Day Two Results
BOSTON, MASS. – The UMBC swimming
and diving teams each picked up individual wins on Friday at the
America East Swimming and Diving Championships at Boston
University's Aquatics Center.
After Day Two, the men's squad sits in second place with 284
points, just behind host Boston University
(285). Binghamton is third (200), while Stony Brook
(145) and Maine (109) round out the standings.
The UMBC women rank third after the second day with 233
points. Boston University sits atop the standings with 256
points, with New Hampshire trailing in second with 238.5
points. Vermont (150), Stony Brook (142), Binghamton
(127) and Maine (115.5) place fourth through seventh,
respectively.
Junior Mohamed Hussein (Cairo, Egypt) led the charge for
the Retriever men, claiming gold in the 200 IM in a record breaking
time of 1:47.64. With his time, the mid-year transfer broke
the UMBC, championship meet and America East record, in addition to
stopping the watch in an NCAA consideration time.
Junior Herol Marjak (Harjumma, Estonia/Tallinn Secondary
Science) and classmate Mike McGee (Chalfont, Pa./LaSalle College HS) also
picked up valuable points for the Retrievers, claiming sixth and
eighth, respectively, in the championship heat.
UMBC also picked up a win in the 500 free as junior Pierre De Waal (Pretoria, South Africa/Tuks
Sport/Cleveland State) successfully defended his title in a time of
4:27.30. Freshman Rob
Breen (Danvers, Mass./St. John's Prep) and sophomore Chalie Melesh (Annapolis, Md./Annapolis/Pfeiffer)placed
sixth and eighth for the Retrievers.
In the 50-yd. free, juniors Steve Gallagher (Sinking Spring, Pa./Wilson)
and Reijo Hyvenen (Vantaa, Finland/Makelanrinteen
Lukio/LSU) claimed silver and bronze for UMBC.
In the day's final event, Gallagher and Hyvenen combined with
Hussein and Lauri Kaei (Harjumaa, Estonia/Tallin
Seconday Science) to claim a silver in the 200 free relay with a
UMBC record time of 1:21.04.
For the women, senior Abbey
McKenney (Wilmington, Del./Brandywine) reclaimed her gold
in the 50 free, beating the field with a time of
23.60. Sophomore Erika
Ronning (Western Spring, Ill./Lyons Township) and
senior Ashley
Miller (New Smyrna Beach, Fla./New Smyrna Beach) were also
on the medal stand, finishing third and seventh.
Miller and Ronning then combined with Klara
Pavelkova (Praugue, Czech Republic/Gymnasium Pripotocni)
and Laura
Tilman (Miami, Fla./Ransom Everglades) to claim top honors
in the 200 free relay to close the day with a win.
Junior Tara
Morrissette (Somersworth, N.H./Saint Thomas Aquinas) led
UMBC in the 200 IM, taking fifth place in a time of 2:04.79.
In the women's 500 free, junior Jennifer
Kotonias (Burtonsville, Md./Academy of Holy Cross)
finished eighth for the Retrievers, touching the wall in
4:55.19.
Freshman Katie
Bean (Mechanicsville, Va./Atlee) picked up and eighth
place finish in the 3-meter diving competition with a score of
223.80 in the finals.
The 2012 America East Championships continue Saturday morning at
10 a.m. for prelims in the 100 back, 100 breast, 100 fly, 200 free
and 400 IM.
