BALTIMORE -- Boris Milev broke a 21 year old pool record set by Michael Phelps as the UMBC Men's Swimming team reset seven different pool records on Saturday against Frostburg State and Mount St. Mary's.

Milev was the starter on the 400 Free Relay and his 100 time of 44.74 broke Phelps' UMBC Aquatic Complex mark of 45.11 that had stood since 2003. Milev was joined in the relay by Sean Neils, Christian Coleman and Bode Neale to finish in a new pool record time of 3:00.23, to break the previous mark of 3:02.66 set by UMBC in 2020. 

"Our pool has a long history filled with Olympic Champions and world record holders," said head coach Matt Donovan. "To stand toe to toe with them today is a tremendous honor. This team is great at embracing challenges. Going ten for ten (overall) on pool relay records was a tall order and we did it. This was a total team effort. Every member of this team had a hand in our success today. I could not be more proud of this group. What an amazing day to be a Retriever!"

In the first race of the meet, the 200 Medley Relay team of Ryan Harding, Coleman, Oliver Gassmann and Neils won in 1:28.76 to best the previous mark of 1:30.40 set by UMBC in 2018.

Milev would again break a pool record when leading off a relay, as his starting 200 Free time in the 800 Free Relay of 1:38.31 reset the the top mark previously held by Ilya Rattsev's 1:39.62 in 2020. Andrew McEachern, Neale and Marko Kovacic would follow Milev in the relay to set a new pool record time of 6:39.45, smashing the previous record of 6:44.84 set by UMBC in 2020.

Neils, Coleman, Gassmann and Neale would set a new pool record in the 200 Free Relay with a time of 1:21.93, previously held by UMBC in 2022 (1:22.98).

In the very next event, Kovacic, Coleman, Gassmann and Milev would then set a new pool record in the 400 Medley Relay with a time of 3:18.60. The mark they beat was set by UMBC in 2020 with a time of. 3:21.64.

UMBC has over a month off before taking on La Salle in Philadelphia on January 17th.