The UMBC women's and men's swimming and diving teams will continue their busy fall meet schedule when they travel to Williamsburg, Va. to take on William & Mary on Saturday, Oct. 30. The meet gets underway at the Bee McLeod Recreation Center at 2:00 p.m. and live results are available on umbcretrievers.com.
- The women are coming off a five-medal effort at Navy one week ago. Junior Jenna Gwinn (Baltimore, Md./Mount de Sales) continued her outstanding start to the 2021-22, capturing the 100 yard breaststroke event in Annapolis. Gwinn won twice, taking both breaststroke events, in the opening meet versus Delaware and Johns Hopkins.
- Graduate student Natalija Marin (Belgrade, Serbia) (200 yard butterfly), Catonsville High School product and sophomore Makaela Hill (100 freestyle) and junior Sierra Tosten (Hagerstown, Md.) (100 butterfly) all earned second place finishes at Navy.
- The men were led by senior Kai Wisner (Syracuse, N.Y.) and junior Gabe Laracuente (Gaithersburg, Md./Good Counsel) at Navy's Lejeune Hall. Â
- Wisner secured second place in the 1000 yard freestyle and placed fourth in the 500 yard freestyle, while Laracuente was edged by .03 seconds in his quest to win the 50 freestyle. He continued his excellent meet by taking bronze in the 100 freestyle (46.52).
- The William & Mary women have earned victories over Johns Hopkins and Towson, while the men have been on the short end of the scoring against the Blue Jays and Tigers.
- The Retrievers and the Tribe last competed in the 2018-19 season at the UMBC Aquatic Complex. Â The women picked up a 158-139 victory, while the men fell narrowly by a score of 150.5-143.5. Marin won the 200 butterfly and Wisner captured the 1000 freestyle.
The Retrievers return to the Aquatic Complex for home meets on the next two Saturdays. UMBC hosts Towson on Saturday, Nov. 6 at 1:00 p.m.