On the final night of finals Brad Reitz became on the sixth male swimmer in conference history to win the same event four years in a row. With an NCAA consideration time of 1:47.26, Reitz broke the pool and school record that he set early in the day as he won a gold medal in the 200-yard butterfly.

Joining Reitz on the medal stand was Sandy Haibel, who finished the face in 1:51.61 for a bronze medal. Ben Wolbert and Alex Moothart finished in seventh and eighth place with times of 1:53.37 and 1:59.03, respectfully. Rico Bado finished with a time of 1:55.44 in the consolation finals for 14th place overall.

Freshman Johan Rohtla finished an astounding campaign with a first-place finish in the 200-yard backstroke after he broke his own school record set only hours before, by 1.5 second, finishing the race in 1:46.80.

Nour Saad and Mat Carson finished in sixth and eighth with times of 1:52.85 and 1:55.22, respectfully.

Long-distance swimmer Pierre De Waal, a transfer from Cleveland State, won the 1,650-yard freestyle with a time of 15:39.21, the fourth fastest time in school history. Teammate Moothart finished in fourth place with a time of 15:57.94, the eighth fastest time in school history. Carson finished the race in 16:06.95 and Mark Garbowski finished in 16:26.19, for sixth and ninth place, respectively.

Reed Neuendorf finished an exhibition portion of the race in 16:14.78.

Eric Jones capped off a brilliant career with a silver medal in the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 45.35. Steve Gallagher finished in fourth place with a time of 45.53 while Keilan Freeman finished in 46.38 for seventh place. Herol Marjak finished the consolation finals with a time of 46.70 for and 11th place finish.

UMBC also claimed silver in the 200-yard breaststroke as John Mendenhall finished the race in 2:02.02. Phil Novotny and Dan Weston-Dawkes finished in fourth and fifth in times of 2:05.76 and 2:05.69, respectfully.

In the final event of the meet the 40-yard relay team of Gallagher, Freeman, De Waal, and Jones finished in third place with a time of 3:01.78.

Boston University came in second with 848 points, Binghamton finished with 690.5, Maine with 324 and Stony Brook finished with 323 points.

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Brad Reitz set a school and pool record in the 200-yard butterfly, finishing with an NCAA consideration time of 1:47.33. He will he joined in the finals by Sandy Haibel, who finished third in the prelims with a time of 1:50.54, Alex Moothart, who finished sixth in the prelims in 1:52.66, and Ben Wolbert, who finished eighth in the prelims in 1:53.79. Rico Bado finished tenth with a time of 1:54.57 and will be the second seed in the consolation finals. Mike McGee finished the event with a time of 1:55.79 in an exhibition.

Eric Jones finished with a top preliminary time in the 100-yard freestyle, finishing in 44.41, the second fastest time in school history, and will not be lonely in the finals as Steve Gallagher finished in 45.80 and Keilan Freeman finished in 46.14, making them the fourth and eighth seeds, respectfully. Herol Marjak will be the second seed in the consolation finals after finishing in 46.88. Evan Carey finished the race in 46.60 as an exhibition.

Johan Rohtla is the team’s final top seed the team has. He finished the 200-yard backstroke with a UMBC record time of 1:48.30 and will be in the finals with Mat Carson, who finished in fifth with a time of 1:51.78, and Nour Saad, who finished in seventh in 1:52.71.

The Retrievers will have three swimmers in the 200-yard breaststroke finals, led by second-seed John Mendenhall, who finished in 2:04.04. Dan Weston-Dawkes will be in the lane right next to him as the third see after finishing in 2:05.69. Phil Novotny finished in fifth with a time of 2:07.32. Kregg Deery finished the exhibition portion in 2:06.40.

All times were ECAC-qualitying.

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Senior Eric Jones completed a undefeated season in the 200-yard freestyle, winning the conference finals meet in an NCAA consideration time of 1:37.57. Meanwhile, the Retrievers also had finishers place third, forth, and fifth in the event as Pierre De Waal finished in 1:39.28, Keilan Freeman finished in 1:40.90, and Mark Garbowski finished in 1:41.54.

Brad Reitz, another senior who has had a dominating career, earned a silver medal in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 48.57. Sandy Haibel finished the race in fifth place with a time of 49.93 while Ben Wolbert and Herol Marjak finished in the next two spots with times of 50.55 and 51.95, respectfully.

Sophomore diver Andrew Eckhoff capped off a solid season on the board with a second place finish in the 3-meter dive with a score of 591.20. Enrique Labourdeth and Tim Perkins finished in sixth and seventh place, respectfully, with scored of 452.80 and 447.00, respectfully.

The 400-yard medley team of Johna Rohtla, Steve Gallagher, Reitz, and Jones finished in third place with a time of 3:19.94 while Gallagher and Rothla earned individual bronze medals in the 100-breast and 100-back, respectfully.

