The Boston University Aquatic Center pool, site of the 2006 America East Swimming and Diving Championships. |
The Retrievers cheer on their teammates on the first night of competition. |
UMBC's second-place 800-yard freestyle relay team (L to R): Amber Harris, Elyse Gibson, Meghan Sackett, Agnes Stanislawska |
UMBC won the men's 800 free relay (L to R): Justin Bronson, Juan Ortiz, Adam Blais. Not pictured: Evan Roseberry |
Women's 200-yard medley relay medal ceremony |
UMBC's second-place women's 200 medley relay team (L to R): Robin Klein, Meghan Sackett, Daniele Surkovich, Agnes Stanislawska |
Men's 200 medley relay medal ceremony |
UMBC's third-place men's 200 medley relay team (L to R): Geza Szabo, Scott Auchter, Milos Djukic, Tim Conway |
Mary Scott, Milos Djukic and Nebojsa "Zima" Zimonjic at dinner at Vinny T's |
Men's 1-meter diving medal ceremony: UMBC's Jeff Salgado, third place |
Women's 500-yard freestyle medal ceremony: UMBC's Meghan Sackett, 1st place; Amber Harris, 5th place; Rachel Lesslie, 6th place. Sackett set a new meet record in the event. |
Men's 500 free medal ceremony (L to R): Joey Sementelli (7th), Geza Szabo (5th), Evan Roseberry (3rd), Justin Bronson (1st), Freddie Reitz (2nd), Ryan Karrer (4th), Joe Raymond (6th) |
Blinding Gold: UMBC took the top seven spots in the men's 500 free, and Justin Bronson set a new meet record in the event. |
Women's 200-yard individual medley medal ceremony: UMBC's Agnes Stanislawska, fourth place; Joy Wilde, 7th place |
UMBC's men's 200 IM medalists Juan Ortiz (5th) and Adam Blais (4th) |
Women's 50-yard freestyle medal ceremony: UMBC took four of the eight spots in the finals, including a clean sweep of the top three, with freshman Daniele Surkovich claiming her first conference crown. |
UMBC's women's 50 free medalists (L to R): Lindsey Engler (7th), Robin Klein (3rd), Daniele Surkovich (1st) and Elyse Gibson (2nd) |
Men's 50 free medal ceremony: Tim Conway was the only Retriever to medal in the event, taking second place. |
UMBC's Tim Conway and his silver medal from the 50 free. |
Women's 3-meter diving medal ceremony: UMBC's Ashley Houghton, 2nd place; Katie Spohnhoz, 8th place. Houghton broke the school record in the event. |
UMBC's 3-meter diving medalists: Katie Spohnholz (8th) and Ashley Houghton (2nd) |
UMBC won the women's 200-yard freestyle relay (L to R): Lindsey Engler, Robin Klein, Daniele Surkovich. Not Pictured: Elyse Gibson. The foursome broke the school record in the event. |
UMBC placed second in the men's 200 free relay (L to R): Justin Bronson, Juan Ortiz, Tim Conway, Adam Blais |
Women's 400-yard individual medley medal ceremony: Tina Cantwell was the only Retriever to medal in the event, taking third place. |
UMBC's Tina Cantwell and her bronze medal for the 400 IM |
Men's 400 IM medal ceremony: UMBC's Evan Roseberry, 2nd place; Joey Sementelli, 6th place; Brian Jaeggi, 7th place |
UMBC's Joey Sementelli and his sixth-place medal for the 400 IM |
UMBC's women's 100-yard butterfly medalists Daniele Surkovich (2nd) and Lindsey Engler (6th) |
Men's 100 fly medal ceremony: UMBC's Geza Szabo, 2nd place; Eric Skrabacz, 6th place |
Women's 200-yard freestyle medal ceremony: Meghan Sackett was the only Retriever in the finals, but she took home the gold in the event. |
Men's 200 free medal ceremony: The Retrievers took five of the top eight spots in the event, including Justin Bronson (2nd), Freddie Reitz (3rd), Juan Ortiz (4th), Ryan Karrer (6th) and Joe Raymond (7th). |
UMBC's Joe Raymond tests his sixth-place medal for the 200 free to make sure it's real. |
