UMBC Holds Lead on Second Day of America East Championships

BOSTON, Massachusetts, February 9. THE UMBC men's and women's swimming and diving teams extended their leads on the second day of competition at the 2007 America East Swimming?and Diving Championships at Boston University's Aquatic Center. Overall,?the Retrievers won four gold medals and broke three school records on the?evening.?
Clinging to a two-point lead heading into the evening session, the?Retriever women now hold a 37-point advantage over second-place Boston U.,?269-232. Two-time defending league champion New Hampshire is in third?place with 218 points, followed by Maine (155), Vermont (150), Stony Brook?(119) and Binghamton (119).

On the men's side, the three-time defending champion Retrievers extended?their two-point lead to more than 60 over second-place Binghamton,?313.5-252. Stony Brook (207.5), Boston U. (153) and Maine (152) round out?the five-team field.

Senior Agnes Stanislawska broke her own school record in the 200-IM for?the second time this season, winning the event in 2:03.56, an NCAA?consideration time. She set the previous mark at 2:03.74 at the George?Mason Patriot Invitational in November.

Sophomore Daniele Surkovich broke her third record of the weekend, this?time taking down her own 50-free mark with a winning time of 23.67. Like?Stanislawska, she set the previous record (23.74) at the Patriot Invite.

Surkovich broke teammate Meghan Sackett's 200-free school record with her?leadoff split in the 800-free relay, which also lowered a school mark?Thursday evening. In the last event on Friday, Surkovich was part of?another record-setting relay, the 200-free relay. She teamed with junior?Carly Fitzpatrick, freshman Tereza Kaplanova and junior Lindsey Engler to?place second in 1:36.22, two-tenths of a second better than the previous?school mark (1:36.48) set at George Mason last season by Engler, Surkovich?and former Retrievers Robin Klein and Elyse Gibson.

In the first event of the evening, Sackett repeated as conference champion?in the 500-free, winning in 4:56.45. Junior Rachel Lesslie (5:09.85)?placed 11th in the event, and junior Erin Mathews (5:18.28) came in 15th.

Kaplanova (2:07.30) and sophomore Tina Cantwell (2:07.73) touched in fifth?and sixth behind Stanislawska in the 200-IM, while sophomore Joy Wilde won?the consolation heat to place ninth (2:09.25).??Engler also took the bronze medal in the 50-free (24.14), while?Fitzpatrick placed 11th (25.04).

Finally, senior Ashley Houghton, the 2006 America East Most Outstanding?Diver, took her first step at defending her title by winning the 3-meter?diving competition with a score of 298.85. Senior Katie Spohnholz placed?fourth in the event (247.70).

On the men's side, sophomore Justin Bronson took the silver medal in the?500-free (4:29.43), while classmate Evan Roseberry won bronze (4:32.60).?Senior Ryan Karrer placed fifth (4:33.62), followed by sophomore Freddie?Reitz (4:36.70), junior Joey Sementelli (4:39.98) and senior Cliff?Schmardel (4:40.79), who placed sixth through eighth, respectively.?Binghamton's David Holmes won the event in 4:22.80, breaking Bronson's?conference record from a year ago.

Freshman Matt Mattingly took bronze in the 200-IM, finishing in 1:53.88.?Junior Scott Auchter placed fourth (1:55.24), while junior Adam Eiben came?in sixth (1:56.17) and senior Juan Ortiz finished eighth (1:56.85). Junior?Eric Skrabacz finished third in the consolation heat (1:57.48) to place?11th in the event. Binghamton's Brian Koizim won the event.

Freshman Rasmus Kutt tied for third in the 50-free (21.31), while senior?Tim Conway placed seventh (21.55). In addition, sophomore Milos Djukic?(21.70) and freshman Zach Vonder Haar (21.85), who each swam in the?consolation heat, placed 11th and 15th, respectively. Binghamton's Philip?Dzieniszewski won the event.

Finally, the men's 200-free relay team of Mattingly, Kutt, Djukic and?Conway grabbed the silver medal with a time of 1:24.58, three-tenths of a?second behind Stony Brook, which took gold.??The four-day America East Championships continue Saturday with the men's?and women's 400-IM, 100-fly, 200-free, 100-breast, 100-back and 400-medley?relay and the men's 3-meter diving. The morning preliminary session begins?at 10 a.m., while finals begin at 6 p.m.??

Women's Team Scores?
1. UMBC 269?
2. Boston U. 232?
3. New Hampshire 218?
4. Maine 155?
5. Vermont 150?
6. Stony Brook 119?
6. Binghamton 119??

Men's Team Scores?
1. UMBC 313.5?
2. Binghamton 252?
3. Stony Brook 207.5?
4. Boston U. 153?
5. Maine 152?

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