Gallagher finished the 100-breast in 56.38 while John Mendenhall finished in with with a time of 57.38 and Phil Novotny finished in eighth in 58.26.

Rohtla finished his event with a time of 50.18 while Haibel finished right behind him in 50.26 and Wolbert finished in seventh with a time of 52.04. Nour Saad finished with the top time of 52.43 in the consolation finals.

The lone event which UMBC did not win a medal in was the 400-yard individual medley. Mat Carson was the top retriever in that event with a time of 4:01.92 while Dan Weston-Dawkes finished one spot behind him with a time of 4:03.64. Rico Bado (4:05.70), Freeman (4:07.17), and Novotney (4:10.48) finished 11, 14, and 15 in the consolation finals.

All swimming times were at least ECAC-qualifying.

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Steven Gallagher set the fifth fastest time in school history in the 100-breaststroke, finishing in 57.03 and will be the team’s lone representative in the finals. John Mendenhall (57.48), Kregg Deery (57.97), and Phil Novotny (58.75) will all compete in the consolation finals.

UMBC will have five representatives in the 200-yard freestyle finals. Eric Jones led the group with a time of 1:38.08 and will be joined by Pierre De Waal (1:40.08), Mark Garbowski (1:41.16), Evan Carey (1:41.95), and Keilan Freeman (1:43.09).

Sandy Haibel (50.51), Johan Rohtla (50.66), and Ben Wolbert (51.97) will all race in the 100-backstroke finals while Nour Saad, who finished in 51.18, will race in the consolation finals.

The men’s swimming and diving team will also have three representatives in the 100 butterfly. Brad Reitz led the group with a time of 48.92 and will be joined by Haibel and Wolbert, who finished in 50.19 and 51.07. Herol Marjak will be in the consolation finals with a time of 52.71.

Dan Weston-Dawkes led UMBC in the 400-individual medley preliminary heat with a time of 4:04.56 and will be joined in the finals by Mike McGee, who finished in 4:06.08. Rico Baldo (4:07.63), Freeman (4:08.16), and Novotny (4:11.33) will tall race in the consolation finals.

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Reitz finished the 200 individual medley finals in 1:48.54 while John Mendenhall finished in sixth place in 1:53.30 and Dan Weston-Dawkes finished right behind in in 1:53.58.

De Waal finished his event in 4:27.28, which was an NCAA consideration time and the third fastest in UMBC history. Two spots behind him was senior Eric Jones with a time of 4:34.48 for third place while Mark Garbowski finished in fourth in 4:35.42.

Jones also finished in third place in the 50-yard freestyle in 20.54 while Steven Gallagher finished in fifth in the event in 20.72.

Jones and Gallagher were also apart of the 200-yard freestyle relay team with Sandy Haibel and Keilan Freeman, which finished in third with a time of 1:21.79.

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Brad Reitz is doing what he has always done, shine even more than he did during the regular season. Reitz led the 800-yard freestyle relay team to a victory with a leadoff time of 1:38.43, the second fastest time in school history, as Keilan Freeman, Pierre De Waal, and Eric Jones closed out the race for an NCAA consideration and pool record time of 6:34.28 and 40 points.

Yesterday, during qualifiers, Reitz set a school record in the 200 individual medley with an NCAA consideration time of 1:48.35.

Reitz was also apart of the 200-yard Medley relay team with Sandy Haibel, Stephen Gallagher, and Freeman, that finished second in an NCAA consideration and UMBC record time of 1:29.87.

Sophomore diver Andrew Eckhoff earned a silver in the 1-meter dive with 560.20 points while Timothy Perkins and Enrique Labourdeth finished in seventh and eight, respectively, with 451.55 and 410.90 points, respectively.

On the women’s side Kennifer Kotonias set a school record in the 200 individual medley during the day one preliminaries with a time of 2:03.40.

Amy Fay, Danielle Cruz, Ashley Miller, and Abbey McKenney finished in second place in the 800-yard freestyle relay in an NCAA Consideration and UMBC record time of 7:21.69. Fay’s leadoff time of 1:50.13 was the third fastest time in school history.

Kathryn Moorby, Talor Tadena, Sarah Ryan, and Miller finished in third place in the 200-yard Medley relay in an NCAA-qualifying and UMBC record time of 1:43.70.

The teams will continue day two tonight.

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Freshman Patrick Husson showed he may be one of the next great swimmers for the men’s team by winning the 100-yard breaststroke in a time of 58.46 while finishing the prelim in 58.06, the 10th fastest time in UMBC history. He then finished second in the 200-yard breaststroke in 2:03.27, which was the fifth fastest time in UMBC history.

Preston Donovan finished third in the 200 fly in 1:50.86, the eighth fastest time in school history and on the women’s side sophomore Katie Powlen finished second in the 1,650-yard freestyle in 17:01.20, the fifth fastest time in school history along with a career-best time of 1:56.98 in the 200 free while Anna Plunkett finished second in the 200 fly in a career-best 2:04.36 with another career-best time coming in the 100 fly, where she finished in 57.51.

