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Feb. 14, 2007

ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- The Navy men's swimming and diving team will attempt to win its fourth Patriot League title in as many years this week when the league's championship meet takes place on the Bucknell campus in Lewisburg, Pa.

The three-day championship was originally slated to run Thursday through Saturday, but due to the weather conditions in the area the meet has been pushed back one day and will now run Friday through Sunday.

The Mids have won the league crown during each of their previous three seasons as members of the Patriot League by margins of 180, 185 and 200 points, respectively.

"Many factors go into putting together a great meet," said Navy men's swimming head coach Bill Roberts. "This year we have improved in several of the areas I felt we could have done better in during past meets. And now, we have the opportunity to find out how good we can be in the water and on the boards. We are ready for the chance to go up to Bucknell and compete for this year's championship."

Using times posted during the 2006-07 season, Navy swimmers are the No. 1 seeds in a total of eight events. Those Mids ranked first in multiple events are Kevin Mukri (Sr., Silver Spring, Md.) in both backstroke events, Adam Meyer (Fr., Bethesda, Md.) in the individual medley events and Cody Reeb (Fr., St. Louis, Mo.) in both distance freestyle events.

Additionally, Kevin Kysiak (Jr., Western Springs, Ill.) is the top seed in the 100 breaststroke, as is Alex Oldenkamp (So., Coppell, Texas) in the 50 freestyle.

Navy also returns Kevin Teague (Sr., Lexington, Ky.), the top-seeded diver on both boards who is attempting to win the two events for the fourth-straight year.

Other Mids who return after winning an individual event title at the championship are Mukri, winner of the 200 backstroke in 2004 and '05, Danny Flemming (Jr., Loganville, Ga.), who won the 500 free in '06, David Guthmann (So., Waxhaw, N.C.), the '06 champion in the 1650 freestyle and last year's Patriot League Rookie-of-the-Meet recipient, and Tyler Hill (Jr., Houston, Texas), the '06 200 fly titlist.