The VMI men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams broke 17 team records and set 34 new program top-10 times at the Keydet Invite at Goodall Pool Nov. 16, 2024.—Photo courtesy VMI Athletics.
VMI swimming and diving closed out the Keydet Invite with wins for both men’s and women’s squads at Goodall Pool Nov. 16, 2024.
In two days, the Keydets broke 17 team records and set 34 new program top-10 times. The men posted a massive 217-34 victory while the women came up on top, 148-101, for the most wins in 7 years and earned the first female dual meet win at Goodall Pool in program history. On top of that, the women also tied for the most wins in a single season.
The Keydets have broken 11 team records and tied two records between both men’s and women’s squads. VMI men’s swimming and diving led the meet over Southern Virginia, 110-16, while VMI women’s swimming and diving led the Knights, 75-47.
Kicking off the record-breaking evening was the women’s 200 medley relay consisting of Noelle Tong ’26, Walden Wilder ’27, Emerson Cosner ’28, and Mackenzie Byrne ’28, who swam to a solid time of 1:49.47. Cosner would later smash the rat and team records in the 200 butterfly (2:10.27) right before Byrne earned a new 50 freestyle rat and team record-breaking time (23.75).
On the boards, Isabelle Haer ’28 nabbed a 259.65 score on the 1-meter dive, etching her name in the record book with a new rat record.
For the men, Stephen Russell ’28 tallied a new 1,000 freestyle rat and team record (9:33.37), while Jack Mills ’28 posted a top conference time and new rat and team record in the 200 freestyle (1:38.17). Sam Castle ’27 broke the team 100 backstroke record (49.90).
Caleb Wolf ’28 tied Mill’s rat and team record in the 200 butterfly (1:53.32).
VMI set six team records on day two of the invitational. Byrne added a new rat and team record in the 100 freestyle (52.93), with Wilder breaking the team record in the 200 breaststroke (2:30.01).
Mills continued his dominant freshman campaign by destroying the rat and team record in the 100 butterfly (49.70). The final record of the day went to the rat 200 freestyle relay team consisting of Sam Calder ’28, Russell, Joshua Wolf ’28, and Mills.
VMI swimming and diving had two Kedyet rat swimmers—Calder and Mills—competing in the 2024 Toyota U.S. Open Championships at the Greensboro Aquatic Center in Greensboro, North Carolina, Dec. 4–7.
Emerson Cosner ’28 – 1,000 Free
Stephen Russell ’28 – 1,000 Free
Toby Schwenk ’28 – 1,000 Free
Aubrey Struder ’28 – 1,000 Free
Jack Mills ’28 – 200 Free
Joshua Wolf ’28 – 200 Free
Ava Phillips ’28 – 100 Back
Sam Castle ’27 – 100 Back
Adi Pattada ’28 – 100 Back
Ethan Griffith ’25 – 100 Breast
Parker Belle Fogle ’28 – 100 Breast
Emerson Cosner ’28 – 200 Fly
Caleb Wolf ’28 – 200 Fly
Kayleb Eldridge ’28 – 200 Fly
Brayden Green ’28 – 200 Fly
Mackenzie Byrne ’28 – 50 Free
Sam Calder ’28 – 50 Free
Max Brunner ’27 – 50 Free
Mackenzie Byrne ’28 – 100 Free
Kimiya Sabahi-Miab ’28 – 200 Back
Toby Schwenk ’28 – 200 Back
Joshua Wolf ’28 – 200 Back
Walden Wilder ’27 – 200 Breast
Parker Belle Fogle ’28 – 200 Breast
Emerson Cosner ’28 – 500 Free
Stephen Russell ’28 – 500 Free
Sam Calder ’28 – 500 Free
Caleb Wolf ’28 – 500 Free
Mackenzie Byrne ’28 – 100 Fly
Jack Mills ’28 – 100 Fly
Kayleb Eldridge ’28 – 100 Fly
Parker Belle Fogle ’28 – 400 IM
Toby Schwenk ’28 – 400 IM
Brayden Green ’28 – 400 IM
The Keydets will wait until after the new year for their next matchup. VMI will travel to Asheville, North Carolina, to face UNC Asheville in a dive-only meet Jan. 10. After that, the Keydets welcome a trio of teams to Goodall Pool Jan. 18.
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Editor’s Note: This article was first published at vmikeydets.com.
