Worcester, Mass. - The women's swimming and diving teams placed second to a strong UNH team at the 2020 America East Championships.

Junior Vanessa Esposito captured gold in the 1650 freestyle. 

UMBC junior Natalija Marin received the Elite 18 Award. Marin holds a 3.87 GPA in mechanical engineering.
 

2020 America East Swimming & Diving Championships
Final Team Standings
Women

1. New Hampshire (876 points)
2. UMBC (759.5)
3. Vermont (493.5)
4. Binghamton (486.5)
5. Maine (396)
6. Stony Brook (253.5)
7. VMI (129)

Men

1. UMBC (1051 points)
2. Binghamton (807)
3. Maine (575)
4. VMI (468)

Day 4 Highlights

• In the women's 1650-yard freestyle, Vanessa Esposito of UMBC finished with a time of 17:11.28.
• UMBC's Kai Wisner repeated as champion and set a new meet record in the 1650, touching the wall in 15:21.92.
• Anna Metzler continues to shine this year as she defended her women's 200 backstroke title, clocking in with a time of 1:57.17.
• UMBC's Garrett Wlochowski earned gold in the men's 200 backstroke with a time of 1:45.34.
• Freshman Olivia Stille of New Hampshire captured first place in the 100 free, touching the wall in a time of 50.89.
• UMBC junior Ilia Rattsev completed the sweep of the freestyle sprints with a gold medal in the men's 100 free with a time of 44.14. The senior also becomes the first ever swimmer in America East history to sweep the freestyle sprints three consecutive years.
• Freshman Jamy Lum wins another gold this weekend as she clocked in at 2:13.36 in the 200 breaststroke.
• Ryan Board of Binghamton takes the gold in the 200 breaststroke, touching the wall in 2:01.52.
• In the 200 butterfly, New Hampshire's senior Corinne Carbone won with a time of 2:00.21 while UMBC's freshman Ethan Riser captured first place with a time of 1:47.89.
• In the final events of the weekend, New Hampshire won the 400 freestyle relay in 3:24.79 and the UMBC men clocked in at 2:58.82.