ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Two silver medals are going home from the 2026 Patriot League Swimming & Diving Championships with sophomore Piper Crosby, who earned her second medal on the final day of the meet with a school-record swim in the women's 200 backstroke after also earning a silver and a school record in the 100 backstroke one day prior. Crosby and the Eagles also closed out the meet with a third relay school record.

Women's Notable Results

• Crosby posted a school-record time twice in the 200 back, going 1:59.16 in the prelims and improving to 1:57.83 in the finals. Her prelims time was third-best in the field while her finals time earned her the silver medal. 
• The times for Crosby both smashed her previous PR of 2:04.71 from just a few weeks ago on January 31, and her school record breaks the one set by Paris Wood in 2016 of 1:59.55.
• With 82 points at the championships, Crosby ranked seventh individually among the 160 participating athletes on the women's side.
• Senior Isabel McGovern took ninth place overall in the women's 200 fly. Her B final winning time of 2:02.27 was a PR that improves on her third-place standing at AU, and was the sixth-fastest time in the finals, down nearly two seconds from her prelims swim of 2:04.04.
• Crosby and McGovern once again teamed up with sophomores Marin Priddy and Grace Gilbert for a relay school record, this time going 3:23.91 in the 400 freestyle relay to place seventh. It was the second relay record for the foursome, and the third relay record at the meet for AU.
• Junior Kate Williams posted a ninth-place finish for the Eagles in the women's 1,650 freestyle in 17:09.93. Behind her was freshman Abby Rothrock with an 11th-place PR of 17:12.88 that moves her up to fifth all-time at AU.
• Priddy advanced to the B final in the women's 100 free and placed 12th overall with a PR of 51.30 that improves upon her own sixth-place standing all-time at American.
• Sophomore Claire Mosher earned a spot in the C final for the women's 200 fly and went 2:07.10 for 20th place overall.

Men's Notable Results

• Sophomore Luke Martens placed 18th in the men's 1,650 freestyle with a PR of 16:02.48 that moves him up to 11th all-time at AU.
• The Eagles had three athletes earn a spot in the C final of the men's 200 fly. Junior Ryan Tiffany had the top finish in that event with a PR of 1:49.51 for 18th place. His time improves upon his own sixth-place ranking at AU.
• Sophomore Cole Coffman swam a PR of 1:51.41 in the prelims of the 200 fly, moving him up to 10th all-time at AU, and senior Madan Morris posted a PR of 1:51.72 that keeps him in 13th place all-time. Morris and Coffman later placed 22nd and 23rd, respectively, in the C final.
• Freshman Nabil Elakari posted a PR of 1:53.72 in the 200 back, and freshman Van Paul swam a PR of 2:06.89 in the 200 breast, but both just missed out on a spot in their C finals. 
• The foursome of freshman Gavin Shifflett, junior Connor Florence, junior Lucas Standridge, and freshman Matthew Pistorino closed out the meet going 3:04.57 in the 400 free relay for the eighth-fastest time at American.

Team Finish

• With 523.5 total points, the women's team placed eighth of 10 teams.
• The men's team finished with 230 points and ranked 10th overall.

Medals

• Women's 100 Backstroke - Piper Crosby - Silver
• Women's 200 Backstroke - Piper Crosby - Silver

School Records

• Women's 100 Backstroke - Piper Crosby - 53.20
• Women's 200 Backstroke - Piper Crosby - 1:57.83
• Women's 200 Freestyle - Isabel McGovern - 1:49.41
• Women's 800 Freestyle Relay - Isabel McGovern, Fiona McMahon, Lucy Penna, Kate Williams - 7:32.14
• Women's 400 Medley Relay - Piper Crosby, Marin Priddy, Isabel McGovern, Grace Gilbert - 3:42.02
• Women's 400 Freestyle Relay - Isabel McGovern, Marin Priddy, Grace Gilbert, Piper Crosby - 3:23.91

Full Results

Next Up

• The Eagles will send a group of swimmers to the ECAC Championships Feb. 27- March 1 at Bucknell.

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