UMBC's women's 100-yard breaststroke medalists (L to R): Tina Cantwell (2nd), Robin Klein (4th), Joy Wilde (6th) and Courtney White (8th) |
UMBC's women's 100 breast finalists show off their medals (L to R): Courtney White (8th), Joy Wilde (6th), Robin Klein (4th) and Tina Cantwell (2nd) |
Men's 100 breast medal ceremony: UMBC's Scott Auchter (3rd), Ian Carey (4th) and Adam Blais (T-5th) |
UMBC seniors Elyse Gibson and Amber Harris at their final conference championships |
Freshman Daniele Surkovich and junior Cliff Schmardel |
UMBC freshmen Justin Bronson, Josh Nachman and P.J. Sterba |
Junior diver Jeff Salgado |
The Retrievers watch the senior ceremony at the beginning of the finals session on the last day of competition. |
America East seniors lined up behind the blocks |
Retriever Seniors: Top Row (L to R): Joe Raymond, Elyse Gibson, Amber Harris. Bottom Row (L to R): Ian Carey, Adam Blais, Geza Szabo, Nebojsa "Zima" Zimonjic |
Women's 100-yard backstroke medal ceremony: UMBC's Agnes Stanislawska, 2nd place; Amber Harris, 4th place |
Men's 100 back medal ceremony: UMBC's Nebojsa Zimonjic, 4th place; Tim Conway, 5th place; Milos Djukic, 7th place |
UMBC's second-place 400-yard medley relay team (L to R): Daniele Surkovich, Meghan Sackett, Agnes Stanislawska, Amber Harris |
Men's 400-yard medley relay medal ceremony: UMBC's Nebojsa Zimonjic, Geza Szabo, Scott Auchter and Justin Bronson took home the silver. |
Women's 1,650-yard freestyle medal ceremony: UMBC's Meghan Sackett, 1st place; Rachel Lesslie, 3rd place. It was Sackett's third individual gold of the weekend as she set a meet record in the mile. |
Men's 1,650 free medal ceremony: UMBC took four of the top eight spots in the mile, including Ryan Karrer (1st), Evan Roseberry (2nd), Joey Sementelli (5th) and Joe Raymond (7th). Karrer set a new meet record and broke head coach Chad Cradock's school record in the event. |
Women's 200-yard backstroke medal ceremony: UMBC's Agnes Stanislawska, 2nd place; Amber Harris, 3rd place; Rachel Lesslie, 8th place |
Men's 200 back medal ceremony: UMBC's Milos Djukic, 4th place; Nebojsa Zimonjic, 5th place; Brian Jaeggi, 7th place |
Junior divers Ashley Houghton and Jeff Salgado |
Women's 100-yard freestyle medal ceremony: UMBC's Daniele Surkovich, 2nd place; Robin Klein, 7th place |
Daniele Surkovich shows off her silver medal for the 100 free with support from teammate Erin Mathews. |
UMBC took four of the top eight spots in the men's 100 free, including Justin Bronson (2nd), Juan Ortiz (5th), Tim Conway (6th) and Adam Blais (7th). |
Juniors Juan Ortiz and Tim Conway finished fifth and sixth in the 100 free finals. |
Freshman Sarah Aichele and sophomore Erin Mathews |
Retrievers, including Lisa Robinson, Carly Fitzpatrick, Kristen Moorby, Mary Scott, Katrina Hubbard and Brian Jaeggi, cheer on their teammates as they receive their medals. |
Men's 200 breast medal ceremony: UMBC's Ian Carey, 2nd place; Scott Auchter, 4th place; Freddie Reitz, 5th place |
UMBC's women's 200-yard breaststroke medalists Tina Cantwell (3rd) and Joy Wilde (4th) |
Junior diver Katie Spohnholz relaxes before competition. |
Women's 200-yard butterfly medal ceremony: UMBC's Elisha Peregino was the Retrievers' only finalist in the event, taking fourth place. |
Women's 1-meter diving medal ceremony: UMBC's Ashley Houghton, 1st place; Katie Spohnhoz, 8th place. Houghton is the first female Retriever diver to win a conference championship. |
Women's 400-yard freestyle relay medal ceremony: UMBC's Elyse Gibson, Meghan Sackett, Robin Klein and Daniele Surkovich won the event in school-record time. |
