Lexington, Va. – In its first scored meet of the 2020-21 season, the UMBC women's swimming and diving team won 14 of 16 events and defeated America East foe VMI, 218-67, at Clark King Pool.
Juniors Caroline Sargent (Trumbull, Conn.) and Lily McCoy (Mt. Airy, Md./Linganore) paced the Retrievers with two victories apiece. Sargent triumphed in the 100 backstroke (59.10) and 200 IM (2:13.44), while McCoy took both breaststroke events (100- 1:07.53, 200-2:27.45).
UMBC also opened and closed the meet with relay wins in the 200 medley and 400 freestyle events.
Other Retriever winners were Mya Loniewski (1000 freestyle), Rosa Farag (200 freestyle), Kyle Kelly (200 butterfly), Makaela Hill (50 free), Alexis Bruington (1 meter diving), Nyah Stahl (200 backstroke), Susie Cadigan (500 free) and Natalija Marin (100 fly).
The diving portion of the America East Championships will be held April 17-18 at Binghamton University (N.Y.) while the swimming section is scheduled for April 23-25 at NJIT.
