Swimming & Diving

Multiple Records Broken on Day 3 of #AESD

Lexington, Va. – It was a great night of competition Friday on the campus of Virginia Military Institute as the New Hampshire women had a dominant evening to take back first, while the Binghamton men moved ahead of UMBC
 
The Wildcats ended the night with 527 points, while Bryant ( 493 points), and Vermont ( 450 points) round out the top 3 women’s programs.
 
On the men’s side the Bearcats moved ahead of UMBC and have a narrow 1.5 points lead, 553 to 551.5 , while Bryant is in third with 374.5 points.

COMPLETE DAY 3 RESULTS
 
Day  3 Highlights:
  • Bryant First-year Ruby Smith won her #AESD debut in in pool-record fashion, swimming 53.88 in the 100 Fly
  • UMBC senior Oliver Gassmann won his fourth-straight 100 Fly title in a conference, pool and meet record, 46.13.
  • In the 400 IM Binghamton men’s sophomore Lambert Harrison touched the wall first, while Bryant sophomore Amanda Witkus earned her gold medal in her #AESD debut
  • First-year Lydia Hart from New Hampshire won her second event of the meet, taking the 200 Free in a pool record 1:47.89, while Bearcat first-year Evan Peters took the men’s title, touching the wall in 1:35.90
  • Vermont’s Ellie Fazio (1:01.82) and UMBC’s Christian Coleman (54.76) won the women’s and men’s 100 Breast, respectively. 
  • Newcomer Amelia Labno from New Hampshire dropped -.48 from her entry time to bring home gold in the women’s 100 Back, while Bearcat junior Max Kaback was the first to the wall on the men’s side.
  • New Hampshire sophomore Grace Blume stood on top of the podium in the 1 meter dive in a meet record 286.60
  • Vermont took gold in the women’s 400 medley relay with a time of 3:42.27 while UMBC secured first in the men’s 400 medley relay in a meet, conference and pool-record 3:11.92.

Competition resumes Saturday at 10:00 a.m. with both sessions live on ESPN+. For the full schedule, live streaming and live results links visit #AESD Championship Central.