BALTIMORE, Maryland, January 19. THE UMBC swimming and diving teams split their final home meet of the 2007-08 season against East Carolina on Senior\/Alumni Day, at the UMBC Natatorium. The Retriever men (5-1) bested the Pirates (5-2) by a score of 179-119, while the Retriever women (3-4) fell to the Pirates (7-0) by a score of 168-130.<\/p>\n
Junior Justin Bronson (Oshawa, Ontario, Canada\/Msgr. Paul Dwyer) led all swimmers as he tallied four victories on the day, in the 100, 200, and 500 freestyle events as well as part of the 400 freestyle relay.<\/p>\n
Bronson captured his seventh straight victory in the 200 free with a time of 1:41.76 and is undefeated for the 2007-08 season in the event. He also won the 100 and 500 freestyles with times of 47.33 and 4:40.49, respectively, then led off the winning 400 free relay with sophomore Zach Vonder Haar (Gahanna, Ohio\/Columbus Academy), junior Sven Schneider (Tallinn, Estonia\/Tallinn German Gymnazium) and sophomore Matt Mattingly (Cherry Hill, N.J.\/Cherry Hill West) that swam a time of 3:10.21.<\/p>\n
Freshman Brad Reitz (Ellicott City, Md.\/Howard) added three victories for the Retrievers as he won the 100 and 200 butterfly events with times of 51.31 and 1:54.16, respectively. Reitz is undefeated in the 100 fly this season and notched his sixth consecutive victory on Saturday. The freshman also teamed with Schneider, senior Scott Auchter (Wernersville, Pa.\/Wilson), and Vonder Haar to win the 200 medley relay in a time of 1:34.92.<\/p>\n
Auchter added an individual victory during his last meet in the UMBC Natatorium as he swam a time of 59.61 to win the 100 breaststroke, while sophomore Rasmus Kutt (Tallinn, Estonia\/Gustav Adolf Gymnazium) tallied a victory in the 100 backstroke in a time of 52.05 and remains undefeated in the 200 back as he added his eighth straight victory leading a Retriever sweep with a time of 1:53.82.<\/p>\n
The only other winners on the men\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s side were junior Freddie Reitz (Ellicott City, Md.\/Howard) who won the 200 breast in 2:11.04 and freshman Seth McNew (Lakewood, Colo.\/Lakewood), who was victorious in the 3-meter diving as he tallied a total score of 229.28.<\/p>\n
On the women\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s side, junior Tina Cantwell (Sinking Spring, Pa.\/The Hill School) and freshman Rebecca Godwin (Catonsville, Md.\/Notre Dame Prep) added two victories apiece for the Retrievers. Cantwell remains undefeated in the 200 breast as she added her ninth straight win this season as she swam a time of 2:21.25. Cantwell also extended her unbeaten streak to 17 consecutive meets overall, as she has not lost the event since placing second to Navy on Oct. 28, 2006 and also added a victory in the 100 breast with a time of 1:05.60.<\/p>\n
Godwin picked up victories in both distance events as she turned in times of 5:07.83 and 10:21.85 in the 500 and 1000 freestyles, respectively.<\/p>\n
The only other winner on the women\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s side was junior Daniele Surkovich (Ellicott City, Md.\/Wilde Lake) who posted a time of 1:52.91 to win the 200 freestyle.<\/p>\n
Special thanks to UMBC for contributing this report.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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