Women's 200 Medley Relay Pool Record Video
BALTIMORE—The UMBC men's and women's swimming
and diving programs swept America East rivals Boston University
Saturday at the UMBC Natatorium on the back of 22 team season-best
times and 19 event wins. The men (2-1) defeated the Terriers (3-1),
178-115, while the women (2-1) won, 156-144, over Boston (3-1).
UMBC's women relays highlighted the meet, with the
200-yard medley relay of junior Kathryn Moorby (Cape May,
N.J./Lower Cape May Regional), freshman Talor
Tadena (Orangevale, Calif./Bella Vista), senior Sarah
Ryan(Rockville Centre, N.Y./Oceanside) and junior Ashley
Miller (New Smyrna Beach, Fla./New Smyrna Beach) breaking the
team's own UMBC Natatorium record in a time of 1:46.09. In
the final women's race of the meet, the 400-yard freestyle
relay of Miller, freshman Erika Ronning (Western Springs,
Ill./Lyons Township) and juniors Ashley
Sippel (Rockville, Md./Thomas Wootton) and Abbey
McKenney (Wilmington, Del./Brandywine) clinched the victory in
3:29.96.
On the men's side, seniors Eric
Jones (Gambrills, Md./Arundel) and Brad
Reitz (Ellicott City, Md./Howard) and sophomore
transfer Pierre De Waal (Pretoria, South Africa/Tuks
Sport/Cleveland State) each won two individual events. Jones won
the 100 (47.73) and 200 free (1:43.46), Reitz swept the 100 (51.18)
and 200 fly (1:53.27), while De Waal won the distance events,
taking the 500 free in 4:40.91 and the 1,000 free in 9:38.89, both
UMBC season-best times.
Sophomore Andrew Eckhoff (Chelmsford,
Mass./Chelmsford) swept the men's diving events, winning the
1-meter with a score of 299.55 and the 3-meter with a score of
284.77.
The women's side had six individual winners who swam UMBC
season-best times, including senior Rebecca
Godwin (Catonsville, Md./Notre Dame Prep) winning the 1,000
free in 10:14.86 and junior Laura Tilman (Miami,
Fla./Ransom Everglades) taking the 200 back in 2:08.78. Ryan
claimed the 100 fly in 57.29, McKenney won the 100 free in 52.36,
Sippel took the 200 free 1:54.03 and Moorby claimed the 100 back in
59.30.
On the men's side, junior Nour Saad (Columbia,
Md./Oakland Mills) won the 200 back in a UMBC season-best time of
1:51.47, while freshman Johan Rohtla (Tallinn,
Estonia/Tallinn Secondary Science) won the 100 back in 52.58.
In the final event of the meet, the men's 400 free relay
of senior Keilan Freeman (Calgary, Alberta, Canada/Argyll
Centre), sophomores Steve Gallagher (Sinking Spring,
Pa./Wilson) and Herol Marjak (Harjumaa, Estonia/Tallinn
Sec Science School), and Jones finished first in a time of
3:10.37.
The Retrievers return to action Nov. 13 for a tri-meet against
Maryland and Towson in College Park, Md.
