New Hampshire and UMBC (M) Take Early Lead on Day 1 of #AESD Championship

New Hampshire and UMBC (M) Take Early Lead on Day 1 of #AESD Championship

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Worcester, Mass. – The 2019 America East Swimming and Diving Championships commenced Thursday at WPI. It’s the second consecutive year since 2013 that men’s swimming and diving teams competed in the championship.
 
Full Results

For more information including live results, record books, schedule of events and ticketing visit Championship Central. 
 
2019 America East Swimming & Diving Championships
Team Standings through Day 1 (3 events)
Women
  1. New Hampshire (123 points)
  2. UMBC (105)
  3. Binghamton (89)
  4. Vermont (86)
  5. Maine (79)
  6. Stony Brook (53)
  7. VMI (48)
 
Men
  1. UMBC (130 points)
  2. Binghamton (113)
  3. VMI (76)
  4. Maine (71)
 
Day 1 Highlights
  • UMBC swept the 800-yard freestyle relays. The women earned the first gold medal of the weekend, finishing in 7:18.62 and the men followed with a time of 6:36.86.
  • New Hampshire junior Allison Stefanelli took gold in the women’s 3-meter diving with a score of 228.10.
  • UMBC senior Elijah Wright earned first place in the men’s 1-meter diving by scoring 302.30.
  • The quartet of Alexander Gliese, Luis Galvan Cardenas, Tiago Asakawa and Ilia Rattsev for UMBC set a record in the 200-yard medley relay with a time of 1:27.41, breaking the record UMBC set in 2018 with a time of 1:28.61.
 
Day 2 events begin at 10:00 a.m. on Friday with trials in the men’s and women’s 500-yard freestyle, 200 Individual Medley, 50-yard freestyle and men’s 3-meter diving. Finals in nine events start at 5:30 p.m. The #AESD Championships can be streamed live all weekend long on AmericaEast.TV.
 
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