Swimming & Diving Travels to Bucknell Invitational

The UMBC Swimming & Diving groups return to the pool this weekend as they compete within the three day Bucknell Invitational starting on Friday morning at 10 a.m. Finals might be at 6 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, and 5 p.m. on Sunday.

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Last day trip, the Men’s crew swept the rostrum in each diving occasions and gained eight of the swim occasions en path to victories over Howard (221-78) and VMI (188-111) on Saturday. 

On the Women’s facet, junior Ember Stennett gained each the one meter and three meter diving competitions, qualifying for NCAA Zones within the latter, as UMBC defeated each Howard (173-122) and VMI (227-72) on Saturday.

Stennett’s dive three meter dive of 280.20 certified her for NCAA Zones, whereas her one meter dive of 217.55 was simply sufficient to edge teammate Alicia Buteau (217.25) to take gold. Isabella Evers took third within the three meter and fourth within the one meter, whereas Samantha Rhee took fourth within the three meter. 

Alice Marini gained all three particular person occasions she competed in, taking house the gold within the 200 fly (2:09.06), 200 again (2:04.80) and 200 IM (2:09.54). She additionally was on the second lace ending 200 medley relay crew together with Lea Kaiser, Nicol Davanzo and Erma Duratovic.

Duratovic additionally gained each of her particular person occasions, ending first within the 100 fly (57.47) and the 50 free (24.43). She was additionally on the silver-winning 400 free relay crew together with Bruna de Padua, Claire Oettinger and Evie Grim.

Kolby Reese and de Padua went 1-2 within the 1000 free, with Reese profitable by over 5 seconds in a time of 10:50.38. Ula Parrill, Shannyn Lambert and Daphné Melis took the highest three spots within the 200 breaststroke, whereas de Padua was simply outtouched on the wall and completed second within the 500 free.

Davanzo completed second behind Marini within the 200 fly and was third within the 100 fly, whereas Oettinger took second within the 100 free. Breanna Smith and Karli Atwood completed second and third behind Marini within the 200 IM. 

For the Men, Anders Logas gained each diving competitions because the Retrievers took the highest 4 spots within the one meter and the highest three within the three meter. In the one meter, Logas gained with a rating of 282.90 and was adopted by Kaleb Cave, Aidan O’Callaghan and Grant Moore. A rating of 282.05 gained Logas the three meter with Moore and Cave taking second and third.

Freshman Quinn Marchionini gained each 100 (50.96) and 200 again (1:54.09) and was the primary leg on the profitable 200 medley relay crew, together with Elliot Fielder, Stefano Perez and Sean Neils. Matthew So and Marchionini went 2-3 within the 100 fly later within the meet.

Fielder gained each the 100 (58.51) and the 200 breaststroke (2:08.74), whereas Neils gained the free in a time of 46.07. Andrew McEachern (1:42.47) and Felipe Taveira Lira went 1-2 within the 200 free, and Taveira Lira went on to win the 200 IM in 1:56.17.

Nick Bracall completed second behind Marchionini in each backstroke occasions, whereas Neils took second within the 50 free. Nick Zaharescu, McEachern and Christian Castro went 2-4 within the 500 free, and Matthew Rotunda completed third within the 200 breaststroke for the Retrievers.

The 400 relay crew of Neils, McEachern, Perez and So was simply outtouched on the wall and completed in second to conclude the meet.