2023 AMERICA EAST CHAMPIONSHIPS
- Wednesday, February 22 – Saturday, February 25, 2023
- WPI Sports & Recreation Center, Worcester, MA
- Defending Champions:
- Women: New Hampshire (3x)
- Men: UMBC (1x)
- Live Results
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- Championship Central
- Fan Guide
- Day One Recap
On day two of the 2023 America East Swimming and Diving Championships, three-time defending champions New Hampshire opened up a huge lead in the women’s standings, while UMBC has opened up a sizable lead over defending champions Bryant in the men’s standings. Day two of the meet featured the 500 free, 200 IM, 50 free, and 200 free relay, as well as men’s 3-meter diving.
Another America East conference record fell on day two of the meet. UMBC won a very tight race over Binghamton in the men’s 200 free relay to break the record, touching in 1:20.11 to Binghamton’s 1:20.17. UMBC opened up a slim early lead through the first three legs, with Oliver Gassmann (20.07), Christian Coleman (19.87), and Niklas Weigelt (20.14) each beating their Binghamton counterparts. Anchor Bode Neale clocked a 20.03, holding off Binghamton anchor Henry Shemet‘s 19.87. Eli Lanfear (20.10), Ryan Maierle (19.95), and Justin Meyn (20.25) were the first three legs of the Binghamton relay.
New Hampshire won the women’s 200 free relay by nearly a second, swimming a 1:33.35. Abby McKinney (23.83), Olivia Stille (23.21), Chiara Pradissitto (23.59), and Audrey Mahoney (22.72) combined to earn the win.
Before helping the UMBC 200 free relay to victory, Oliver Gassmann won the individual men’s 50 free, clocking a 20.03. He beat out Binghamton’s Eli Lanfear by 0.07 seconds. Both Gassmann and Lanfear are sophomores.
Similarly, New Hampshire’s Audrey Mahoney won the women’s 50 free prior to helping UNH’s women’s 200 free relay to victory. Mahoney won the 50 convincingly, swimming a 23.17 to touch first by 0.33 seconds.
UMBC’s Daniel Nicusan won the men’s 200 IM by nearly two full seconds. Nicusan swam a 1:46.60, picking up the NCAA ‘B’ cut in the process. He was leading at the 100 mark by a narrow margin, but really took the race over on the third 50, where he split 29.82.
In the women’s 200 IM, Bryant’s Samantha Grenon won a tight race over UMBC’s Caroline Sargent. Sargent got out to a big early lead, splitting 25.87 on fly and 30.05 on back for a 55.92 on the first 100, two seconds ahead of Grenon’s 57.96. The tables turned quickly, however, as Grenon split 34.77 on breast to Sargent’s 37.57, not only catching Sargent but hitting the breast-to-free turn 0.76 seconds ahead of her. Sargent ate into Grenon’s lead on freestyle, but it wasn’t quite enough and Grenon earned the win in 2:01.87 (Sargent 2:02.15).
Binghamton’s Liam Murphy won the men’s 500 free in 4:24.52, leading a 1-2 punch for the team. Teammate Liam Preston came in second at 4:27.28.
Vermont put up a 1-2 punch in the women’s 500 free as well. Jackie House won the race in 4:50.00, while Ella Church came in second in 4:52.25.
Binghamton’s Ryan Cohn on men’s 3-meter diving by about 15 points, finishing with a final score of 294.60.
TEAM STANDINGS THROUGH DAY TWO
MEN
- UMBC – 359
- Bryant – 292
- Binghamton – 288
- NJIT – 152
- Virginia Military Institute – 144
- Maine – 107
WOMEN
- New Hampshire -314
- Bryant – 226
- UMBC – 191.5
- Vermont – 181.5
- Binghamton – 145
- Maine – 125
- Virginia Military Institute – 79
