FAIRFAX, Va.—The UMBC men's and
women's swimming and diving teams completed day one of the
2010 Patriot Invitational Friday in Fairfax, Va. The Retrievers
earned two golds, six silvers and recorded four all-time UMBC top
10 times.
In the women's 3-meter dive, senior Amanda
Shinholser (Burtonsville, Md./Springbrook) finished
fourth with a score of 210.90, while sophomoreAndrew
Eckhoff (Chelmsford, Mass./Chelmsford) placed fourth
in the men's 1-meter dive with a score of 235.50.
Sophomore Enrique Labourdeth (Rochester,
Mi./Stoney Creek) and freshman Tim
Perkins (Frederick, Md./Tuscorora) scored sixth and
eighth, respectively.
In the first swimming events of the meet, the women's
200-yard freestyle relay team of juniorAbbey
McKenney (Wilmington, Del./Brandywine),
freshmen Erika Ronning (Western Springs,
Ill./Lyons Township) and Kali
Dean (Ithaca, N.Y./Lansing) and
junior Ashley Miller(New Smyrna Beach,
Fla./New Smyrna Beach) earned silver in a time of 1:34.85, just 13
one-hundredths of a second over the school mark. In
the men's 200 free relay, the team of
sophomore Steve Gallagher (Sinking
Spring, Pa./Wilson), senior Keilan
Freeman (Calgary, Alberta, Canada/Argyll Centre),
junior Evan Danz (Woodstock, Md./Loyola
Blakefield) and senior Eric
Jones (Gambrills, Md./Arundel) also touched second in
1:23.73.
In the women's 500 free, sophomore Amy
Fay (Haverhill, Mass./Haverhill) finished second in a
career-best time of 4:56.18, the sixth-fastest time in school
history, while senior Rebecca
Godwin (Catonsville, Md./Notre Dame Prep) placed
third in 4:58.56. Sophomore Jennifer
Kotonias (Burtonsville, Md./Academy of Holy Cross)
and junior Ashley Sippel (Rockville,
Md./Thomas Wootton) touched fifth and seventh, respectively.
Sophomore transfer Pierre De
Waal (Pretoria, South Africa/Tuks Sport/Cleveland
State) swam the ninth-fastest time in UMBC history in the
men's 500 free, earning silver in 4:33.18, while
sophomore Mike McGee (Chalfont, Pa./La
Salle College HS) placed sixth in 4:38.63 and
junior Mark Garbowski (Cherry Hill,
N.J./Cherry Hill West) finished eighth in 4:43.36.
Sophomore Tara
Morrissette (Somersworth, N.H./Saint Thomas Aquinas),
the 2010 America East Female Most Outstanding Rookie, won gold in
the women's 200 IM in a time of 2:06.20.
In the men's 200 IM, senior Brad
Reitz (Ellicott City, Md./Howard) earned gold in
1:52.74, while fellow senior Dan
Weston-Dawkes (Ellicott City, Md./Wilde Lake) took
home silver in 1:54.80. Junior John
Mendenhall (Cherry Hill, N.J./Cherry Hill East)
placed fourth in 1:55.63.
In the women's 50 free, Ronning finished sixth in 24.11,
the eighth-fastest time in school history, while Dean placed eighth
in 24.21. Dean swam 24.11 in the prelims, so the two freshmen are
tied for eighth.
Gallagher, Jones and Freeman placed 4-5-6 in the men's 50
free, finishing in times of 21.08, 21.31, and 21.32,
respectively.
In the final events of the evening, the women's 400 medley
relay of freshman Klara
Pavelkova (Prague, Czech Republic/Gymnasium
Pripotocni), senior Gaby Johnston(Windsor,
Conn./Loomis Chaffee School), Kotonias and Ronning placed fourth in
3:56.06, while the men's 400 medley relay team of
freshman Johan Rohtla (Tallinn,
Estonia/Tallinn Secondary Science), Gallagher, Reitz and Jones
finished second in 3:25.11.
The action continues Saturday with prelims at 10 a.m. and the
finals at 6 p.m.
Team scores will be posted as they come available.
