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Swimming & Diving Falls in 2025 Star Meet at Navy
December 06, 2025 | Men's Swimming and Diving, Women's Swimming and Diving
ANNAPOLIS, Md. – Army West Point swimming & diving traveled down to Annapolis for the latest rendition of the Army-Navy Star Meet as part of the Army-Navy Star Series presented by USAA. The Black Knights put on a strong fight at Lejeune Hall, but the Midshipmen claimed wins on both the men's and women's sides of the meet to claim the two stars up for grabs Saturday afternoon.
Women: Navy 152, Army 148
Army's women's team fought the Midshipmen to the wire as the Black Knights wrestled for control of the meet all the way until the final leg of the final event where Navy's 400 free relay team just edged into the lead to secure the women's star in the final event of the night.
Senior Molly Webber displayed her dominance at Lejeune Hall with a trio of individual first place finishes and a second-place finish in the women's 400 free relay. She opened her night with a first place finish in the women's 1000 free on a 9:50.35 to set a program and meet record for the event.
Webber returned to the water a few minutes later to claim first place in the women's 200 free as well (1:47.14). After the first swimming break, the Morris Plains, N.J. native hit the pool for the women's 500 free where she put up a 4:48.74 to claim her third first place finish of the night.
Sophomore Angie McKane put up a series of strong performances for Army, earning a trio of individual first place finishes for the Black Knights along with a first place finish in the women's 200 medley relay. McKane led off the Army relay squad that finished first in the women's 200 medley relay with a 1:38.48 overall time to set a program, meet, and Patriot League record in the event to kick off the day's action.
McKane returned to the water soon after for the women's 100 back where she finished first with a program and meet record setting time of 52.85 – replacing the previous Army program record of 53.23 set by Kelly Hamilton in 2017 – before earning first in the women's 50 free with a 22.75. McKane wrapped up her time in Annapolis with a 49.13 to claim first place and set a program and meet record in the women's 100 free.
McKane's fellow sophomore Sydney Braeger put up two individual first place finishes along with first and second place finishes in the night's relays for Army. She first competed as the butterfly leg of Army's 200 medley relay squad that set a program, meet, and Patriot League record with a time of 1:38.48.
Braeger led the pack in both individual fly events, first with a 1:59.36 in the 200 fly then with a 54.60 in the 100 fly. She concluded her time at Lejeune Hall with a 3:22.81 in the women's 400 free relay to finish second overall with Grace Wagner, Jenna Hart, and Molly Webber.
Men: Navy 206, Army 94
The Black Knights got off to a hot start in Annapolis as Johnny Crush, Kohen Rankin, Daniel Verdolaga, and Ben Vorthmann set a program, meet, Patriot League, and pool record with their time of 1:22.95 in the men's 200 medley relay before the Midshipmen found their rhythm and pressed their home-pool advantage.
Crush went on to earn three more top three finishes, first with a 44.72 in the 100 back to earn first place followed by a 43.27 in the men's 100 free to secure third place for Army. The Louisville, Ky. product swam as the anchor leg for Army's 400 free relay team that put up a gritty performance to swipe first place from Navy with a program, meet Patriot League, and Lejeune Hall Pool record-setting time of 2:50.18.
Army men's team captains Kohen Rankin and Joey Kling claimed first place and third place respectively in the men's 100 breast led by Rankin's program, meet, Patriot League, and Lejeune Hall pool record-setting time of 50.76 followed by Kling on his heels with a blazing 52.86). Rankin went on to earn third place in the 200 breast (1:52.85) before helping Army end its time in Annapolis with a first place finish as the third leg of its 400 free relay team that posted a 2:50.18.
FULL ARMY-NAVY MEET RESULTS
Army Top Finishers
Women's 1-meter: Hadley Futch (262.35) – 2nd
Men's 1-meter: Lucas Mowry (290.33) – 2nd
Men's 1-meter: Jack McDaniel (279.15) – 3rd
Women's 200 Medley Relay: McKane, Gilmore, Braeger, Mescher (1:38.48) – 1st (Program Record, Meet Record, Patriot League Record)
Men's 200 Medley Relay: Crush, Rankin, Verdolaga, Vorthmann (1:22.95) – 1st (Program Record, Meet Record, Patriot League Record, Lejeune Hall Pool Record)
Women's 1000 Free: Molly Webber (9:50.35) – 1st (Program Record, Meet Record)
Men's 1000 Free: Brice Barrieault (9:09.60) – 3rd
Women's 200 Free: Molly Webber (1:47.14) – 1st
Women's 100 Back: Angie McKane (52.85) – 1st (Program Record, Meet Record)
Men's 100 Back: Johnny Crush (44.72) – 1st
Women's 100 Breast: Catriona Gilmore (1:00.42) – 1st
Men's 100 Breast: Kohen Rankin (50.76) – 1st (Program Record, Meet Record, Patriot League Record Lejeune Hall Pool Record)
Men's 100 Breast: Joey Kling (52.86) – 3rd
Women's 200 Fly: Sydney Braeger (1:59.36) – 1st
Women's 200 Fly: Cora Webber (2:00.99) – 3rd
Women's 50 Free: Angie McKane (22.75) – 1st
Women's 100 Free: Angie McKane (49.13) – 1st (Program Record, Meet Record)
Men's 100 Free: Johnny Crush (43.27) – 3rd
Women's 200 Back: Layne Peterson (1:57.80) – 1st
Women's 200 Breast: Catriona Gilmore (2:12.30) – 2nd
Men's 200 Breast: Kohen Rankin (1:52.85) – 3rd
Women's 500 Free: Molly Webber (4:48.74) – 1st
Women's 100 Fly: Sydney Braeger (54.60) – 1st
Women's 100 Fly: Cora Webber (55.35) – 2nd
Men's 100 Fly: Daniel Verdolaga (47.18) – 2nd
Women's 200 IM: Catriona Gilmore (2:01.10) – 1st
Women's 400 Free Relay: Wagner, Braeger, Hart, M. Webber (3:22.81) – 2nd
Men's 400 Free Relay: Vorthmann, Hadji, Rankin, Crush (2:50.18) – 1st (Program Record, Meet Record, Patriot League Record, Lejeune Hall Pool Record)
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