BALTIMORE -- The UMBC Men's Swimming team cruised to a 188-55 victory over visiting Mount St. Mary's on Saturday, on the strength of winning 12 of 13 races.
Turner Wiand,
Elliot Fielder,
Stefano Perez and
Axel Mori opened the meet by winning the 200 medley relay in 1:34.64, and
Braden Weise immediately followed that by taking the top spot in the 500 free in a time of 4:50.70.
Fielder (1:59.72),
Joey Kerkman (2:00.90) and
Adam Černák (2:02.97) swept the podium in the 200 IM, followed by
Felipe Taveira Lira,
Garrett Jones and
Andrew McEachern sweeping the podium in the 100 fly in times of 51.57, 53.78 and 55.27, respectively.
Matthew Rotunda (27.25) and
Matthew Johnson (27.67) went 1-2 in the 50 breaststroke, while Wiand (23.52),
Quinn Marchionini (23.69) and
Ewan Izzard (25.71) swept the podium in the 50 back.
Nick Bracall (49.00) and
Christian Castro (49.56) took the top two spots in the 100 free, and the 200 free relay team of Taveira Lira,
Matthew So,
Tyler Kay and Weise came out victorious in a time of 1:26.04.
So then won the 50 fly in a time of 22.99, followed on the podium by Mori (23.26) and Perez (23.46).
James Tao finished first in the 100 breaststroke in a time of 1:01.39, while Kerkman (1:46.45), Perez (1:47.46), Castro (1:48.41) and Černák (1:50.67) went 1-4 in the 200 free.
Mori (52.63), Kay (52.71), Taveira Lira (52.78) and Weise (52.48) then took the top four spots in the 100 IM.
The meet ended with a mixed 200 free relay that was won by Mori, McEachern, Erma Duratovic and Claire Oettinger in 1:32.16.
The Retrievers will host La Salle next Saturday at 1 p.m.