Men's 400 free relay medal ceremony: UMBC's Adam Blais, Juan Ortiz, Tim Conway and Justin Bronson took home the silver. |
The Retriever men won their third-consecutive America East Conference championship since joining the league three years ago. (Photo by Rob Klein) |
The Retriever men celebrate their third-consecutive conference championship. (Photo by Rob Klein) |
Retriever captains Geza Szabo, Brian Jaeggi and Adam Blais accept the America East Conference championship trophy. |
Freshman Daniele Surkovich accepts the trophy as the Most Outstanding Female Rookie. |
Junior Ashley Houghton accepts the trophy as the Most Outstanding Female Diver. |
Freshmen Freddie Reitz and Justin Bronson at dinner |
Sophomores Lisa Robinson and Joey Sementelli |
Robin Klein, Katie Spohnholz, Lindsey Engler and Anika Theus |
The qualifiers for the men's 500-yard freestyle walk to the starting blocks. UMBC placed an unprecedented seven swimmers in the finals. New Hampshire's Jacob Torok was the lone outsider. |
Sophomores Mary Scott and Erin Mathews |
Joey Sementeill (left) and Brian Jaeggi prepare for the 400-IM finals |
Freshman Evan Roseberry on the butterfly leg of the 400-IM. He placed second in the event. |
Clockwise from left: Katie Spohnholz, Katrina Hubbard, Kristen Moorby, Daniele Surkovich, Mary Scott, Amber Harris, Brittany Bertoli, Sarah Aichele |
Sophomores Erin Mathews and Katrina Hubbard |
Katrina Hubbard, Carly Fitzpatrick and Kristen Moorby |
Freshmen Justin Bronson and Evan Roseberry |
Head coach Chad Cradock with seniors Elyse Gibson (left) and Amber Harris. |
UMBC Seniors: Back Row (L to R): Nebojsa Zimonjic, Adam Blais, Ian Carey. Front Row (L to R): Geza Szabo, Joe Raymond, Amber Harris, Elyse Gibson. |
Women's 100-yard backstroke medal ceremony: UMBC's Agnes Stanislawska, 2nd place; Amber Harris, 4th place |
Junior Agnes Stanislawska |
Katie Spohnholz, Amber Harris and Rachel Lesslie |
Freshman Joy Wilde prepares for the women's 200-yard breaststroke finals. |
Sophomores Lisa Robinson and Rachel Lesslie |
The Retrievers cheer on their teammates. |
The freshmen ritual is performed at the parents' dinner on the last night in Boston. |
Freshmen Brittany Bertoli, Elisha Peregino and Anika Theus |
Juan Ortiz, Robin Klein and Alejandro Lopez |
Sprinters Lindsey Engler, Daniele Surkovich and Elyse Gibson |
Men's 200-yard butterfly medal ceremony: UMBC's Geza Szabo, 2nd place; Eric Skrabacz, 4th place. Szabo broke his own school record in the event. |
Women's 200-yard breaststroke medal ceremony: Tina Cantwell, 3rd place; Joy Wilde, 4th place |
UMBC's second-place 800-yard freestyle relay team (L to R): Amber Harris, Elyse Gibson, Meghan Sackett, Agnes Stanislawska |
Meghan Sackett, Amber Harris and Elyse Gibson |
Sarah Aichele, Agnes Stanislawska and Anika Theus at dinner |
Amy Mensch and Christina Ng |
Juan Ortiz, Lindsey Engler and Mary Scott |
The men's 500-yard freestyle finalists await the start of the race. |
Take your marks... |
Freshmen Brittany Bertoli and Sarah Aichele |
Lindsey Engler (left) and Elyse Gibson await the start of the women's 50-yard freestyle finals. |
Milos Djukic and Joe Raymond on the team bus |
Joy Wilde and Robin Klein show off their medals. |
Christina Ng, Daniele Surkovich, Amber Harris and assistant coach Chris Gibeau |
UMBC Seniors |
John Saums, Geza Szabo and Scott Auchter |
UMBC's winning women's 400-yard freestyle relay team: (L to R) Elyse Gibson, Meghan Sackett, Robin Klein and Daniele Surkovich |
The Retriever men celebrate their third straight America East title by jumping in the pool. |