BALTIMORE – The UMBC swimming and diving teams celebrated senior day by hosting a strong East Carolina Squad in a dual meet at the UMBC Aquatic Complex.

The ECU men got past UMBC, 174-126, while the Retriever women fell, 171-121.

"I am very proud of our men and women today," said head coach Chad Cradock. "They competed with their heart and did what they could against a deep and strong ECU program. What I love most about our team is that we are winning the close ones as we to championships, and that is what matters."

The meet ended in exciting fashion as the Men's 400 freestyle relay quartet of sophomores Tiago Asakawa (Sumaré, Brazil), Satori Dobbie (Christchurch, New Zealand), freshman Gabe Laracuente (Gaithersburg, Md./Good Counsel) and senior Ilia Rattsev (Moscow, Russia) won the race by .12 seconds in a pool record 3:02.66.

On the Women's side, senior Haylee Committe (Ellicott City, Md./Howard) took gold in the 100 yard breaststroke in a time of 1:05.16. Caroline Sargent (Trumbull, Conn.) took second in both the 100 and 200 yard backstroke, while Committe added a second place finish of her own in the 100 yard freestyle.  Senior Sotiria Neofytou (Limassol, Cyprus) took second in the 100 yard butterfly with a time of 57.10, just .45 behind the gold winner from ECU. 

For the Men, junior Kai Wisner (Syracuse, N.Y.) took first in both the 1000 freestyle (9:33.82) and the 500 freestyle (4:36.38). Senior Garrett Wlochowski (Manchester, Conn.) also earned gold, as he won the 100 yard backstroke in a time of 49.99. Rattsev added to his gold total when he won the 50 yard freestyle in 20.79, and took first in the 100 yard freestyle in a time of 46.02. He also took second in the 200 yard freestyle, missing out on first by .05.

The Retrievers return to action February 13, when they travel to Worcester, Mass to defend their America East titles.