George Mason vs UMBC
- Saturday, January 21, 2023
- Baltimore, Md.
- SCY (25 yards)
- Results
- Team Scores
- Women: George Mason 204, UMBC 94
- Men: UMBC 173, George Mason 127
Courtesy: George Mason Athletics
BALTIMORE, Md. – The George Mason women’s swimming and diving team defeated UMBC, 204-94, while the men’s team fell to the Retrievers, 173-127, on Saturday at the UMBC Aquatic Center.
The Mason women’s team won 12 events on the way to the victory.
The team of graduate student Jacquee Clabeaux, senior Leah Riley, sophomore Ali Tyler and freshman Peyton Brehmer won the 200-yard medley relay (1:45.90). The group of sophomores Shannon Judge, Anka Whelan and Emma DeJong along with freshman Angelina Zeidan took third (1:49.40).
Tyler touched the wall first in the 200-yard freestyle (1:54.65), while senior Emily Lewantowicz was third (2:01.77) and Brehmer fourth (2:02.84) in the event.
Tyler also won the 500-yard freestyle (5:12.44), with Riley in second (5:22.37).
Whelan won both the 100-yard backstroke (58.16) and 200-yard backstroke (2:04.15), and the 200-yard IM (2:09.40).
DeJong won the 100-yard breaststroke (1:07.79), with freshman Ainsley Toews fourth in the event (1:09.66).
Clabeaux took first in the 50-yard freestyle (23.90) and the 200-yard breaststroke (2:22.53).
Graduate student Madison Nalls took the top spot in the 1000-yard freestyle (10:37.25), with sophomore Kylie Thompson third (11:05.13) and freshman Anna Beth Blankenship fourth (11:06.54).
Nalls also won the 100-yard freetstyle (53.12), with DeJong second (53.78).
The Patriots went one-two in the 200-yard butterfly, with junior Abigail Murtaugh first (2:09.94) and Riley second (2:10.89).
The combination of Tyler, Clabeaux, Nalls and DeJong won the 400-yard freestyle relay (3:32.92). The group of Brehmer, Judge, Riley and Lewantowicz placed second in the event (3:37.14).
Sophomore Emma McDonald won the three-meter diving event (224.18 points) and freshman Maddie Hersh placed fourth (161.18 points). McDonald also took the top spot in the one-meter (208.05 points), with Hersh fourth (176.18 points).
On the men’s side, the Patriots won five events.
Mason took the top three spots in the 1000-yard freestyle, with senior Jackson Knouse first (9:56.63), freshman Max Fermayer second (10:06.87) and junior Graham Boyle third (10:10.84).
Freshman Tate Anderson won both the 100-yard backstroke (50.78) and 200-yard backstroke (1:50.41).
The Patriots went one-two in the 50-yard freestyle, with sophomore Zane Roberts first (21.46) and sophomore Logan Skiles second (21.50).
Mason took the top three spots in the 500-yard freestyle, with Fermayer first (4:49.88), Knouse second (4:54.05) and freshman Matt Quackenbush third (4:55.03).
The team of seniors Josh Fletcher and Sammy Lucht, sophomore Alexander Franklin and Roberts placed third in the 200-yard medley relay (1:35.95).
Junior Ian Castegnaro placed second in the one-meter diving event (244.35 points) and classmate Indigo Flynch was third (237.53 points). In the one-meter, Castegnaro was third (237.75 points) and Flynch fourth (210.30 points).
The Patriots are back in action against Old Dominion on Saturday, Jan. 28, with the meet scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. in Norfolk, Va.
Courtesy: UMBC Athletics
BALTIMORE – The UMBC men’s swimming and diving program honored a dozen seniors and fifth-years before the Retrievers faced George Mason in their final home meet of the 2022-23 season.
Junior Daniel Nicusan, senior Niklas Weigelt and sophomore Oliver Gassmann combined to win seven events as the Retrievers defeated the Patriots, 173-127.
“This is exactly the meet we needed to have,” said Head Coach Matt Donovan. “We challenged the team in practice this week with a variety of goals and we hit on almost every single one of them today.
Nicusan earned three golds for the first time in his career, posting victories in the 100 and 200-yard breaststroke events and the 200 individual medley.
Weigelt captured the 200 and 100 freestyle races, while Gassmann took the 200 and 100 butterfly competitions.
The Retrievers also featured a pair of first-place finishers in the diving competition. Senior Will Henrickson posted a mark of 267.45 to win the 1-meter event, while freshman Anders Logas edged Henrickson, 284.48-262.35 to take the 3-meter board.
UMBC won both relays, as the quartet of junior Ryan Harding, Nicusan, Gassmann and Weigelt won the opening 200-yard medley relay. Gassmann led off and Weigelt anchored the closing win in the 400 freestyle relay, with graduate student Tiago Asakawa and junior Bode Neale
handling the middle two legs.
UMBC completed a three-meet in eight-day stretch. Although the divers will compete at Bucknell on January 28, the swimmers will not face competition again until Wednesday, Feb. 22 at the America East Championships.
“We are going to use this as the perfect jumping off point to get to conference and defend our title,” said Donovan.