Brown, Yale and UMass competed in a tri-meet on Saturday.
UMass Press Release
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Junior Trent Kindvall won both the one-meter and three-meter diving events as the UMass men's swimming and diving team competed in a tri-meet with Brown and Yale on Saturday afternoon. Along with Kindvall's performances, the Minutemen also saw a trio of personal-best efforts recorded in the pool.
Kindvall won the three-meter board with a score of 277.60 points as the Minutemen swept the top-three spots. He was followed by Nolan Burns who took second and Robert Barry who placed third. Kindvall also won the one-meter event with a score of 267.55 points. Freshman Reece Donohue placed third in the event as well.
Tyler Sjahfiedin turned in a pair of personal-best times in the 200 free (1:44.30) and the 100 free (47.35 seconds) where he placed sevent and ninth, respectively. Harry Ortof also swam a personal-best time in the 1,000 free (9:44.14) where he placed fifth.
Chris DiGiacomo earned a pair of fifth-place finishes in the 200 back and the 200 individual medley. He missed his personal-best time in the 200 back by four-hundredths of a second, but did set a personal-best time in the 100 back (51.51 seconds) where he finished eighth.
Other highlights from the pool included a fifth-place finish by Owen Wright in the 50 free and a seventh-place effort in the 100 back by Kyle Stefanides.
UMass will have next weekend off before heading to the Boston University Terrier Invitational from Nov. 18-20.
Freshman diver Maja Boric added another NCAA zone qualifying mark to her resume after taking second-place with 302.15 points on Saturday afternoon in a tri-meet with Brown and Yale. Although the UMass women's swimming and diving team lost in the over team scores of the meet to the two Ivy League programs, Boric placed second on both the three-meter and one-meter boards.
The Croatian national previously qualified for the NCAA zone meet on the one-meter board this year. Saturday's performance on the three-meter board also set a new freshman record for the three-meter event and stands as the fifth-best dive in UMass program history.
The tri-meet broke out as three dual meets scoring-wise. Yale defeated UMass 246-54, while Brown defeated the Minutewomen 228-72.
In addition to Boric's performance, the divers were solid after a week off. On the one-meter board, Katie Polkplaced third and Emma Roush took fourth. In the three-meter event, Polk placed fifth and Roush sixth.
Highlights from the pool included a trio of top-10 finishes for Olga Egkorova who took eighth in the 200 fly, ninth in the 200 free, and 10th in the 100 fly. Meriza Werenski also placed among the top 10 in three events taking eighth in the 200 individual medley, eighth in the 100 breast, and ninth in the 500 free. Haley Masi also turned in strong swims in the sprint frees placing ninth in the 50 and eighth in the 100 events.
The Minutewomen will return to action in two weeks (Nov. 18-20) at the Boston University Terrier Invitational in Boston. For complete coverage of the UMass women's swimming and diving team, follow the program on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook at @UMassWSwimDive.
