Swim & Dive Earns Seven Top-Five Finishes; Women Beat Lafayette at Bucknell Quad Meet

WASHINGTON - The competition was tough for American University swimming & diving in a quad meet at Bucknell, with teams from Navy and Lafayette also competing. Overall, the Eagles posted seven top-five finishes and the women earned a win over Lafayette, while perennial Patriot League power Navy was dominant with victories over every team.

Notable Results

The top finish for American came from junior Colin Clough who took second in the men's 100 breaststroke with a time of 57.20.
Clough later teamed up with sophomore Connor Florence, senior Aidan Delehanty and freshman Charlie St. Louis to place third in the men's 200 free relay.
Freshman Zachary Rothman earned a fourth-place finish in the men's 500 free in 4:45.07. Freshman Luke Martens was close behind, taking sixth in 4:46.15.
Junior Isabel McGovern posted the top individual finish for the women, placing fourth in the 200 butterfly in 2:08.17.
Freshman Demetra Bicos was fifth in the 1,000 freestyle in 10:39.06.
McGovern teamed up with junior Dylan Moulton, sophomore Lian Jeong Engle, and freshman Grace Gilbert for a second-place finish in the women's 200 free relay.
Senior diver Griffin Batt and freshmen divers Gray Miller and Sean Memon placed sixth, seventh, and eighth on the men's 1-meter, respectively.
Miller later took sixth on the 3-meter with a score of 239.95.
The women's team earned a win over Lafayette, 151-148, to go 1-2 overall, while the men finished 0-3.