Day One Results
BOSTON, MASS. – UMBC men's swimming
and diving team took first and second in the 1-meter diving
competition to give the Retrievers' the lead with 111 points after
day one at the 2012 America East Swimming and Diving
Championships. The women are tied for the lead with
Boston University. Both teams earned 74 points on the
first day of competition.
In the men's competition, Stony Brook is second with 89 points,
Maine sits at third with 71 points, and Boston University and
Binghamton round out the standings with 62 points and 61 points,
respectively.
With UMBC and Boston University tied atop the women's standings,
New Hampshire claims third at 64 points, while Vermont, Stony
Brook, Maine and Binghamton stand third through seventh and are
separated by only ten points.
Junior Andrew
Eckhoff (Chelmsford, Mass./Chelmsford) led the way for the
Retrievers in the meet's first event, taking the gold in the day's
lone diving competition scoring 272.55 points, with freshman Pak
Lam Wong (Hang Kong/Kowloon Technical School) claiming the silver
with 250.10 points. Junior Enrique
Labourdeth (Rochester, Mich./Stoney Creek) and classmate
Steve
Hart (Westborough, Mass./Westborough) placed sixth and eighth,
respectively, to give UMBC four divers in the top eight.
The UMBC men also claimed gold in 200 medley relay to help build
their day one lead. The foursome of Lauri
Kaei (Harjumaa, Estonia/Tallinn Seconday Science), Steve
Gallagher (Sinking Spring, Pa./Wilson), Sandy
Haibel (Rockville, Md./Richard Montgomery) and Reijo
Hyvenen (Vantaa, Finland/Makelanrinteen Lukio/LSU) picked
up the win for the Retrievers in the day's final event with a time
of 1:30.58.
On the women's side, UMBC and Boston University each won one of
the relays to sit tied for first at the conclusion of the opening
day. In the 800 free relay, the Terriers just beat out
the team of Jennifer Kotonias (Burtonsville, Md./Academy of
Holy Cross), Ashley Miller (New Smyrna Beach, Fla./New Smyrna
Beach), Erika Ronning (Western Springs, Ill./Lyons
Township) and Abbey McKenney (Wilmington, Del./Brandywine) for
the win. The Retrievers did not have to wait long to
exact revenge, however, besting Boston U. in the 200 medley
relay.
Klara Pavelkova (Prague, Czech
Republic/Gymnasium Pripotocni), Claire Barron (Lowestoft, England/Benjamin
Britten/New Orleans) and Laura Tilman (Miami, Fla./Ransom Evergaldes) swam
neck and neck with their BU counterparts in the first three legs,
setting up Ronning to bring home the win for UMBC in a time of
1:43.83.
The Retrievers return to the Boston University Aquatics Center
tomorrow for Day Two of the four-day championship
meet. The two hour morning prelims session begins at 10
a.m., while the event finals will be held at 6 p.m.
