The University of Mary Washington swim & dive teams turned in a strong performance Saturday afternoon, sweeping Frostburg State in a dual meet in Frostburg, Md. The Eagle men claimed a 189-73 victory, while the women secured a 137-125 win.
The UMW men opened the meet with a victory in the 400-meter medley relay, as the team of Tucker Burkey, Sam Roundtree, Thomas Sites, and Brandon Harvey touched the wall in 4:03.81. The Eagles continued to dominate throughout the afternoon, with Sam Mahoney earning a win in the 200-meter freestyle (2:03.06). Roundtree added a victory in the 100-meter freestyle (53.69) and the 100-meter breaststroke (1:06.83), while Burkey claimed first in the 200-meter butterfly (2:13.87), the 100-meter butterfly (59.23).
Other individual event winners included Rece Storer in the 50-meter freestyle (23.88), Thomas Sites in the 200-meter backstroke (2:17.10), Rowan Turner in the 400-meter freestyle (4:34.57), and Ricky Craine in both the 800-meter freestyle (9:13.86) and 400-meter individual medley (4:59.74).
The men's 200-meter freestyle relay team of Storer, Mahoney, Harvey, and Roundtree capped the meet with another victory, finishing in 1:37.36.
On the women's side, the Eagles earned an opening victory in the 400-meter medley relay, as Audrey Sivak, Soleil Clifford, Christina Korkos, and Spera Moy-Jacobs finished in 4:40.04.
Megan Fallin led the way in the 50-meter freestyle, touching first in 28.51, while Korkos captured the 100-meter backstroke (1:08.26) and 100-meter butterfly (1:08.16). Moy-Jacobs added a victory in the 100-meter freestyle (1:02.38), and Sivak claimed the 200-meter backstroke (2:28.57).
Soleil Clifford also delivered a strong performance, winning the 200-meter breaststroke in 2:51.45. Carleigh Dillman added a first-place finish in the 400-meter individual medley (5:24.32).
The women's 200-meter freestyle relay team of Clifford, Moy-Jacobs, Abi Higgins, and Fallin closed out the meet with a victory in 1:53.95.
The Eales are back in action next weekend from Friday-Sunday for the VMI Keydet Invitational in Lexington, Va.
