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AESD DAY 1

Swimming & Diving Competes in Day One of AE Meet

| By: David O'Brian (dobrian@binghamton.edu)

Men’s 800 free relay wins fourth straight crown

LEXINGTON, Va. – Binghamton captured the men's 800 free relay crown for the fourth consecutive year, highlighting its performance in the opening day of the America East Swimming & Diving Championships on Wednesday evening at the VMI Aquatic Center. With three days remaining in the meet, the Bearcat men are second out of six teams while the women's are fifth out of seven squads. Three events have been scored on each side thus far.

Senior Elijah Lanfear, junior Liam Preston as well as freshmen William Deutmeyer and Evan Peters clocked a first-place 800 free relay time of 6:30.32. In the process, the Bearcat quartet recorded a two-second victory over the rest of the field. Preston has now been on each of the past three first-place 800 free relay teams while Lanfear was previously part of the 2022 squad.

Earlier in the evening, the men's 200 medley relay team of Lanfear, Preston, sophomore Will Fanning and junior Max Kaback finished a close second to UMBC with a time of 1:26.65. The Retrievers' margin of victory was a scant .58 seconds.

On the women's side, Binghamton's 200 medley relay team of senior Lauren Kuzma, junior Maria Pignatelli as well as sophomores Ava Olsian and Haley Nowak placed fourth with a time of 1:42.13. They were just .38 seconds away from the bronze medal team from New Hampshire.

In the diving events, the Bearcats' top finisher was junior Elizabeth Tirado, who placed fifth overall in the women's three-meter competition (227.50). It marked her first career finals appearance in the event. Last year, Tirado was sixth overall in the one-meter board.

Finishing in sixth place in the men's one-meter diving event was freshman Jacob Koclanis (257.60). He was followed in seventh place by sophomore Dylan Norby (257.45).

Sparked by four of the top five finishers in the men's one-meter diving competition, UMBC leads in the team standings with 140 points. The Bearcats are second (104) followed by Bryant in third place (88).

New Hampshire sits on top of the women's team standings with 120 points. The Wildcats are followed by Bryant (97), UMBC (89), Vermont (84) and Binghamton (77).

Day two of the America East Swimming & Diving Championships begins at 10 a.m with the preliminaries and concludes with the finals at 5 p.m.

MEN'S TOP INDIVIDUAL FINISHERS
Jacob Koclanis, 6th, 1-meter diving (257.60)
Dylan Norby, 7th, 1-meter diving

WOMEN'S TOP INDIVIDUAL FINISHERS
Elizabeth Tirado, 5th, 3-meter diving (227.50)


 
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