Mariano Lazzerini, Cat Stanford Key Penn State Sweep of Navy

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Mariano Lazzerini, Cat Stanford Key Penn State Sweep of Navy

Mariano Lazzerini and Cat Stanford won four events each as Penn State handled Navy in a dual meet on Saturday.

The Penn State women prevailed by a 196-104 margin. The men won, 192.5-107.5.

Stanford anchored both winning relays for the Nittany Lions women. Her 22.56 off the end of the 200 medley pulled them ahead of Navy to win by .22 seconds in 1:43.05. She inherited a .03-second lead off the end of the 400 free and ballooned it to more than two seconds with a 50.72 split.

In between, Stanford won the 50 free in 23.33 seconds and claimed the 100 free in 51.00.

Penn State was on the front foot from the get-go. Morgan Moore led a 1-2-3 in the 1,000 free, then Catherine Meisner and Abby Henderson, who led off the medley relay, went 1-2 in the 200 free.

Meisner won the 500 free in the back half of the meet. Her sister Julia Meisner won the 200 fly and was second to Henderson in the 200 IM. Henderson also won the 200 backstroke ahead of 100 back champ Molly Carson. Ellie Brandberg won the 100 fly to go with legs on both winning relays. Catherine Meisner led off the 400 free triumph. Abigail Eckstrom won 3-meter diving for Penn State, and Kailey Koval was second in each diving height.

On the men’s side, Lazzerini was just as central in the relay efforts. He split 24.74 on breaststroke to help the men’s medley relay win in 1:27.40. He sprinted to the win the 100 breast in 54.34, then claimed the 200 in 2:00.10. Lazzerini anchored the 400 free relay, which won in 2:57.58.

Cooper Morley and Victor Baganha were members of both winning relays, the latter splitting 43.13 on the 400 free. Baganha won the 50 free in an NCAA B cut of 19.80 seconds and claimed the 100 fly in 47.30. Morley won the 100 back in 47.46, a 1-2-3 Penn State finish.

Eduardo Cisternas and Andrew Christensen went 1-2 in both the 500 and 1,000 free. Cisternas was second to teammate Sam Folger in the 200 fly by .28 seconds, Folger winning in 1:49.10. Tylor Kim, who led off the 400 free relay, won the 100 free in 45.25, edging Navy’s Everet Andrew by .03. It was revenge for Andrew edging Kim to the 200 free title.

Sean Honey was sweet on the 200 IM title in 1:51.10, and Hayden Elliott swept the diving events.

Both of Navy’s women’s swimming wins were supplied by Lauren Walsh, who claimed the 100 breast and 200 breast, both in 1-2 finishes. MacKenzie Kim won 1-meter diving.

In addition to Andrew’s 200 free win, Ben Irwin won the 200 back in a 1-2 with teammate Will Jones. Jonah Harm was second in both the 100 fly and 100 breast.

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