Swim & Dive Teams Post 15 Top-10 Finishes at Navy Invitational

ANNAPOLIS, Md. - The American University men's and women's swimming and diving teams posted 15 top-10 finishes at the Navy Invitational on Saturday against participating teams from Navy, Bucknell, Lehigh, Lafayette and Shippensburg. The top finish for AU was a win by senior Mimi Watts in the women's 100 butterfly.

Notable Results

In addition to her win, Watts also posted the second-highest finish when she took second in the 100 back in 55.39. Her 100 fly win was in a time of 54.59.
Freshman Lian Jeong Engle placed third in the women's 50 free in 24.23, while sophomore Isabel McGovern was ninth in 24.89.
Watts, Jeong Engle and McGovern teamed up with sophomore Dylan Moulton for a third-place finish in the women's 200 free relay in 1:35.51.
The women's 200 medley relay foursome of Watts, Jeong Engle, junior Amaya Tomma and sophomore Grace Netz took fifth in 1:49.19.
Freshman Natalie Webb took sixth in the women's 1,650 free, and Jeong Engle was close to another top-10 finish when she took 11th in the women's 500 free.
Sophomore diver Peyton Thurman posted a seventh-place finish on the 3-meter (236.10), and a ninth-place finish on the 1-meter (231.80).
The men's 200 medley relay team of junior Aidan Delehanty and seniors Will Deitch, Carlos Cordero and Nick Buckley took seventh in 1:34.65.
Delehanty and Buckley teamed up with freshman Connor Florence and sophomore Colin Clough to take ninth in the men's 200 free relay.
Junior Henry Harrison posted the top finish for the men, dropping 3.83 seconds off his 200 breaststroke time to place fourth in 2:18.50. Right behind him was freshman Kyler Alcebar who took fifth in 2:18.61.
Junior diver Griffin Batt was ninth on the 3-meter (253.70) and 10th on the 1-meter (223.85).