WORCESTER, Mass. – Four championship records crumbled on Saturday as the competition between teams was elevated and the standings severely tightened up.
Full Day 3 Results
Entering the final day of competition, margins are slim in both men’s and women’s competition. New Hampshire and UMBC, which have combined to win the past nine women's championships, are separated by just four points.
Ryan Board broke the first record of the meet Saturday morning with his 54.42 swim in the 100-yard breaststroke prelims and later set a new mark with his winning 54.30 time in the finals. It is the second consecutive year the Binghamton senior clocked a meet record in the event.
For the second time in three championship meets, Binghamton’s Chris Egan swept the diving competition, winning the one-meter on Saturday with a total score of 304.90.
Henry Shemet broke a 12 year-old record in the 400 IM by two one-hundredths of a second, taking down three-time champion Kai Wisner in the process.
More Day 3 Highlights
- New Hampshire’s domination continued in the 400 IM as junior Madison Linstedt’s 4:22.90 time was six seconds faster than her teammate Kiki Lindsay’s.
- UMBC swept the women’s 100-yard butterfly podium, collecting 53 points in the event.
- Mina Poppas came from behind to win the women’s 200 freestyle, becoming the first Vermont swimmer in over a decade to win the event.
- Niklas Weigelt defended his title in the men’s 200 free, touching the wall in 1:37.49, as his teammate Bode Neale earned the silver medal.
- Caroline Sargent defended her title in the women’s 100 back.
- The Retrievers capped day three by sweeping the 400 medley relays with the men’s quartet breaking the meet record by nearly three full seconds.
- NJIT’s Ian Horstkamp-Vinekar became the second Highlander to win the 100 backstroke, swimming the fourth-fastest time in meet history.
The final day of competition gets underway at 10 a.m. with trials in ten events on AmericaEast.tv. For the full schedule, live streaming and live results links visit #AESD Championship Central.
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