Ben Tungate Commits To Swim For Loyola University Maryland Beginning Fall 2026

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Ben Tungate has dedicated to swim at Loyola College Maryland for his collegiate profession. He hails from Crozet, Virginia, the place he swims for Cavalier Aquatics and competes for Western Albemarle Excessive College. He’ll be part of the Greyhounds within the fall of 2026.

He publicized the announcement on social media, writing:

I’m very honored to announce my verbal dedication to additional my tutorial and athletic profession at Loyola College Maryland. I wish to thank my dad and mom, brothers, teammates, and coaches for serving to me by means of the journey. Go Hounds!!!

Tungate is a rangy freestyler who excels within the 200-1650 distances.

The long run Greyhound’s first key meet of the 2024-25 season was the NC YOTA thirty first Annual Area Capital Basic meet in December. He touched the wall second within the 1650 together with his present private better of 16:13.20, and picked up a pair of fourth-place finishes within the 200 free (1:42.40) and 500 free (4:37.42). He additionally secured seventeenth within the 400 IM with a profession better of 4:12.38 and seventeenth within the 200 fly with a lifetime better of 1:57.98.

Tungate’s goal meet of the highschool season was the Class 3 State Championship, held initially of March. Individually, he was the runner-up within the 500 free (4:45.08) and fourth within the 200 free (1:39.86), and helped the 200 free relay to gold with a 22.76 lead-off and the 400 free relay to bronze with a 49.42 lead-off.

He closed out his season initially of April on the YMCA Nationwide Championships. His highest end got here within the 1000 free, the place he produced a lifetime better of 9:38.52 for thirteenth. He additionally swam a profession finest within the 500 free, the place he hit the wall sixteenth in 4:36.60. Exterior of his PB swims, he was twenty fourth within the 1650 free (16:27.96) and forty ninth within the 200 free (1:43.22).

Prime SCY Occasions:

200 Freestyle: 1:42.40
500 Freestyle: 4:36.60
1650 Freestyle: 16:13.20

The Loyola males, led by head coach Brian Loeffler, positioned third out of 10 groups on the 2025 Patriot League Championships.

The convention meet scores ‘A,’ ‘B,’ and ‘C’ finals, and Tungate is slated to have a direct impression for the Greyhounds. His finest 1650 time would have been quick sufficient to attain in 2025, as it might have earned him twenty second. He’s additionally inside putting distance of the 1:41.15 and 4:34.65 marks wanted to advance into the ‘C’ ultimate of the 200 free and 500 free.

On the crew’s 2024-25 depth chart, Tungate would have ranked eighth within the 500 free, ninth within the 1650 free, and fifteenth within the 200 free. Senior Alex Plavoukos led the best way within the 500 and 1650 with marks of 4:24.66 and 15:26.26, and fellow senior Henry Mueller was the quickest 200 freestyler at 1:36.78.

Tungate joined Cristian Pong and Tim Hanway in committing to the Greyhounds’ class of 2030.

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