BALTIMORE – Loyola University Maryland men's and women's swimming and diving opened their 2024-25 season with a victory in Patriot League dual meet action, beating American University on Tuesday afternoon at the Mangione Aquatic Center.
 
The Greyhounds women took a 211-88 victory, while the men were 246-53 winners. The teams swam shorter distances – 50 and 100 yards – in the races with more competition coming later this week.
 
Sweeping Up

• The men's team swept all 14 individual events, while the women were victorious in 11 of the 14.

First-Year Winners

• Five Greyhounds won events in their intercollegiate debuts on Tuesday.
• Brennan Coyle took a pair of races for the men's team, winning the 50 butterfly (24.89) and the 100 individual medley (50.28).
• Two more men's swimmers won in the first meet with Hayden Bartz swimming 4:38.94 to take first in the 500 freestyle, and JD Moyer going 51.21 for the top spot in the 100 backstroke.
• Julia Mason debuted for the women with a victory in the 200 freestyle, swimming 1:55.29, and CC Leoni won the women's 500 freestyle in 5:13.83.

Mead Takes Three

• Lily Mead opened her fifth year of competition for the Greyhounds the same way she has her previous seasons, with a handful of wins.
• Mead won all three individual events she swam, taking first in the 50 breaststroke (29.50), 100 freestyle (52.00) and 100 individual medley (57.99).
• She also was a member of the opening 200 medley relay, leading off the winning team.

Five Win A Pair

• Five Greyhounds were double winners at the meet: Coyle, Tyler Knurek, Michael Gozdan, Thomas McCarthy, Haley Robinson and Cali Fasser.
• Knurek won a pair of sprint freestyle events, swimming 1:42.79 in the 200 and 46.90 in the 100.
• Gozdan touched the wall first in both breaststroke events, going 25.57 in the 50 and 56.12 in the 100.

Diving Into Wins

• Cali Fasser and Thomas McCarthy were both winners for the Greyhounds in the four diving events.
• Fasser scored 232.58 to win the 3-meter event for the women, and she finished with 259.13 points for first in the 1-meter.
• McCarthy finished with 272.25 points in the 3-meter on the men's side and 281.10 in the 1-meter.

Relay Dominance

• The Greyhounds won all four relay events on Tuesday.
• Mead, Avery Stimmel, Haley Robinson and Charley Tulio were first in the 200 medley relay in 1:43.01, and Stimmel, Robinson, Fay Moser and Tulio took first in the 200 free relay (1:35.22).
• In the men's races, Joe Hayburn, Michael Venit, Patrick Hayburn and Caleb Kelly were winners in the medley (1:29.62), while Kelly, Gozdan and the Hayburn brothers won the freestyle event (1:23.72).

Bringing Home Wins

• Alex Plavoukos won the 1,000 freestyle for the men in 9:32.47, and Joe Hayburn took first in the 50 backstroke (22.54).
• Harry Hearn took first in the 100 butterfly (49.79) for the men, while Kaitlin Witkop earned the victory in the women's version of the race (58.76).
• Robinson and Kelly were winners in the women's and men's 50 freestyles, respectively, with times of 23.90 and 20.64.
• Stimmel brought home a victory in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:05.93.

Up Next

• The meet was the start of a busy week for the Greyhounds who will compete twice more in the next four days.
• Loyola heads to Annapolis, Maryland, on Friday, for a 4 p.m. meet against Navy, LSU and George Mason. The Greyhounds then travel to Easton, Pennsylvania, for a 1 p.m. contest versus Lafayette on Saturday.