BALTIMORE -- The UMBC Women's Swimming team won 12 of 13 events en route to a convincing 186.50-54.50 victory over visiting Mount St. Mary's on Saturday.
The meet started off with a bang as the Retriever quartet of
Eunice Cheung,
Ula Parrill,
Erma Duratovic and
Claire Oettinger easily won the 200 medley relay by nearly four seconds (1:47.55).
Ashley Gutshall (5:21.75) and
Shannyn Lambert (5:26.54)Â went 1-2 in the 500 free, followed by
Breanna Smith (59.39) and
Daphné Melis (1:01.57) taking the top two spots in the 100 fly.Â
Lea Kaiser (30.60), Parrill (31.18) and
Hailey Weigand (31.62) swept the podium in the 50 breaststroke, and freshmen
Bella Lane (27.66) and
Claudia Fernandez-Deardurff (27.69) went 1-2 in the 50 back. Oettinger and
Ella Nadeau then took the the top two spots in the 100 free with times of 54.05 and 54.56, respectively.Â
Gutshall, Cheung, Lane and
Megan Gangaway won the 200 free relay in a time of 1:39.13, while Duratovic (26.50) and
Nicol Davanzo (26.90) finished first and second in the 50 fly. Parrill (1:07.91), Smith (1:08.69) and Melis (1:09.77) took the top three spots in the 100 breaststroke, and Kaiser then won the 100 back in 1:00.92.
Lane (2:00.88) claimed the top spot in the 200 free, before Cheung (59.70), Duratovic (1:01.39), Nadeau (1.01.89) and Gutshall (1:02.39)Â went 1-4 in the 100 IM.Â
The meet ended with a mixed 200 free relay that was won by Duratovic, Oettinger, Axel Mori and Andrew McEachern in 1:32.16.
The Retrievers will host La Salle next Saturday at 1 p.m.