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The University of Maine’s men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams fell to Boston University this past weekend. The men’s team lost 185-110, while the women lost 186-112.
Despite the loss, UMaine’s Courtney Healey won both backstroke events for the second consecutive week and was named America East Women’s Swimming Performer of the Week. Healey went 1:00.57 in the 100 and 2:08.75 in the 200 events against BU.
“We knew going into it that it was going to be a tough meet,” Healey said. “Over the past few years, BU’s program has just become so strong that they have just become this powerhouse team.”
Megan McLean also took first in an event; swimming 1:08.31 in the 100 breaststroke.
The women finished 2-3-4 in the 200 freestyle as Kari Boffa (2:01.08) placed second, followed by Nissa Marione (2:01.82) and Sara Knight (2:03.67).
UMaine’s butterfly swimmers earned points as Mackenzie Grobmyer finished third in the 200 (2:11.94), and Adi Levy finished third in the 100 (1:01.03).
Samantha Graham led the divers finishing third in both the 1-meter and 3-meter dives.
Caitlin Shelley, Mimi Chovanec, Colleen Miller and Boffa wrapped up the meet by placing second in the 400 freestyle relay (3:44.78).
“BU had some fast swims, but Maine was not far behind in each event,” McLean said.
Co-captain Mike Goede led the men’s team by taking top spots in freestyle events; coming first in the 50 (23.10) and third in the 100 (49.81). Goede was also part of the 400 free relay with John Quinn, Jamie Young and Cully Wakelin that placed second to BU (3:18.12).
“It’s not that we swam badly,” Goede said. “We swam well. They just swam better.”
Wakelin also helped the men’s team by placing first in the 100 freestyle (48.60) and second in the 100 breast (1:02.40).
Young finished third in the 200 yard backstroke (2:04.15) and fourth in the 1,000 yard freestyle (10:39.67).
Two third place finishes went to Nick Ruckman; he took the third spot in both the 50 freestyle (23.30) and 100 butterfly (55.32).
“BU has always had really good swimmers and a lot of depth in their roster. We swam very well for the last meet before break, but BU just had more swimmers to put in events,” Tyler Isherwood, who placed fourth in the 100 backstroke with a time of 58.90 said.
On the boards, Keith Burgie placed second in the 1-meter competition and third in the 3-meter. Isaac Forbes placed fourth in both competitions.
The men and women will not be competing again until Jan. 19 when they face Providence College in Rhode Island, but Jan. 3 they travel to Florida for their annual training trip.
“It is definitely a tough trip, both physically and mentally, but we all have a good time bonding,” captain Kiki O’Donnell said.
“Our days consist of an early outdoor practice, breakfast and a nap on the beach, another afternoon practice, and finally dinner and bed,” Grobmyer said. “Literally, we eat, sleep and swim.”
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