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.
