Junior Nick Sundquist’s five record-setting individual performances at the ECAC competition held at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, led the University of Maine’s sharply impressive racing that resulted in nine school records for coach Susan Lizzotte’s men’s swim team.
In addition to Sundquist’s swims, the Black Bears set records in four relays.
The Midshipman won the ECAC title, and UMaine scored 10th in the 23-team field
Collecting second place in the 100 free, Sundquist touched in 44.9 seconds for a record. Earlier in the meet, the junior split 20.6 in the first leg of the 200-free relay for a Black Bear mark. Shane Kinnon, Matt England and Justin Hafner joined Sundquist in the record 1:23.8 relay.
Sundquist also led off the 800 free relay in a record 200 free swim of 1:39.3. Adding speedy swims to UMaine’s final record time in the 800 relay of 6:48.2 were Coulter Morrill (1:44.1), Thomas Edison (1:43.6) and Andrew Majeski (1:41.1).
Sundquist also finished second in the 100 butterfly (48.5) for a school record. And,
the former Windham swimmer’s 1:50.2 200 individual medley is a new Black Bear standard.
Bangor’s England (23.2) and Lewiston’s Peter Tirabassi (25.9) swam the backstroke and breaststroke legs, respectively, on the fourth place 200-medley relay that received a 21.9 butterfly swim from Sundquist and a 20.9 anchor swim from Kinnon to set a record at 1:32.
In the meet’s final event, UMaine’s 400-free relay team of England (47.5), Kinnon (46.9), Edison (47.7) and Sundquist (44.1) lowered the record to 3:06.3.
College notebook
— At the Atlantic Coast Conference Championship, Brewer’s Josh Williams, competing for Boston College, swam a 49.8 100 backstroke, a 1:49.2 200 backstroke, and opened Boston College’s 1:29.6 200-medley relay with a 23-second leg.
The Eagles placed 11th in the meet won by North Carolina State University.
— The NCAA Division III selections for the national championship meet set for March 16-19 in Greensboro, North Carolina, have been announced and include Bangor’s Emma Waddell, who competes for Williams.
Waddell is the No. 1 ranked 100 butterflyer in the field and is the second ranked competitor in the 200 individual medley.
Also included among the 478 swimmers selected are Oakland’s Lindsey and Kristen Prelgovisk who race for Bates as well as Bobcat teammate Hope Logan of Boothbay Harbor. Bangor’s David Smallwood (WPI) and Mariah Reading (Bowdoin) also were selected.