USMMA Men's Swimming Ties Nationally-Ranked Foe

KINGS POINT, N.Y. - The United States Merchant Marine Academy men’s swimming and diving team tied #17 ranked Stevens Institute of Technology this evening, 147-147. The Mariners record goes to 6-2-1 while the Ducks go to 6-0-1.

Sophomore Trevor Mays (Southlake, TX) won the 200 freestyle (1:44.34) and the 100 freestyle (48.27) to pace the Mariners. Freshman Sean Minor (Fort Meyers, FL) came in second in the race with a time of 49.04. In the 100 backstroke, senior John Murphy (Fairfax, VA) won with a time of 53.73 while fellow senior Scott Pearson (Pace, FL) came in second at 55.01. Freshman Joshua Sindorf (Lancaster, PA) had two season best times on the night. He dropped 15 seconds off his 1000 freestyle coming in at 10:27.57 while also dropping four seconds off his 500 freestyle with a time of 5:04.66.

Nicholas Halbach won the 1 meter diving with a score of 344.18, which broke the Academy record held by 2004 National Champion Joel Meyer. Halbach now holds every diving record at the Academy. Halbach also won the 3 meter diving with a score of 321.98. The meet came down to the final race of the evening, the 400 yard freestyle relay. Freshman Jordan Edler (Gretna, LA), senior Pavel Milke (Rumson, NJ), junior Andrew Denning (Las Vegas, NV) and Mays won the event in 3:12.50 to seal the victory for the Mariners.

The Mariners return to action on Friday, February 12th when they will swim in the Landmark Championships.

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