NEW LONDON, Conn. (Jan. 18, 2025) – The U.S. Merchant Marine Academy men's swimming & diving team lost its rivalry matchup up at Coast Guard on Saturday, 171-129. The defeat ends the Mariners' dual-meet season at 7-1, while the Bears improve to 8-1 with the victory.
 
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Two divers recorded a pair of NCAA qualifying marks each, as junior Thomas Cable (Litchfield Park, Ariz.) and senior Brendan Griffiths (Easton, Pa.) both did so in the one- and three-meter boards. Cable also set two new pool records at CGA's Roland Pool, as he won both events on the afternoon, scoring a 333.07 in the one-meter dive and a 362.62 in the three-meter discipline. Griffiths, meanwhile, finished in second place in both the one-meter (298.05) and the three-meter (342.30) events.
 
Junior Teague Mayer (Boulder, Colo.) earned two victories in the 100 backstroke (52.31) and the 200 back (1:55.03) and grad student Daniel Scherrer (Wellesley, Mass.) rounded out the Mariners' first-place finishes as he won the 50 freestyle (21.00).
 
A total of nine Mariners produced dual-meet season-best times on the afternoon. They are listed below. 

• Scherrer in the 50 free, the 100 free (46.47) and the 100 butterfly (51.25)
• Senior Joseph DeCarlo (Powder Springs, Ga.) in the 200 fly by eight seconds (1:54.85) and the 100 fly by three seconds (51.45)
• Freshman John Frank (Highland, Md.) in the 50 free (22.20) and the 200 breaststroke by two seconds (2:11.47)
• Junior Matthew Wachendorfer (Greensboro, N.C.) in the 200 free by three seconds (1:44.04) and the 100 free (48.35)
• Sophomore Abraham Shim (Rockwall, Texas) in the 200 free by two seconds (1:47.69) and the 200 back, also by two seconds (1:55.90)
• Sophomore Ryan Lester (Heath, Texas) in the 1000 free by two seconds (10:00.80) and the 500 free, also by two seconds (4:49.97)
• Freshman Ryan McOsker (Fredericksburg, Va.) in the 100 back (53.39)
• Junior Ryan Chmielenski (Bristow, Va.) in the 100 back (55.44)
• Sophomore Luke Dankert (Grand Island, Neb.) in the 100 breast (58.70)

The "Mariner of the Meet" honors, awarded based on a team vote to an individual for their performance and contribution to the team, went to Wachendorfer for the swimmers and Cable for the divers.

Up next is the 2025 Skyline Conference Championship Meet next weekend, Jan. 25-26, up at Purchase College. More information for the Skyline Championships will be shared on www.USMMASports.com and our social media pages as it becomes available later this week.
 
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