EMMITSBURG, Md. (November 14, 2025) – Mount St. Mary's men's and women's swim and dive battled out to a close fought dual meet Friday afternoon, with the women losing 176-102 and the men winning their side of the meet 139.5-138.5 during the final race. The win for the men signaled their first victory against the Bison since 2018.
In the women's one-meter diving competition,
Julie Uecker placed first with a final score of 167.40 followed by a debut effort from
Madison Garcia who tallied a final score of 85.30.
Carmen Del Aguila placed first in the women's 400-Meter Freestyle with a time of 4:36.10. Del Aguila also broke the team meters record in the women's 200-Meter Freestyle with a time of 2:08.34, breaking Catriona Coppler's record set in 2012.
Hanna Aggen placed third in the women's 50-Meter Backstroke with a time of 30.88. And
Christina Lazari recorded a first place finish in the women's 100-Meter Breaststroke with a time of 1:14.30. The women's 200-Meter Freestyle Relay team of Lazari,
Eve Phillips,
Madison Murphy, and Theodora Kanellopolou placed third in the event with a final time of 1:49.97. The 200-Meter Medley Relay team of Aggen, Lazari, Phillips, and Murphy came second in the even with a time of 1:58.87.
In the men's 50-Meter Freestyle event,
Lucas Hancock logged a time of 23.60, breaking the previous pool record for the event set by Rider's Billy Ruddy on January 16 of this past year. The men's 200-Meter Medley Relay team of
Todor Gospodinov,
Adam Jozsa,
Parker Koenig, and Autin Toland won the event with a time of 1:44.08. Gospodinov went on to win the men's 50-Meter Backstroke with a time of 27.07, with Jozsa following his relay partner up with a 29.21 first place finish in the men's 50-Meter Breaststroke. Gospodinov also broke John Wilson's 2019 men's 200 Individual Medley Relay record with a time of 2:10.78, winning the event. In the final event of the day, the relay team of Toland, Koenig,
Antonio Gurri, and
Lucas Hancock placed first in the men's 200-Meter Freestyle Relay with a time of 1:34.25, with the team of
Drew Beabout,
Brendan Moran,
John Haskins, and
Isaac Hancock placing third as the youngest of the Hancock brothers touching the wall less than a millisecond before the pursuing Bison relay team, securing the win for the men at the death against Howard.
UP NEXT
The Mountaineers travel to East Meadow, New York next for the ECAC Winter Championships, with the three day meet kicking off on Friday, December 5.