side with 1,061.5 points to the Greyhounds' 1,049.5 as the Blue Jays have scored 791 points in that meet.
Loyola's men opened Saturday's finals with a win in the 400 medley relay as Teddy Cross,
Max Verheyen, Cameron Shinnick and
Caleb Kelly raced to a time of 3:15.95, just over a half-second off setting a pool record in the event.
Mead's win in the 400 individual medley came with a time of 4:24.52 as she beat Madeline Frick of Towson by more than 1.5 seconds. Stewart won the men's version of the race, finishing in 3:57.78.
Henry Mueller and
Harry Hearn went one-two in the men's 200 freestyle with times of 1:38.52 and 1:40.74, respectively, while Cross and
Patrick Hayburn did the same thing in the men's 100 backstroke in 49.26 and 29.64.
Still was a winner in the 3-meter diving competition, scoring 256.20 points, and he also was the recipient of the prestigious Thomas Murphy Scholarship, presented at the meet. Named in honor of the Loyola swimming and diving coach who was also a graduate of the school. The award honors a student-athlete who has been a key contributor to the team and demonstrates high academic achievement.
The Greyhounds' final win of the night came in the men's 200 freestyle relay as Hayburn, Mueller, Cross and Kelly swan a time of 1:21.62 for the win.
The meet will conclude Sunday with preliminary races at 10 a.m. and finals at 6 p.m.
Following are other top swims for the Greyhounds on Saturday:
| Women's 400 Medley Relay |
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| 2. |
Mead, Simko, Schultz, Tulio |
3:45.23 |
| 4. |
Crowley, Stimmel, Witkop, Moser |
3:52.19 |
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| Men's 200 Medley Relay |
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| 1. |
Cross, Verheyen, C. Shinnick, Kelly |
3:15.95 |
| 5. |
Glaser, Cholish, Champagne, Legambi |
1:39.39 |
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| Women's 100 Butterfly |
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| 6. |
Kaitlin Witkop |
57.25 |
| 7. |
Laura Latham |
57.32 |
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| Men's 100 Butterfly |
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| 3. |
Cameron Shinnick |
48.91 |
| 4. |
Patrick Hayburn |
49.64 |
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| Women's 400 Individual Medley |
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| 1. |
Lily Mead |
4:24.52 |
| 5. |
Grace Dwyer |
4:33.80 |
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| Men's 400 Individual Medley |
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| 1. |
Tyler Stewart |
3:57.78 |
| 7. |
Matt Voight |
4:09.39 |
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| Women's 200 Freestyle |
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| 2. |
Michela Schultz |
1:51.87 |
| 7. |
Faith Karr |
1:54.39 |
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| Men's 200 Freestyle |
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| 1. |
Henry Mueller |
1:38.52 |
| 2. |
Harry Hearn |
1:40.74 |
| 5. |
Zach Reid |
1:42.47 |
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| Women's 100 Breaststroke |
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| 2. |
Paige Simko |
1:04.45 |
| T-5. |
Avery Stimmel |
1:06.08 |
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| Men's 100 Breaststroke |
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| 2. |
Michael Gozdan |
55.20 |
| 3. |
Max Verheyen |
56.56 |
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| Women's 100 Backstroke |
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| 4. |
Tahlia Crowley |
58.14 |
| 6. |
Alison Prushinski |
58.67 |
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| Men's 100 Backstrokke |
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| 1. |
Teddy Cross |
49.26 |
| 2. |
Patrick Hayburn |
49.64 |
| 4. |
Tyler Knurek |
51.16 |
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| Women's 1-meter diving |
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| 6. |
Kassidy Georgevich |
199.58 |
| 7. |
Lily Bristline |
164.33 |
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| Men's 3-meter diving |
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| 1. |
Jack Still |
256.20 |
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| Women's 200 Freestyle Relay |
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| 2. |
Mead, Stimmel, Moser, Tulio |
1:34.30 |
| 6. |
Simko, Shaw, Lebed, Colyar |
1:38.00 |
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| Men's 200 Freestyle Relay |
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| 1. |
Hayburn, Mueller, Cross, Kelly |
1:21.62 |
| 4. |
Zellner, Legambi, Reid, Nguyen |
1:26.24 |
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| Women's 3-meter diving |
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| 5. |
Kassidy Georgevich |
211.05 |
| 7. |
Regan Bruno |
150.33 |
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| Men's 1-meter Diving |
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| 2. |
Jack Still |
265.28 |
