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Navy's Chapmon Again Sets New Record at League Swimming Meet
Feb. 22, 2008
ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- One day after establishing new standards in the 500 freestyle, Navy's Tara Chapmon (So., Virginia Beach, Va.) again broke multiple records in the 200 free Friday during the trial heat session of the Patriot League Swimming and Diving Championship. This is the second-day of the three-day event being contested in Navy's Lejeune Hall. Both Navy programs enter tonight's session in first place in their respective standings. The Navy women's team holds a 20-point lead over second-place Bucknell and a 34.5-point advantage over third-place Colgate. The Navy men's team has a 34-point cushion over second-place Bucknell and a 63-point buffer over third-place Army. Chapmon set a new Navy, Patriot League and Patriot League Meet record in winning the 500 freestyle title Thursday night. She returned to the pool Friday morning and posted a time of 1:49.33 in the 200 free to post new school, league and league meet records in the event, all of which were her own time of 1:50.19. The runner-up to Chapmon in the 500 free final was teammate Allison Ranzau (Fr., Alpharetta, Ga.), and the freshman put together another great effort Friday morning in the 200 free to head into the final as the No. 2 swimmer in the event with a trials time of 1:50.22. The deepest event for the Navy women's team tonight will be in the 400 individual medley where Kelly Zahalka (Jr., Richmond, Va.) posted the second-fastest qualifying time this morning (4:30.67). Zahalka will be one of three Mids to compete in the event's championship final tonight, with an additional Mid slated to compete in tonight's B final.
Navy will also have multiple swimmers taking part in the 100 backstroke this evening. Thuy-Mi Dinh (So., Anaheim, Calif.), who last night won the 50 free with a Navy record and NCAA A cut qualifying time, was the top Mid in the trial heat of the first of the two backstroke events to be contested this weekend. Dinh's time of 58.65 was the fifth-best trial heat clocking in the event. The Mids did not qualify any swimmers for either 100 breaststroke final and placed only one athlete into the B final of the 100 butterfly. On the men's side, the depth of the Navy team was again evident in the results from Friday morning. The squad advanced 13 swimmers into championship finals tonight while another four swimmers qualified for consolation finals. As with the Navy women's team, the two top events for the men's program Friday morning was the 400 IM and the 200 free as a total of eight Mids will compete in the two events this evening. Navy's Nathan Durham (Jr., Greensboro, N.C.), Alex Buck (Fr., Lisle, Ill.) and J.J. Helms (Fr., Conroe, Texas) were the top three finishers in the 200 free Friday morning with times of 1:41.01, 1:41.40 and 1:41.52, respectively. The 400 IM, meanwhile, saw Dan Warner (Jr., Ann Arbor, Mich.) post the second-best time in the trial heats with a clocking of 4:02.11. Teammates Billy Vey (Jr., Huntersville, N.C.) and David Guthmann (Jr., Waxhaw, N.C.) will join Warner in the A final of the event this evening. Andrew Hetzner (So., Riverside, Calif.) matched Warner's placing as he recorded a time of 50.39 in the 100 butterfly, while Andrew Utama (So., Walnut, Calif.) and Ryan Ward (Fr., Prospect, Ky.) were the top Navy swimmers in the 100 breaststroke and 100 butterfly, respectively. Utama placed fourth in the 100 breast with a time of 57.69, with Ward also placing fourth in the 100 fly with a clocking of 52.16. Navy's Friday Night Finalists 100 Butterfly 200 Freestyle 100 Breaststroke 100 Backstroke |
 
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