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Men's Swimming and Diving

Men's Swimming Has Dominant Showing in Victory on Friday

BALTIMORE -- The UMBC Men's Swimming program won every event en route to a dominant 215-42 win over visiting Frostburg State on Friday afternoon.

Freshmen standouts Quinn Marchionini and Braden Weise led the way by winning all three events they each competed in . 

The meet started with Marchionini, Sean Neils, Stefano Perez and Axel Mori winning the 200 medley relay in 1:31.02. Garrett Jones (1:53.54), Luke Eskola (1:55.96), Matthew Rotunda (1:59.16) and Matthew Johnson (2:00.91) took the top four spots in the 200 IM, followed by Matthew So (1:39.48), Felipe Taveira Lira (1:40.53) and Christian Castro (1:46.04) sweeping the podium in the 200 free.

Nick Bracall (52.46), Michael Truong (53.58) and Nick Zaharescu (54.87) went 1-2-3 in the 100 back, while Weise (56.80), Thyn Van Lier (56.82) and Elliot Fielder (57.43) did the same in the 100 breaststroke. Marchionini (22.68), Perez (22.69) and Tyler Kay (23.33) swept the podium in the 50 fly, and Neils (20.63), Andrew McEachern (22.13) then won the gold and silver in the 50 free.

Mori (46.81) and Truong (48.95) went 1-2 in the 100 free, Perez (23.99) and So (24.26) did the same in the 50 back, and then Van Lier (26.19) Neils (26.59), Rotunda (27.23) and Johnson (27.86) went 1-4 in the 50 breaststroke.

Weise then won the 100 fly in 50.69, with McEachern (52.25), Fielder (54.25) and Zaharescu (55.57) finishing right behind him. Marchionini took gold in the 100 iM in 52.07, with Mori (52.31), Taveira Lira (52.47) and Kay (52.82) taking spots 2-4 behind him.

The meet concluded with the 200 free relay team of Neils, Perez, So and Weise taking gold in 1:23.48.

The Retrievers close out the dual meet portion of the season at Towson next Saturday.
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Players Mentioned

Nick Bracall

Nick Bracall

Free/IM
5' 10"
Junior
Christian Castro

Christian Castro

Long Dis.
Sophomore
Matthew  Johnson

Matthew Johnson

Breast/IM
5' 10"
Junior
Garrett Jones

Garrett Jones

Free
Sophomore
Andrew McEachern

Andrew McEachern

Free
Sophomore
Axel Mori

Axel Mori

Fly/IM
Sophomore
Sean Neils

Sean Neils

Free/Breast
Sophomore
Michael  Truong

Michael Truong

Fly/Free/Back
5' 8"
Junior
Thyn Van Lier

Thyn Van Lier

Breast
Sophomore
Nick Zaharescu

Nick Zaharescu

Free/IM
5' 9"
Junior

Players Mentioned

Nick Bracall

Nick Bracall

5' 10"
Junior
Free/IM
Christian Castro

Christian Castro

Sophomore
Long Dis.
Matthew  Johnson

Matthew Johnson

5' 10"
Junior
Breast/IM
Garrett Jones

Garrett Jones

Sophomore
Free
Andrew McEachern

Andrew McEachern

Sophomore
Free
Axel Mori

Axel Mori

Sophomore
Fly/IM
Sean Neils

Sean Neils

Sophomore
Free/Breast
Michael  Truong

Michael Truong

5' 8"
Junior
Fly/Free/Back
Thyn Van Lier

Thyn Van Lier

Sophomore
Breast
Nick Zaharescu

Nick Zaharescu

5' 9"
Junior
Free/IM
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