Swimming & Diving Completes Day Two at NC State Invite

Friday, November 22

Greensboro, NC

9:30 AM (P) / 5:30 PM (F)

Army West Point

NC State Invite

Swimming & Diving Completes Day Two at NC State Invite

November 22, 2024 | Men's Swimming and Diving, Women's Swimming and Diving

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Army West Point Swimming & Diving completed the second day of NC State's Wolfpack Elite Invitational Friday and delivered a series of standout performances.

The Black Knights saw 29 performances earn places in the afternoon's finals.

For the women, Catriona Gilmore advanced to the finals in both the women's 400 IM (4:25.08) and the women's 100 breast (1:04.19 while Jenna Hart advanced in the women's 100 fly (54.90) and the women's 100 back (56.54).

Clara Williams and Molly Webber swam times of 1:49.19 and 1:49.49 to finish 15^th and 16^th respectively in the women's 200 free and advance to the afternoon's finals.

On the men's side, the Black Knights showed well in the men's 100 breast with seven swimmers earning places in the finals, led by Kohen Rankin with an eighth-place finish (53.44) and Joey Kling with a 12^th place finish (54.07) in the preliminaries.

Freshman Johnny Crush finished second in the men's 100 back preliminaries with a time of 45.76 and went on to finish first overall in the finals with a program record setting time of 45.08.

Kalvin Hahn and Alex Edwards led Army's efforts in the men's 400 IM with times of 3:51.64 and 3:53.47 to finish 12^th and 16^th. Daniel Verdolaga advanced to the finals for the men's 100 fly with a 47.36 to finish 15^th in the preliminaries while Thomas Hadji clocked a 1:36.43 in the men's 200 free to lead Army's qualifiers in the final individual event of the morning.

TOP ARMY FINISHERS – DAY 2
Women's 200 Medley Relay: Hart, Gilmore, Braeger, Cole (1:43.62) – 14^th
Men's 200 Medley Relay: Crush, Rankin, Verdolaga, Harlow (1:25.28) – 5^th
Women's 400 IM: Catriona Gilmore (4:24.33) – 14^th
Men's 400 IM: Alex Edwards (3:54.61) – 15^th
Men's 400 IM: Kalvin Hahn (3:58.37) – 16^th
Men's 400 IM: CJ Bernauer (3:55.14) – 19^th
Women's 100 Fly: Sydney Braeger (54.97) – 15^th
Men's 100 Fly: Daniel Verdolaga (47.25) – 13^th
Women's 200 Free: Clara Williams (1:48.77) – 13^th
Women's 200 Free: Molly Webber (1:50.47) – 14^th
Men's 200 Free: Thomas Hadji (1:36.81) – 14^th
Women's 100 Breast: Catriona Gilmore (1:03.66) – 19^th
Men's 100 Breast: Kohen Rankin (53.40) – 8^th
Men's 100 Breast: Joey Kling (54.69) – 13^th
Men's 100 Back: Johnny Crush (45.08) – 1^st (Program Record)
Women's 800 Free: Braeger, Kroening, MacMullan, Slivka (7:39.63) – 11^th

Up Next
Army will wrap up its time at the Wolfpack Elite Invitational on Saturday, November 23^rd. Preliminaries for the day's events will begin at 9:30am EST with the finals to follow at 5:30pm EST.