Swimming & Diving Wraps-Up Three-Day Meet at Wolfpack Elite Invitational

Saturday, November 23

Greensboro, NC

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

Army West Point

NC State Invite

Swimming & Diving Wraps-Up Three-Day Meet at Wolfpack Elite Invitational

November 24, 2024 | Men's Swimming and Diving, Women's Swimming and Diving

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Army West Point Swimming & Diving completed their third day of competition at NC State's Wolfpack Elite Invitational on Saturday. The Black Knights finished seventh overall in both the men's and women's categories with the women combining for 305.00 total points and the men claiming 399.00 total points.

The Black Knights earned 29 qualifications to the day's final events with 14 of those finishes ranking in the top 20 times for the event's preliminaries.

Bridget O'Shaughnessy and Bethany Slivka clocked times of 17:26.95 and 18:09.20 to finish 17^th and 19^th in the women's 1650 free. Layne Peterson went on to finish 17^th in the preliminaries of the women's 200 back with a time of 1:59.86.

Sydney Braeger clocked the women's highest preliminary finish of the day with a 2:00.19 in the women's 200 fly to rank sixth in the event's initial rounds. Molly Webber and Maggie Kroening joined Braeger in the top-15 for the event preliminaries with times of 2:02.51 and 2:02.76 seeing them to 10^th and 13^th respectively.

On the men's side, Kalvin Hahn earned a sixth place finish in the preliminaries of the men's 200 breast (1:58.10), joined in the top-10 by Kohen Rankin with a time of 1:58.35 to finish ninth.

Johnny Crush continued to impress in the final day of competition, posting a time of 43.17 in the men's 100 free to set a new program record.

Army saw three athletes in the top 15 of the men's 200 fly with Jack Pogue ranking 13^th (1:47.49), Daniel Verdolaga right with him in 14^th (1:48.13), and Jack Mowery finishing 17^th in the preliminaries (1:49.36).

Three Black Knights attempted time trials during their time in Greensboro, N.C. CJ Bernauer logged a time of 1:52.26 in the men's 200 IM while Evy Laursen put up a 2:06.19 in the women's 200 fly and Jack Mowery put up a 4936 in the men's 100 fly.

Up Next
Army will host storied rival Navy on Thursday, Dec. 5^th in the latest rendition of the Star Meet as part of the Star Series, presented by USAA. The meet's diving events will begin at 3:15pm EST with the swimming events to follow at 5:30pm EST. The meet will be broadcasted on ESPN+ and live results will be available on MeetMobile.

ARMY RESULTS – DAY THREE
Preliminaries
Women's 1650 free
17. Bridget O'Shaughnessy 17:26.95
19. Bethany Slivka 18:09.20

Women's 200 back
17. Layne Peterson 1:59.86
31. Avery Lord 2:03.49

Men's 200 back
13. Joey Kling 1:45.67
26. Alex Edwards 1:49.12
27. Zac Leith 1:49.63
31. CJ Bernauer 1:51.47

Women's 100 free
22. Clara Williams 50.55

Men's 100 free
14. Johnny Crush 43.17 (Program Record)
21. Thomas Hadji 43.73

Women's 200 breast
13. Catriona Gilmore 2:16.97
20. Evy Laursen 2:19.69
25. Mary Chandler 2:26.95
27. Elly Brackin 2:32.51

Men's 200 breast
6. Kalvin Hahn 1:58.10
9. Kohen Rankin 1:58.35
25. CJ Bernauer 2:05.44
26. Doyee Kim 2:06.58
27. Jack Bigham 2:07.66

Women's 200 fly
6. Sydney Braeger 2:00.19
10. Molly Webber 2:02.51
13. Maggie Kroening 2:02.76
21. Cora Webber 2:05.31
27. Clara Williams 2:06.80

Men's 200 fly
13. Jack Pogue 1:47.49
14. Daniel Verdolaga 1:48.13
17. Jack Mowery 1:49.36
23. Max Peterson 1:57.41

Men's 200 IM Time Trial: CJ Bernauer (1:52.26)
Women's 200 Fly Time Trial: Evy Laursen (2:06.19)
Men's 100 Fly Time Trial: Jack Mowery (49.36)