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)
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The 2023 America East Swimming and Diving Championships kicked off last night in Worcester, MA. Through the first day of the meet, three-time defending women’s champion New Hampshire is leading the women’s standings. Meanwhile, Bryant has taken a slim early lead over the defending champs UMBC in the men’s standings.
Vermont kicked off the meet with a win in the women’s 800 free relay. Jackie House (1:49.17), Hally Laney (1:53.38), Ella Church (1:50.41), and Mina Poppas (1:50.76) combined for a 7:23.72, winning the race by a comfortable four-second margin. Other notable splits include Binghamton’s Maddie Hoover, who led her relay off in 1:49.20, which was the second-fastest split in the field.
New Hampshire then won the women’s 200 medley relay in a photo-finish with Bryant. Bryant took the early lead, thanks to a 25.95 lead-off from Reagan Lord, while New Hampshire’s Shelby Kasse swam a 26.49. UNH then quickly took the lead with Jamy Lum splitting a sizzling 27.34 on breast, much faster than Bryant breaststroker Nellie Clark‘s 28.43. In another lead change, Bryant’s Julia Stenhard posted a 24.13 on fly to UNH flyer Chiara Pradissitto‘s 24.84, which put Bryant into the final exchange 0.16 seconds ahead of New Hampshire. It came down to the anchor, where New Hampshire’s Audrey Mahoney swam a 22.71 to Bryant anchor Laurel Carey‘s 22.91, which was enough to get UNH the win in 1:41.38, 0.04 seconds ahead of Bryant (1:41.42).
Binghamton claimed victory in the men’s 800 free relay. Jake Vecchio (1:38.99), Henry Shemet (1:36.79), Liam Preston (1:37.48), and Liam Murphy (1:37.31) teamed up for a 6:30.57, breaking the America East conference record, as well as the pool record.
Another conference record went down in the men’s 200 medley relay, where UMBC posted a 1:27.18. Ryan Harding (22.67), Daniel Nicusan (24.41), Oliver Gassmann (20.34), and Bode Neale (19.76) orchestrated the win, with Nicusan and Gassmann both recording the fastest splits in the field in their respective strokes.
DIVING WINNERS
- Men’s 1-meter: Anders Logas (UMBC) – 283.20
- Women’s 3-meter: Ana O’Neil (New Hampshire) – 244.30
TEAM STANDINGS THROUGH DAY ONE
MEN
- Bryant – 113
- UMBC – 111
- Binghamton – 108
- Virginia Military Institute – 72
- Maine – 67
- NJIT – 64
WOMEN
- New Hampshire -111
- Bryant – 104
- Binghamton University 84
- Maine – 81
- UMBC – 81
- Vermont – 68
- Virginia Military Institute – 54