PHILADELPHIA, Pa.—The UMBC men's and
women's swimming and diving teams swept Drexel and Howard Saturday,
winning all 28 swimming events. The men defeated Drexel, 187-122,
and Howard, 234-63, while the women defeated the Dragons, 169-116,
and the Bison, 183-97. The 200-yard medley relay team 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 Abbey McKenney(Wilmington,
Del./Brandywine) broke the Drexel Pool record in a time of
1:48.09.
McKenney was one of seven Retrievers to win each of their two
individual events, taking both the 50-yard freestyle and the 200
backstroke. Senior Rebecca Godwin (Catonsville, Md./Notre
Dame Prep) earned gold in the 200 free and the 200 breaststoke,
while sophomore Tara Morrissette (Somersworth, N.H./Saint
Thomas Aquinas) won the 200 butterfly and the 200 IM.
On the men's side, senior Eric
Jones (Gambrills, Md./Arundel) won the 50 free and 100
fly, while fellow senior Brad
Reitz (Ellicott City, Md./Howard) took home the 200 free
and 200 IM crowns. Junior John
Mendenhall (Cherry Hill, N.J./Cherry Hill East) swept the
100 and 200 breast events, while freshman Reed
Neuendorf (Blauvelt, N.Y./Tappan Zee) won the 500 and
1,000 free.
Other individual winners on the women's side were
seniors Danielle Cruz (Catonsville, Md./Western Tech) and
Ryan in the 100 and 500 free, respectively, sophomores Amy
Fay(Haverhill, Mass./Haverhill) and Jennifer
Kotonias (Burtonsville, Md./Academy of Holy Cross) in the
1,000 free and 100 fly, respectively and Moorby and Tadena won the
100 back and 100 breast, respectively.
Junior Nour
Saad (Columbia, Md./Oakland Mills) won the 200 back, while
sophomores Pierre De
Waal (Pretoria, South Africa/Tuks Sport/Cleveland State)
and Steve
Gallagher (Sinking Spring, Pa./Wilson) won the 200 fly and
100 free. Freshman Johan
Rohtla (Tallinn, Estonia/Tallinn Secondary Science) won
the 100 back.
On the diving boards, senior Amanda
Shinholser (Burtonsville, Md./Springbrook) took second in the
1-meter with 223.10 and third in the 3-meter with 199.20, while
sophomoreAndrew
Eckhoff (Chelmsford, Mass./Chelmsford) earned silver in
the 1-meter with 260.60 and bronze in the 3-meter with 257.25.
The Retrievers are off next weekend before hosting Marist on
Saturday, Jan. 22 at noon for senior and alumni day.
Full results will be posted as they come available.
