GREENSBORO, N.C. (March 23, 2024) – The 2023-24 U.S. Merchant Marine Academy men's swimming & diving season came to a close on Saturday, the final day of the NCAA National Championship Meet down in North Carolina. The #22 Mariners finished the meet in a tie for 37th place and attained two All-America certificates as well as 10 personal records over the four-day meet.
 
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On Saturday, four Mariners took part in two events during the preliminaries sessions in the morning beginning with sophomore Teague Mayer (Boulder, Colo.), who set a new personal best time and a top-25 finish in the 200 backstroke with a 1:49.61.
 
Then, later in the first session of the day, the 400 freestyle relay team of senior Daniel Scherrer (Wellesley, Mass.), freshman Barrie Snyder (Jacksonville, Fla.), junior Dylan White (Burke, Va.) and Mayer earned a top-25 finish to wrap up the Mariners' action at Nationals. Scherrer led off the relay with a 44.79 during his 100 yards, which was a 0.6 second drop and just missed the Academy record of 44.63.
 
The Mariners earned eight points over the four-day meet, which tied for 37th place in the nation.
 
This weekend puts a bow on yet another successful season for the Mariners. The program:

• had the most student-athletes invited to Nationals under 23rd-year head coach Commander Sean M. Tedesco (seven),  two of which returned from last year's five (Scherrer and sophomore Thomas Cable (Litchfield Park, Ariz.));
• had the most divers at NCAAs in Tedesco's and diving coach LT Johan C. Lopez's tenures (three – Cable, senior Devin Dyer (Brandon, Fla.) and junior Brendan Griffiths (Easton, Pa.);
• had one student-athlete (Cable) earned two All-America certificates, the Mariners' first diving All-American since 2016
• saw 10 personal bests set during the four-day NCAA Championship Meet
• made its 20th trip to NCAAs out of 22 seasons
• scored at the championship meet for the 17th time
• was national-ranked for the last three months of the season
• and finished with an undefeated dual-meet season for the second-straight year (7-0, currently an 18-meet win-streak). 

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