The UMBC men and women hold their lead going into the final day of the 2007 America East Swimming & Diving Championships at Boston University’s Aquatic Center on Saturday evening.
Day Three Complete Results
Day Four Psych Sheets
On the men’s side, the Retrievers (609.5 points) hold onto a strong lead, Binghamton remains in second with 538 points, and Stony Brook follows (380.5 ). Boston University (332) and Maine (272) round out the five-team field.
The UMBC women (455) remain ahead of Boston University (426) and New Hampshire (414). Vermont (299) is in fourth, followed by Maine (287), while Stony Brook (199) and Binghamton (171) round out the rankings.
Day three of competition featured thirteen scoring events, with 12 swimming events and the men’s three-meter dive.
Binghamton’s Brenna Varanda destroyed a ten year old meet record in the 400 IM, with a time of 3:57.93. Holmes broke the meet record in the 200 freestyle, finishing in 1:35.56, a consideration time for the NCAA swimming and diving championship. Stony Brook’s Jon Sigurosson broke his own 2006 meet record time in the 100 breaststroke swimming a 56.04. UMBC’s Rasmus Kutt broke the 100 backstroke in his prelim swim with a time of 49.74; he then went on to win the event in 50.08. Kary Goodman of New Hampshire set a meet record in the 100 butterfly finishing in a time of 55.40. The final event of the night the Binghamton men, swam the 400 medley relay in a time of 3:20.65, breaking their previous meet record set in 2006.
Winning the 400 IM for the third time, Lidija Breznikar of Boston University finished in a time of 4:23.67. Binghamton’s Trevor Stone swam 49.72 to win the 100 butterfly. Boston University’s Eve Kinsella won the 200 freestyle in 1:49.94. Christina Cantwell of UMBC won the 100 breaststroke in 1:03.93. New Hampshire’s Kary Goodman won her second event of the night, swimming a 56.51 in the 100 backstroke. Brian Lawler of Boston University captured the three-meter diving title with 346.25 points. The UMBC women won the 400 medley relay in a time of 3:49.49.
Day four of the four-day event continues on Sunday with two sessions of events. The first session of the day gets underway at 10 a.m., followed by the day’s second session at 5:30 p.m.