All Entries in the "M. Swimming & Diving" Category
200 Freestyle Relay Team Breaks UMBC Natatorium Pool Record As Men’s Swimming And Diving Records Wins Over Howard and Dexel
A UMBC Natatorium Pool record formerly held my conference foe Binghamton was broken by the UMBC 200 freestyle relay team of Eric Jones, Steve Gallagher, Zach Vonder Haar, and Jason Mattingly who finished in 1:24.93. There performance lead UMBC in the 108-79 victory over Howard and 161-130 victory over Drexel.
Men's Swimming and Diving Wins Fourth Straight Patriot Invitational
They men’s swimming and diving team was not matched at all this weekend as they won their fourth straight Patriot Invitational crown with 922.5 points. Mat Carson capped off the weekend with a first place finish in the one mile swim in 16:21.97. While Carson was the only first place finisher on the final day [...]
Men's Swimming and Diving Still Lead Patriot Invitational After Day Two
The men’s swimming and diving team extended their lead to 115.5 points over UNC-Wilmington with 644.5 total points. Eric Jones won a gold in the 200 free in 1:41.12 while Herol Marjak touched second in 1:42.34. Matt Mattingly touched second in the 100 breast in a UMBC season-best with a time of 57.10. He then [...]
Men's Swimming and Diving Leads Patriot Invite After Day One
The men’s swimming and diving team came out hot in the Patriot Invite and are currently leading the meet with 244 points. The 200 free relay team of Matt Mattingly, Eric Jones, Jason Mattingly, and Steve Gallagher came in secnod place with a time of 1:23.67 while the 400 medley relay team of Nour Saad, [...]
Matt Mattingly Earned Second Swimmer of the Week Award
Press Release from UMBC: Senior Matt Mattingly (Cherry Hill, N.J./Cherry Hill West) has been named America East Male Swimmer of the Week for the second time this season, as announced by the conference Tuesday. Mattingly helped lead the Retrievers to wins over Maryland and Towson on Saturday, winning the 100 breast (), 200 breast (2:07.95) [...]
Men's Swimming and Diving Beats Maryland and Towson on Saturday
Matt Mattingly took home three individual gold in UMBC’s wins over Maryland (152-148) and Towson (223-73). All three of Mattingly’s wins were season-best times as he took the 100 breast (57.73), 200 breast (2:07.95), and 200 IM (1:52.71). Mattingly was also joined by Zach Vonder Haar, Brad Reitz, and Jason Mattingly for a first place [...]
Men's Swimming and Diving Loses to Navy, 156-133
Anybody who is surprised by this loss really has to look at who they faced- Navy. All the Naval Academy does all day is swim, so this was a great match to see where they stand, and only losing 156-133 means the UMBC men’s swimming and diving team is in pretty good standing. But that [...]
Tereza Kaplanova and Matt Mattingly Take Home Swimming and Diving Awards
Senior Matt Mattingly of the men’s swimming team and senior Tereza Kaplanova of the women’s swimming team each won the week 2 America East swimmers of the week awards in UMBC’s first week of meets. Mattingly won two individual golds in the 163-133 win over Rider in the season opener. He took the 100 breast [...]
Men's Swimming and Diving Beats Rider, 163-133
In the first scored meet of the season the Men’s Swimming and Diving team showed they are perfectly capable of taking the America East Title again as they won nine events. Junior Eric Jones was apart of three golds at Rider. He won two events on his own, taking the 100 free in 47.84 and [...]
Swimming and Diving Shows They Have the Ability to Repeat in Bucknell Exhibition
Last week when the coaches polls for swimming and diving were released both the men’s and women’s teams swimming and diving teams were picked to finish second in the conference while Boston U was projected to win. While the men’s team is riding 17 straight titles, they lose their top six swimmers while Boston U [...]