BALTIMORE – Loyola University Maryland finished the Thomas Murphy Invitational by winning both team titles and setting four meet records on Sunday at Mangione Aquatic Center. The Greyhounds scored 3,432 points on the women's side and 3,466.5 for the men, closing the three-day event.
Loyola's meet records came in the men's 100-yard freestyle, women's 200-yard butterfly, men's 200-yard butterfly, and the men's 400-yard freestyle relay.
Christine Datovech set a school and pool record in the 50 butterfly, qualifying for the US Open Championships in the process with a time-trial swim of 24.00 seconds. Teammate Haley Robinson was right behind in that trial in 24.14.
Brennan Coyle posted 44.00 in the 100 free to lower the meet mark, while Riley Fried set the women's 200 butterfly record at 2:01.73. Luke Dwyer broke the men's 200 fly record with 1:47.26, and the relay team of Joe Hayburn, Colin Davis, Coyle, and Derek Feldman finished in 2:56.01 for another meet standard.
Hayburn, who shared Co-Swimmer of the Meet honors with Dwyer, also won the 200 backstroke in 1:44.46. Loyola placed three more in that A final: JD Moyer (fourth, 1:47.84), Ben Schlotterer (sixth, 1:48.85), and Sam Voss (eighth, 1:51.99).
Dwyer led a deep group in the 200 butterfly. Behind his win were Cameron Shinnick (second, 1:49.58), Gavin Abelende (third, 1:50.12), Owen Glaser (fourth, 1:51.00), Hayden Bartz (fifth, 1:51.48), Timmy King (sixth, 1:51.68), and Thomas Cechini (ninth, 1:52.96).
On the women's side, Fried's record swim led an A final that included Julia Mason (second, 2:04.55), Faith Karr (seventh, 2:10.55), and Adrianna Caponiti (ninth, 2:14.37). Loyola also had six in the 200 backstroke A final: Lauren Lane (second, 2:01.84), Grace Dwyer (third, 2:03.47), Natalie Lomonosov (fourth, 2:04.01), Maeve Brandenburg (fifth, 2:04.37), Bryce Gold (sixth, 2:04.58), and Keira McGrath (ninth, 2:06.02).
Freshman Meghan Donovan won the 200 breaststroke in 2:18.35, with Noelle Hoffman (fourth, 2:22.84) and Hannah Oslislo (sixth, 2:23.49) also in the A final. In the 100 free, Cecilia Van Lierop was second in 51.62, followed by Gabby Jones (seventh, 52.51) and Madison Testa (ninth, 53.14).
Distance events featured Faith Karr (fourth, 17:14.68) and Ellie Davis (fifth, 17:16.78) in the women's 1650, while Cody Miles (second, 15:54.99) and Kiernan Leary (third, 15:58.44) led Loyola in the men's mile.
In diving, Loyola placed four in the women's 1-meter A final: Annie Dockx (third, 234.50), Kassidy Georgevich (sixth, 211.70), Calista Fasser (eighth, 206.80), and Kate Mundorf (ninth, 200.50). On the men's side, Thomas McCarthy scored sixth in 3-meter with 254.30, and George Ligozio was seventh at 228.75.
The Greyhounds closed the meet by winning both 400 freestyle relays. The women finished in 3:24.53, and the men's relay set the meet record at 2:56.01.
