Salisbury, Md. -- The UMBC Men's Swimming team won 12 of 14 events and broke nine pool records en route to a convincing 159-103 win over host Salisbury on Saturday afternoon.
The events were contested in a 25 meter pool.
Freshman
Quinn Marchionini continued his tremendous debut campaign, winning all three events he competed in pool record times. He won the 100 back in 55.06, the 200 back in 2:03.42 and was the starting leg in the 200 medley relay (1:41.12). His opening 50 back in that relay was also a pool record (25.37). He was joined on that winning relay by
Sean Neils,
Stefano Perez and
Braden Weise, each of whom won at least one other individual event.
Weise won and set the pool record in both the 50 free (23.09) and the 100 free (51.34). He was also joined by Perez, Neils and
Axel Mori on the winning 200 free relay team in a pool record time of 1:33.00.
Perez took first in the 100 fly in a time of 56.72, while Neils won the 100 breaststroke in 1:04.81.
Andrew McEachern (pool record 1:53.82) and
Tyler Kay (1:56.30) went 1-2 in the 200 free,
Elliot Fielder won the 200 breaststroke (2:22.34) and finished second behind Neils in the 100 breaststroke (1:04.81).
Felipe Taveira Lira set the pool record en route to the gold in the 200 IM, with Kay finishing in second just behind him (2:08.35).
UMBC does not compete again until January 24 when they host Frostburg State for a Senior Day dual meet at 1 p.m.
