BALTIMORE - The UMBC swimming and diving teams have been quite busy in the first few weeks of the new year.

Head Coach Matt Donovan and his staff resurrected the Florida Training Trip and the team spent the first week of 2023 in the Sunshine State. The Retrievers returned and faced local rivals Howard and Towson in a span of five days (four for the divers).

To cap it off, UMBC will honor 25 graduate students, fifth-years and seniors competing in their final home meet on Saturday, Jan. 21. The Retrievers will take on George Mason at 1:00 p.m. and that group will be honored in a pre-meet ceremony at 12:40 p.m.

In Wednesday's meet at Towson, sophomore Oliver Gassmann captured a pair of butterfly events, winning the 50 and 100 yard sprints. He won the 50 with a mark of 22.20 and took home the 100 (48.90) by more than .5 seconds over his nearest TU rival.

On Tuesday, freshman diver Anders Logas posted a season-high score of 290.85, while triumphing on the the 3-meter board.

Junior Dani Nicusan broke his own school record in the 100 yard individual medley, slicing a significant amount of time (50.36-51.40) from the mark he set at Navy earlier this season.

The George Mason Patriots have not visited UMBC since the Retrievers joined the America East Conference in 2003-04. The teams competed in Fairfax, Va. in January, 2020 and UMBC came away with a 165-133 victory. Seniors Jimmy Dwyer and Ethan Riser captured the 200 IM and 200 butterfly respectively.

The UMBC divers will travel to Bucknell to compete on Saturday, Jan. 28.