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.
