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Navy Ends National Swim Meet with Strong Effort

Mids send three swimmers into the final evening session

	Adam Meyer

March 31, 2007

EAST MEADOW, N.Y. - The Navy swimming programs ended the U.S. Swimming Spring Championship on a successful note by having a trio of Mids qualify to swim during the evening sessions of finals, Saturday at the Nassau County Aquatics Center in East Meadow, N.Y.

Advancing out of the trial heats and into the 'C' final for their respective events were Adam Meyer (Fr., Bethesda, Md.) and Billy Vey (So., Huntersville, N.C.) in the 200 individual medley and Thuy-Mi Dinh (Fr., Anaheim, Calif.) in the 50 freestyle.

For Meyer the 200 IM was his second finals appearance of the meet. He earlier placed eighth in the 'C' final of the 400 individual medley Thursday night.

Meyer advanced to the 'C' final of the 200 IM thanks to placing 20th during the trial heats with a time of 2:10.95. Vey, meanwhile, placed 29th during the trial heats of the event with a time of 2:12.02, but moved into the final thanks to a number of swimmers choosing to opt out of the race.

Meyer and Vey would go on to place seventh (2:11.39) and eighth (2:12.85), respectively, in the 'C' final of the event.

The Navy men's team qualified at least one swimmer into the finals session on each of its four days of competition at the meet, while Dinh became the first Navy women's swimmer to compete at night during the event.

Dinh won her trial heat of the 50 free Saturday with time of 26.90, a clocking that placed her 21st overall. She would improve her time to 26.69 to place fourth in the 'C' final.

Navy ended the meet by having its men's 400 medley relay team place third with a time of 3:55.06. The foursome of Mids was comprised of Kevin Mukri (Sr., Silver Spring, Md.), Kevin Kysiak (Jr., Western Springs, Ill.), Meyer and Christopher Jenkins (Jr., Chicago, Ill.)

Navy Individual Event Finals Results
Women
50m Freestyle
Thuy-Mi Dinh - 26.69 - 4th place in C final
Men
200m Individual Medley
Adam Meyer - 2:11.39 - 7th place in C final
Billy Vey - 2:12.85 - 8th place in C final

Navy Individual Event Trial Heat Results
Women
200m Individual Medley
Kelly Zahalka - 2:25.52 - 5th in heat, 41st overall
50m Freestyle
Thuy-Mi Dinh - 26.90 -- 1st in heat, 21st overall
Sarah Dorenkott - 27.77 - 1st in heat, 62nd overall

Men
200m Individual Medley
Adam Meyer - 2:10.95 - 3rd in heat, 20th overall
Billy Vey - 2:12.02 - 5th in heat, 29th overall
Christopher Jenkins - 2:14.06 - 3rd in heat, 49th overall
50m Freestyle
Frank Komadina - 25.16 -- 6th in heat, 55th overall

400m Medley Relay Results
Navy Women - 4:35.43 - 6th in heat, 30th overall
Tara Chapmon, Mallory Dietrich, Kelly Zahalka, Sarah Dorenkott
Navy Men - 3:55.06 - 3rd in heat 3rd overall
Kevin Mukri, Kevin Kysiak, Adam Meyer, Christopher Jenkins