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Nov. 15, 2005

CENTER VALLEY, Pa. - The Navy men's and women's swimming and diving teams received three weekly honors from the Patriot League, it was announced Tuesday by the league office. Kevin Teague (Jr., Lexington, Ky.) and Katie Griffin (So., Ellicott City, Md.) were selected as the league's divers of the week, while Joe Smutz (Sr., Marriottsville, Md.) was named as the men's swimmer of the week.

Teague remained undefeated on the season after winning both boards in a double-dual meet against Bucknell and Lafayette last Saturday in Lewisburg, Pa. He recorded a score of 304.72 on the one meter and a score of 359.47 on the three meter to win the two events by a combined 93 points. Teague, who received his third weekly honor from the league, improved his combined record to 12-0 on the season.

Griffin also garnered her third weekly award of the year by sweeping the springboard events against the Bison and the Leopards. She recorded a score of 247.19 to win the one meter by 32 points and a 272.54 to win the three meter by 53 points. Griffin has now posted a combined 12-2 record this season and improved to 15-3 in career dual meets against Patriot League opponents.

Smutz won a trio of events in a meet for the first time this season when he won the 50, 100 and 200 freestyle events against both Bucknell and Lafayette. He recorded season-best times of 21.26 in the 50 free and 46.95 in the 100 free to win both events, then posted a time of 1:42.58 to win the 200 free. The victories improved his overall record in individual events to 13-1 on the year.

In addition, Smutz swam the third leg of the 200 free relay in a time of 20.34 to help Navy win the event with a clocking of 1:24.76. He completed his portion of the relay in a time of 20.34, recording the fastest leg of any swimmer in the field by six-tenths of a second.

The Navy men's team improved to 6-0 on the season with its victories over Bucknell and Lafayette, while the Navy women now have a 5-3 record on the year after defeating the Leopards and losing to the Bison.

The men will be back in the pool Saturday when Navy plays host to Brown and Dartmouth starting at 12 noon in Lejeune Hall, while the women will next be in competition Dec. 1 when the Mids play host to Army.