UMBC VS FROSTBURG STATE (SWIMMING)
- January 23, 2026
- Baltimore, Md.
- SCY (25 yards)
- Results
Courtesy: UMBC Athletics
BALTIMORE — Ashley Gutshall and Alice Marini each set records as the UMBC Women’s Swimming team won every event in a 217-37 win over visiting Frostburg State on Friday afternoon.
Marini set a new school record in the 100 IM (57.32), while Gutshall broke Olympian Katie Hoff‘s 20-year-old pool record in the 50 free (22.83).
Marini and Gutshall were the starter and anchor, respectively, on the opening 200 medley relay, as they teamed with Ula Parrill and Erma Duratovic to win the event in 1:44.20.
Shannyn Lambert (2:10.68) and Karli Atwood (2:11.58) took the top two spots in the 200 IM, while Megan Gangaway (1:53.89), Kolby Reese (1:55.18), Ella Nadeau (1:56.23) and Breanna Smith (1:56.83) swept the top four places in the 200 free. Nicol Davanzo (1:00.23), Alyssa Gonci (1:00.86), GiannaMarie Conti (1:01.70) and Trinity Fourie (1:04.33) went 1-4 in the 100 back, followed by Parrill (1:05.29), Lea Kaiser (1:08.58), Hailey Weigand (1:08.94) and Ellie Taragano (1:10.40) doing the same in the 100 breaststroke.
Marini (25.55), Duratovic and Daphné Melis (27.94) swept the podium in the 50 fly, before Gutshall set the record in the 50 free with Claire Oettinger (24.71), Gangaway (25.38) and Raegan Sherrill (26.01) taking the spots behind her. Evie Grim (53.66), Reese (54.53) and Weigand (57.65) went 1-2-3 in the 100 free, while Taragano (27.84) and Gonci (29.25) won gold and silver in the 50 back.
Smith (30.69), Parrill (30.97), Kaiser (31.07) and Lambert (32.83) swept the top four spots in the 50 breaststroke, before Molly Curran (1:00.46), Melis (1:00.57) and Atwood (1:01.44) swept the podium in the 100 fly. Marini then had her record setting 100 IM, with Duratovic (59.27), Davanzo (1:02.38) and Kaiser (1:02.93) finishing right behind her. The meet concluded with the 200 free relay team of Oettinger, Duratovic, Grim and Gutshall winning in 1:37.52.
The Retrievers are at Towson next Saturday for their final meet before Conference Championships in February.
BALTIMORE — The UMBC Men’s Swimming program won every event en route to a dominant 215-42 win over visiting Frostburg State on Friday afternoon.
Freshmen standouts Quinn Marchionini and Braden Weise led the way by winning all three events they each competed in .
The meet started with Marchionini, Sean Neils, Stefano Perez and Axel Mori winning the 200 medley relay in 1:31.02. Garrett Jones (1:53.54), Luke Eskola (1:55.96), Matthew Rotunda (1:59.16) and Matthew Johnson (2:00.91) took the top four spots in the 200 IM, followed by Matthew So (1:39.48), Felipe Taveira Lira (1:40.53) and Christian Castro (1:46.04) sweeping the podium in the 200 free.
Nick Bracall (52.46), Michael Truong (53.58) and Nick Zaharescu (54.87) went 1-2-3 in the 100 back, while Weise (56.80), Thyn Van Lier (56.82) and Elliot Fielder (57.43) did the same in the 100 breaststroke. Marchionini (22.68), Perez (22.69) and Tyler Kay (23.33) swept the podium in the 50 fly, and Neils (20.63), Andrew McEachern (22.13) then won the gold and silver in the 50 free.
Mori (46.81) and Truong (48.95) went 1-2 in the 100 free, Perez (23.99) and So (24.26) did the same in the 50 back, and then Van Lier (26.19) Neils (26.59), Rotunda (27.23) and Johnson (27.86) went 1-4 in the 50 breaststroke.
Weise then won the 100 fly in 50.69, with McEachern (52.25), Fielder (54.25) and Zaharescu (55.57) finishing right behind him. Marchionini took gold in the 100 iM in 52.07, with Mori (52.31), Taveira Lira (52.47) and Kay (52.82) taking spots 2-4 behind him.
The meet concluded with the 200 free relay team of Neils, Perez, So and Weise taking gold in 1:23.48.
The Retrievers close out the dual meet portion of the season at Towson next Saturday.
Courtesy: Frostburg Sports
BALTIMORE, Md. – The Frostburg State Women’s Swim team fell 217-37 on the road to UMBC in their final regular season meet of the season on Friday.
Sophomore Genna Rippeon and senior Gaby Betancourt had the top placements on the day, each finishing third in the 200 IM (2:14.46) and the 50 back (29.85) respectively. Rippeon also came fourth in the 100 fly (1:02.16), as did junior Reagan Chase in the 100 free (57.75) and junior Mackenzie Payne in the 50 fly (28.21).
Junior Jayme Meadows had a pair of top-five finishes in both the 200 free (2:05.76 and the 100 IM (1:05.43), while sophomore Taylor Emrich and freshman Kallie Gyurisin each also placed fifth in the 50 free (26.41) and the 50 breast (35.62), respectively.
With the loss, FSU concludes their regular season at 6-3 overall, while UMBC improves to 4-3. The Bobcats will now prepare for the GMAC/MEC Championships from Wednesday, February 11 through Saturday, February 14 in Canton, Ohio. Information and updates will be posted to frostburgsports.com.
BALTIMORE, Md. – The Frostburg State Men’s Swim team fell 215-42 on the road to UMBC in their final regular season meet of the season on Friday.
Juniors Tory Reynolds and Jack Bond as well as freshman Bliss Hays had the top FSU finishes on the day, placing third in the 50 free (22.57), 100 free (53.33), and 50 back (26.27), respectively.
Sophomore Bradin Norris was the first Bobcat into the wall in both the 200 free (1:53.67) and the 100 fly (28.29) taking fourth and fifth, respectively, in each event. He was joined in being the Frostburg representative in multiple events by junior Dylan King, who had the same placements in the 50 fly (23.83) and the 50 breast (28.63).
Freshmen Jack McCullough and Glen Newell each had a fourth-place finish in the 100 back (58.49) and the 100 breast (1:12.14), respectively, while freshman Sean Filipovits took fifth in the 100 IM (57.11).
With the loss, FSU concludes their regular season at 4-5 overall, while UMBC improves to 5-1. The Bobcats will now prepare for the GMAC/MEC Championships from Wednesday, February 11 through Saturday, February 14 in Canton, Ohio. Information and updates will be posted to frostburgsports.com.
