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Luke Dwyer
Ryan Eigenbrode

Swimming & Diving

Swimming & Diving Teams Sweep Thomas Murphy Invitational Titles

BALTIMORE – The Loyola University Maryland men's and women's swimming and diving teams swept the team titles at the 26th-annual Thomas Murphy Invitational, wrapping up the competition on Sunday night at the Mangione Aquatic Center.
 
Loyola's men scored 3,607 points to beat Towson (2486.5), UMBC (2266.5) and Mount St. Mary's (603), while the Greyhounds women compiled 3,467.5 points for wins over the Tigers (2,588), Retrievers (2252.5) and Mountaineers (659).
 
Overall, the Greyhounds won 23 of 40 events at the meet. The men earned 13 first-place finishes, six second-place and seven third-place; Loyola's women finished with 10 wins, and seven of both second- and third-place finishes.
 
On Sunday, the Greyhounds set a school record, two Mangione Aquatic Center bests and four meet records.
 
Luke Dwyer checked all three of those boxes and in doing so bettered a nearly 25-year old pool record. Dwyer swam 1:45.09 to win the 200 butterfly, breaking a mark of 1:46.04 set on December 7, 2001, by 23-time Olympic Gold Medalist Michael Phelps.
 
Joe Hayburn set another pool record on Sunday, one of three he broke during the weekend. He won the 100 freestyle in 43.34 seconds.
 
Hayburn and Dwyer shared the Male Swimmer of the Meet honors, while Haley Robinson earned a share of the women's recognition with Towson's Addie Scott.
 
Hayburn, Jack Hathaway, Colin Davis and Derek Feldman also set a meet record for the Greyhounds men in the 400 freestyle relay, swimming 2:55.81.
 
Cara Pennington knocked off second American Paralympic S9 Record on Sunday after grabbing one in the 500 freestyle on Friday night. In the final session of the meet, Pennington swam 18:48.50 in the 1,650 freestyle to break the old record of 18:55.14.
 
Ellie Davis kicked off Sunday's session with second-place finish for Loyola's women in the 1,650 freestyle, swimming 17:23.66; Elsie Bredbenner was fourth (17:44.83), Adriana Caponiti fifth (17:52.27) and Pennington sixth.
 
Kiernan Leary took second in the men's 1,650 freestyle, finishing in 15:55.16. Cody Miles took third (15:58.90), Tim Hanway was fourth (15:59.98), Ben Tungate took seventh (16:18.49) and Chase Garcia was eighth (16:26.68).
 
Lauren Lane captured the Greyhounds' first win of the night, taking first in the 200 backstroke in 2:00.74. Virginia Walsh led a third-fourth-fifth showing for Loyola with a time of 2:02.96, edging Maeve Brandenburg (2:02.99) and Kelly Bruen (2:03.11).
 
Hayburn won the 200 backstroke on the men's side in 1:42.36 in front of Liam McQuaid (fourth, 1:48.51), JD Moyer (seventh, 1:51.17) and Sam Voss (eighth, 1:51.60).
 
Robinson swam a meet-record time of 50.36 in the 100 freestyle, narrowly beating Towson's Bjartey Gudmundsdottir by 12-hundredenths of a second. Gianna Davis was fifth in 51.44, while Donja Tripp (52.15), Cecelia van Lierop (52.29) and Gabby Jones (52.50) took seventh, eighth and ninth.
 
Feldman earned a first-place finish in the men's 100 freestyle, going 44.03, while Loyola took fifth through eighth with Davis (44.68), Liam Schindler (44.90), Jack Hathaway (45.08) and Hugo Sanchez (45.53).
 
Meghan Donovan was a winner for the Greyhounds in the 200 breaststroke, finishing first with a time of 2:15.03. Noelle Hoffman took sixth in 2:22.56, while Hannah Oslislo was eighth (2:25.74) and Makenna O'Brien finished ninth (2:26.09).
 
Elias Corn led Loyola in the men's 200 breaststroke, finishing fifth in 2:05.09. Roy Ayala was seventh (2:05.91) and Kaden Fatta finished ninth (2:07.16).
 
Riley Freid captured a title in the women's 200 butterfly in 2:03.63, and Julia Mason finished third in 2:05.68. Liv Sellers finished seventh in 2:11.18, and Caponiti was ninth in 2:15.12.
 
Four Greyhounds were in the top nine of the men's 200 butterfly after Dwyer's record-setting performance. Gavin Abelende took fourth (1:50.96), Hayden Bartz was fifth (1:51.62), Cristian Pong swam 1:52.33 for seventh and Thomas Cechini finished eighth in 1:52.38.
 
Cali Fasser led the Greyhounds in the women's 1-meter diving, scoring 253.65 points for fourth place, while Kate Mundorf was ninth in 205.55. Thomas McCarthy scored 277.10 points in the men's 3-meter diving for fourth, with George Ligozio finishing sixth with 253.90, Thomas Garrianto taking eighth with 214.75 and Sam Hersick scoring 191.30 for ninth.
 
In the women's final race of the meet, the Greyhounds won the 400 freestyle relay. Tripp, Gianna Davis, van Lierop and Robinson combined for a time of 3:23.45.
 
Loyola's men's relay – Hayburn, Hathaway, Colin Davis and Feldman swam 2:55.81 for first, as well.
 
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Players Mentioned

Cody Miles

Cody Miles

Sophomore
JD Moyer

JD Moyer

Junior
Kate Mundorf

Kate Mundorf

Sophomore
Makenna O

Makenna O'Brien

Junior
Hannah Oslislo

Hannah Oslislo

Junior
Haley Robinson

Haley Robinson

Senior
Liam Schindler

Liam Schindler

Senior
Gavin Abelende

Gavin Abelende

Sophomore
Hayden Bartz

Hayden Bartz

Junior
Maeve Brandenburg

Maeve Brandenburg

Junior
Elsie Bredbenner

Elsie Bredbenner

Sophomore
Kelly Bruen

Kelly Bruen

Senior

Players Mentioned

Cody Miles

Cody Miles

Sophomore
JD Moyer

JD Moyer

Junior
Kate Mundorf

Kate Mundorf

Sophomore
Makenna O

Makenna O'Brien

Junior
Hannah Oslislo

Hannah Oslislo

Junior
Haley Robinson

Haley Robinson

Senior
Liam Schindler

Liam Schindler

Senior
Gavin Abelende

Gavin Abelende

Sophomore
Hayden Bartz

Hayden Bartz

Junior
Maeve Brandenburg

Maeve Brandenburg

Junior
Elsie Bredbenner

Elsie Bredbenner

Sophomore
Kelly Bruen

Kelly Bruen

Senior