BALTIMORE – In a thrilling meet between local rivals, the UMBC women's swimming and diving teams edged Towson, 151-148 at the UMBC Aquatic Complex.
Senior
Caroline Sargent (Trumbull, Conn.) led the way with three victories, including a razor close triumph in the penultimate event, the 200 yard individual medley.
Sophomore
Makaela Hill (Catonsville, Md.) also excelled for the Retrievers, winning both the 50 and 100 freestyle events and rallying to earn the 400 freestyle relay team four crucial points and a second place finish in the meet-ending 400 freestyle relay.
The Tigers had won seven consecutive meets versus the Retrievers since a UMBC win in 2006.
NOTABLE
- The Retrievers won the opening 200 yard medley relay, as Sargent, junior Jenna Gwinn (Baltimore, Md./Mount de Sales), junior Sierra Tosten (Hagerstown, Md.) and Hill posted a mark of 1:46.36.
- Sargent won the 100 backstroke (58.35), which started a run of seven consecutive events taken by the hosts. Gwinn captured the 100 breaststroke (1:06.12), senior Natalija Marin (Belgrade, Serbia) placed first in the 200 butterfly (2:07.85), and Hill won the 50 freestyle (24.52) before the break and the 100 free (53.52) just after it. Then Sargent (200 backstroke- 1:51.48) and Gwinn (200 breaststroke- 2:22.19) capped the run with their second victories of the day.
- Tosten swam a brilliant race and edged her Maddie Mince of Towson by .01 seconds to win the 100 butterfly in 58.11.
- Sargent duplicated Tosten's effort, narrowly holding off Meagan Clark by .27 seconds and take the 200 IM in 2:10.25.
- Hill swam a last 100 yards in 52.17 to pass one Towson quartet and provide a four-point swing in the 400 free relay
UMBC completes its four meets in four weeks stretch when they host VMI on Saturday, Nov. 13. The meet always gets underway at 1:00 p.m.
