BOYDS, Md.—The UMBC men's and women's
swimming and diving teams broke four school records as the 2011
America East Championships opened competition at the Germantown
Indoor Swim Center Thursday. The men sit in first place with 114
points, while the women are in second with 66 points.
The Boston University men are second with 107 points, while
Binghamton (93), Maine (81) and Stony Brook (60) follow behind.
The New Hampshire women lead with 80 points and Boston
University is third with 64 points, while Vermont (60), Stony Brook
(56), Binghamton (54) and Maine (48) round out the field.
In the first event of the evening, the women's 800-yard
freestyle relay of sophomore Amy
Fay (Haverhill, Mass./Haverhill),
senior Danielle Cruz (Catonsville,
Md./Western Tech) and juniors Ashley
Miller (New Smyrna Beach, Fla./New Smyrna Beach)
and Abbey McKenney(Wilmington,
Del./Brandywine) broke the UMBC record with an NCAA consideration
time of 7:21.69. Fay's leadoff of 1:50.13 was the third-fastest 200
in school history.
In the men's 800 free relay, seniors Brad
Reitz (Ellicott City, Md./Howard)
and Keilan
Freeman (Calgary, Alberta, Canada/Argyll Centre),
sophomore Pierre De
Waal (Pretoria, South Africa/Tuks Sport/Cleveland
State) and senior Eric
Jones (Gambrills, Md./Arundel) won gold in a
UMBC, America East Championship and pool record time of
6:34.28, also an NCAA consideration time. Reitz' leadoff of 1:38.43
was the second-fastest 200 in UMBC history.
The women's 200 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 Miller broke
the school record and finished third in 1:43.70, while the men's
200 medley relay of sophomores Sandy
Haibel (Rockville, Md./Richard Montgomery)
and Steve
Gallagher (Sinking Spring, Pa./Wilson), Reitz and
Freeman broke the UMBC record and produced an NCAA consideration
time of 1:29.81.
In the men's 1-meter diving, sophomore Andrew
Eckhoff (Chelmsford, Mass./Chelmsford) earned
silver with 565.65 points, while sophomore Enrique
Labourdeth (Rochester, Mi./Stoney Creek) and
freshman Tim
Perkins (Frederick, Md./Tuscorora) finished
seventh and eighth with 451.55 and 419.90 points, respectively.
The action continues tomorrow with the prelims at 10 a.m. and
the finals at 6 p.m.
