Retrievers Sweep Conference Crowns at America East Swimming and Diving Championships
The UMBC men’s swimming and diving team was crowned America East Conference Champions on Sunday, February 11 for the fourth year in a row. This year, however, was different, as for the first time the Retriever women shared in the glory, claiming their first-ever America East title, marking the fourth time in conference history but first in a decade that the same school has won both the men’s and women’s championships.
The Retriever men amassed 876.5 team points to hold off runners-up Binghamton (805). Stony Brook placed third (506.5), followed by host Boston University (448) and Maine (393).
UMBC ties an America East record with its fourth-straight conference championship, as Delaware won four in a row from 1997-2000. The league crown is actually the Retrievers’ 10th straight, as they took six ECAC titles from 1998-2003 before joining the America East in 2003-04. Since then, UMBC has dominated the conference, winning every year.
The Retriever women totaled 719 team points to defeat runner-up Boston University (616) by more than 100 points and unseat two-time defending champion New Hampshire, which placed third (596). Maine (462), Vermont (454), Stony Brook (264) and Binghamton (247) round out the seven-team field.
The last time the same school won both the men’s and women’s America East Championships was 1997 when Delaware accomplished the feat. Boston University has also done it twice, in 1990 and 1994. It also marks the fifth time the Retriever men and women have both won conference championships, as they each claimed the Northeast Conference title in 2000, 2002 and 2003 and the ECAC crown in 1999.
Read more about individual award winners.
(2/13/07)
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