Men's Swimming & Diving Races Past American in Opener

BALTIMORE -- The UMBC Men's Swimming & Diving began the 2024-25 season with a bang, as they raced past visiting American, 208.50-91.50, on Saturday at the UMBC Aquatic Complex.

"Great job by all the men today led by some amazing results in the diving well," said head coach Matt Donovan. "In both swim and dive we have a lot of new faces to help complement our returning core of athletes. We had a very strong day today. We are excited to see what this group can do in the coming months".

Isaac Poole had a pair of NCAA Zone Cuts as he won both the 1 meter (311.78) and the 3 meter (339.08). Kaleb Cave and Grant Moore took second and third in both diving events, as well.

UMBC got off to a hot start as Marko Kovacic, Christian Coleman, Oliver Gassmann and Bode Neale took first in the 200 Medley Relay

Graduate student Boris Milev won the 200 free in his Retriever debut and followed by gold in the 100 and 50 free, while classmate Ryan Harding took first in the 100 back.

Kovacic then picked up another pair of wins as he finished first in the 100 fly and 200 fly, and Nick Bracall topped the podium in the 200 back

James Tao, Max Trias, Eric Kim and Matthew Johnson then took the top 4 spots for UMBC in the 200 Breaststroke.

UMBC closed the race by taking gold in the 400 relay as Jayden Atkins, Chris Coleman, Sean Neils and Andrew McEachern finished first.

The Retrievers head to Navy next Saturday for a tri-meet against Navy and William & Mary.

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Players Mentioned

Christian Coleman: Sprint Freestyle; Junior

Oliver Gassmann: Fly/Free; Junior

Ryan Harding: Freestyle; Senior

Bode Neale: Fly/Free; Senior

Max Trias: Breast/IM; Senior

Nick Bracall: Free/IM; 5' 10"; Freshman

Matthew Johnson: Breast/IM; 5' 9"; Freshman

James Tao: Breast/IM; 6' 0"; Freshman

Kaleb Cave: Diving; Freshman

Eric Kim: Breast/Free; Junior

Players Mentioned

Christian Coleman
: Junior
: Sprint Freestyle

Oliver Gassmann
: Junior
: Fly/Free

Ryan Harding
: Senior
: Freestyle

Bode Neale
: Senior
: Fly/Free

Max Trias
: Senior
: Breast/IM

Nick Bracall
: 5' 10"; Freshman
: Free/IM

Matthew Johnson
: 5' 9"; Freshman
: Breast/IM

James Tao
: 6' 0"; Freshman
: Breast/IM

Kaleb Cave
: Freshman
: Diving

Eric Kim
: Junior
: Breast/Free