Results
COLLEGE PARK, Md.—The UMBC men's
swimming and diving team swept local rivals Maryland and Towson,
Saturday afternoon, while the women's side was downed by both
the Terps and the Tigers. The men's team (4-1) defeated
Maryland, 172-114, and Towson, 201-61, but the women (2-3) fell to
the Terps, 240-60, and the Tigers, 214.50-85.50.
On the women's side, the Retrievers set 10 season-best
times, including sophomore Jennifer
Kotonias (Burtonsville, Md./Academy of Holy Cross) in
the 200 fly (2:04.80) and sophomore transfer Claire
Barron (Lowestoft, England/Benjamin Britten/New
Orleans) in the 100 breast (1:07.18), who both achieved the
10th-fastest times in school history.
In addition, the 400 free relay of freshman Erika
Ronning (Western Springs, Ill./Lyons Township),
junior Ashley Sippel (Rockville,
Md./Thomas Wootton), senior Danielle
Cruz(Catonsville, Md./Western Tech) and
junior Ashley Miller (New Smyrna Beach,
Fla./New Smyrna Beach) set a UMBC season-best time of
3:34.37.
Senior Brad Reitz (Ellicott City,
Md./Howard) earned four golds on the men's side, including all
three of his individual events, taking the 100-yard butterfly
(50.26), 200 fly (1:50.94) and 200 IM (1:54.58), all of which were
UMBC season-best times.
Freshman Johan Rohtla (Tallinn,
Estonia/Tallinn Secondary Science) continued his impressive first
year, winning the 200 backstroke in 1:49.62, the fourth-fastest
time in school history, while placing first in the 100 back in
50.89, the ninth-fastest all-time mark at UMBC.
Other multiple winners included senior Eric
Jones (Gambrills, Md./Arundel), who touched first in
the 50 free (21.39) and the 200 free (1:43.79), and sophomore
transfer Pierre De Waal(Pretoria, South
Africa/Tuks Sport/Cleveland State), who won the 500 free and 1,000
free in 4:41.74 and 9:46.28, respectively.
Junior John Mendenhall (Cherry Hill,
N.J./Cherry Hill East) won the 200 breaststroke in 2:07.25 and
sophomore Steve Gallagher (Sinking
Spring, Pa./Wilson) took the 100 breast (58.49), while
sophomore Andrew Eckhoff (Chelmsford,
Mass./Chelmsford) won the 1-meter dive with a score of 252.10.
The Retrievers return to action next weekend when they look to
defend their Patriot Invitational titles in Fairfax, Va., Friday to
Sunday.
