Results
LEWISBURG, Pa. – UMBC senior Mohamed Hussein (Cairo,
Egypt/Victory College) started his final season with a bang by
winning all three of the individual medley events while classmate
Johan Rohtla (Tallinn, Estonia/Tallinn Secondary Science) swept the
backstroke events and the UMBC swimming and diving teams won 25 of
44 events in an exhibition meet against Bucknell, Saturday
afternoon at Kinney Natatorium.
For the women, freshmen Emily Escobedo (New Rochelle, N.Y./Maria
Regina) and Kayla Lilly (Natick, Mass./Medfield) both burst onto
the scene at Bucknell, each winning three events. Escobedo
swept the 50 (31.32), 100 (1:07.10), and 200-yd. breaststroke
(2:19.92) events while Lilly took the top spot in the 100
(1:03.11), 200 (2:12.86), and 400-yd. IM events (4:38.95).
In addition, the Retrievers swept the four relay competitions
against the Bison.
A two-time America East Most Outstanding Male Swimmer honoree
and an NCAA Championships qualifier, Hussein won the 100-yd.
(51.58), 200-yd. (1:52.80), and 400-yd. IM events (4:04.30) against
the Bison to start the season.
Rohtla equaled his classmate's feat by sweeping the backstroke
events in Pennsylvania. The senior opened with a win in the
200-yd. event (1:54.36) and then went on to take top honors in the
100-yd. (52.57) and 50-yd races (25.05) as well.
On the diving boards, senior Tim Perkins (Frederick,
Md./Tuscarora) took the top spot in both events, winning the
1-meter competition with a score of 244.13 and then earned the
3-meter win with 268.95 points.
Sophomore Leo Endres (Bamberg, Germany/Kaiser Heinrich
Gymnasium) also picked up multiple wins by taking the top spot in
the 50-yd. (27.01) and 100-yd. breaststroke (59.10)
events.
Freshmen Andrew McKissick (Ellicott City, Md./Mount St.
Joseph's) and Gregor Sporlein (Bamberg, Germany/Clavius-Gymnasium)
earned wins in their first collegiate races, while junior Lauri
Kaei (Harjumaa, Estonia/Tallinn Secondary Science) won the 200 free
(1:42.31).
Also for the women, senior Talor Tadena (Orangevale,
Calif./Bella Vista) started her year by winning the 50 fly (26.91)
and sophomore Corinna Darelius (Rye, N.Y./Rye) won the 3-meter
diving competition.
UMBC opens up the 2013-14 dual meet season next weekend when the
Retrievers travel to New Jersey to take on Rider.