The other career-best times all came on the men’s side. Brian Keane finished with career-bests in the 50, 100, and 200 free, finishing in 22.18, 47.49, and 1:43.85, respectively.

Andrew Reid finished with a career-best time of 47.31 in the 100 free and set a career-best in the 200 free prelim with a time of 1:44.41.

Junior Evan Danz set career-bests in the 50 free with a time of 21.41 and the 100 free prelim with a time of 46.61.

Mitchell Donovan finished the 200 fly in 1:53.80 while Patrick Bryan finished the 500 free prelim in 4:43.83 and Kevin Stang finished the 200 free in 1:45.45, all career-best times.

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Led by junior Abbey McKenney and sophomore Jennifer Kotonias the women’s team won seven events in Delaware. McKenney won both the 50 and 100-yard freestyle raves in 24.09 and 51.49, respectively while Kotonias who the 200-yard butterfly in 2:04.89 and the 200-yard individual medley in 2:09.26.

Other victors on the women’s side include senior Sarah Ryan, who won the 100-yard butterfly in 58.12, freshman Talor Tadena, who won the 100-yard breaststroke in 1:06.98, and senior diver Amanda Shinholser, who won the 3-meter dive with a score of 228.40. Shinholser also finished second in the 1-meter dive with a score of 204.80.

The men’s team was victorious in nine events in the meet. Senior Eric Jones finished his dual meet season undefeated in the 200-yard freestyle as he won the event in 1:41.56.

Fellow senior Brad Reitz won both the 100 and 200-yard butterfly events in 50.49 and 1:51.21, respectively.

Sophomore Pierre De Waal, who transferred from Cleveland State, has proven to be a valuable addition to UMBC’s team this season, dominating the long distance freestyle races. In the dual meet he won the 1,650 yard freestyle with a UMBC season-best time of 16:03.26, which was the 10th-fastest time in school history. He also finished first in the 500-yard free in 4:37.67.

Freshman Johan Rohtla also looks to be a future star of the team and finished first in the 100-yard backstroke in 51.26 and 200-yard backstroke in 1:52.00.

Sophomore diver Andrew Eckhoff has finally provided the team with a consistent diving presence, winning both events. He won the 1-meter dive with a score of 296.15 and 3-meter dive with a score of 289.55.

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Reitz and Jones have been dominating swimmers ever since they started at UMBC and the anchored the winning 200-yard medley relay team that won in 1:36.37 and set the tone for the rest of the meet. Novotny was on the second place relay team with Nour Saad, Ben Wolbert, and Steve Gallagher that finished in 1:38.13 while Deery and Freeman were on the third place team with Sandy Haibel and Herol Marjak that finished .03 behind.

Jones and Reitz each won individual events as well. Jones ton the 200-yard freestyle in 1:40.69, with Reitz just behind him for second place in 1:44.52 while also winning the 500-yard freestyle in 4:45.96. Reitz won the 200-yard individual medley in 1:55.07 while Jones finished in third place in 2:02.26.

Freeman was apart of the winning 200-yard medley relay team along with Wobert, Saad, and Gallagher, finishing in 1:27.03. Freeman also finished second in the 50-yard freestyle, in 22.03, finishing behind Freeman, who won the event in 21.29, and finished third in the 100-yard backstroke, which Saad won in 1:57.39, with a time of 1:58.67.

Novotny also won the 100-yard breaststroke in 1:02.24 and third in the 200-yard breaststroke in 2:17.22, behind the winner John Mendenhall, who won in 2:09.88, and Patrick Husson, who finished second in 2:16.80.

The only other senior with a top three finish was Carson, who finished second in the 1,000-yard freestyle in 9:54.38, behind fellow Retrievers Pierre De Waal, who won the event in 9:43.27.

Saad, a junior, won another individual event, finishing the 100-yard breaststroke in 52.58. Haibel, Marjak, and Wolbert also won individual events. Haibel won the 200-yard butterfly in 1:56.39, Marjak won the 100-yard freestyle in 48.40, and Wolbert won the 100-yard butterfly in 51.95.

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Brad Reitz kicked off the weekend with the men’s team’s lone gold of the first day as she won the 200 IM in 1:52.74.

One day two Reitz led the first leg of the 800 free relay team in 6:48.53. Reitz was followed by Pierre De Waal, Keilan Freman, and Eric Jones.

Jones, who anchored the 800 free relay team, also won an individual gold, taking the 200 free in 1:40.06.

Freshman Johan Rohtla won the 100 back in 49.96, setting a Patriot Invitational record.

The Retrievers capped off their victory in day three with two individual victories. De Waal won the 200 fly in 1:50.49 while John Mendenhall on the 200 breast in 2:05.86.

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