Swimming & Diving Posts Solid Performances at Navy

Annapolis, Md. -- The UMBC Men's and Women's Swimming & Diving teams competed well in a tri-meet with Navy and William & Mary in Annapolis on Saturday morning.

"This was our best performance against Navy in my time here at UMBC," said head coach Matt Donovan. "We take a lot of pride in having an extremely competitive regular season schedule and this year is no different", said head coach Matt Donovan. "Our team rose to the occasion and put up some great times and efforts on the board. It was exciting to race W&M again and see how we stack up against other conferences in the region. We have a lot of work to do going into Loyola and we are excited to get back to work on Monday."

Marko Kovacic had a successful day for the Retrievers placing first in the 100 (50.09) and 200 fly (1:50.29). Andrew McEachern came in second for the men's 500 yard freestyle race with a time of 4:47.78. The men's 400 yard freestyle relay came in second with Kovacic, Boris Milev, McEachern, and Oliver Gassmann with a combined time of 3:09.03. Isaac Poole finished second on the diving board contributing 295.65 points in the men's one meter diving.

For the women, Bruna de Padua finished second in the 200 yard freestyle with a time of 1:52.98. Padua also finished second in the 500 yard freestyle with a time of 5:02.58. Meanwhile, Ember Stennett led diving, coming in second for the women's three meter diving with a score of 241.35.

The Retrievers will travel to Loyola (Md.) with Towson and Mount Saint Mary's for a three day meet on Oct. 25-27.

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Players Mentioned

Oliver Gassmann: Fly/Free; Junior

Bruna de Padua: Distance; Sophomore

Ember Stennett: Diving; 5' 5"; Freshman

Marko Kovacic: Free/Fly; Graduate Student

Andrew McEachern: Free; Freshman

Boris Milev: Free; Graduate Student

Isaac Poole: Diving; Graduate Student

Players Mentioned

Oliver Gassmann
: Junior
: Fly/Free

Bruna de Padua
: Sophomore
: Distance

Ember Stennett
: 5' 5"; Freshman
: Diving

Marko Kovacic
: Graduate Student
: Free/Fly

Andrew McEachern
: Freshman
: Free

Boris Milev
: Graduate Student
: Free

Isaac Poole
: Graduate Student
: Diving