Gilliam's Two School Records Help Men's Swimming & Diving Earn First Victory over MMA in Three Years, 142-137

BANGOR, Maine - A back-and-forth battle between Husson University and Maine Maritime Academy (MMA) men's swimming & diving teams came down to the final event on Friday evening inside Webber Pool. With the Eagles holding a 10-point lead, the Mariners needed to finish first and second in the 200 Free Relay to win the meet. A Eagle victory or a second and third place finish would result in a Husson win. MMA was one and three after the opening 50, but Husson fought back to finish second and third for the five point triumph. The 142-137 victory was Husson's first win over the Mariners since the 2018-19 season.

THE RUNDOWN:

The group of Isaias Therio, Dan Egan, Zethan Moss and Ben Main-Sobel finished second in the 200 Medley Relay with a time of 1:50.93.
Jordan McCoy, Ben Carusi, Jacob Harper and Hudson Potter swam together to finish fourth in the 200 Medley Relay with a time of 2:01.75.
Nathan Gilliam won the 1000 Free with a new school record time of 11:00.72, the 500 Free with a new school record time of 5:18.35, and the 200 IM (2:14.71).
Moss won the 200 Free (2:02.14) and finished fifth in the 100 Back (1:10.88).
Therio finished second in the 200 Free (2:03.89), and fifth in the 100 Free (54.82).
Andrew Cote was fifth in the 200 Free (2:10.14), the 50 Free (24.58) and the 100 Fly (1:03.99).
Hunter Jackson placed fourth in the 100 Back (1:04.76), third in the 200 Fly (2:36.72) and sixth in the 100 Fly (1:05.60).
McCoy was sixth in the 100 Back (1:11.24) and second in the 200 Back (2:26.80).
Joe Vail won the 100 Breast (1:10.01) and the 200 Breast (2:34.16), and finished third in the 200 IM (2:16.71).
Carusi placed fourth in the 100 Breast (1:16.93) and the 200 Breast (2:55.48), and sixth in the 200 IM (2:39.72).
Main-Sobel took a sixth place finish in the 100 Breast (1:23.18) and a fifth place finish in the 500 Free (6:06.75).
Harper finished fourth in the 200 Fly (2:36.72) and swam exhibition in the 50 Free (31.86).
Steven Johnston won the 50 Free (22.44), the 100 Free (51.07) and the 100 Fly (56.38).
Egan placed second in the 50 Free (23.51) and fourth in the 100 Free (54.17).
Potter swam exhibition in the 50 Free (24.78).
Spencer Bernat won the five-dive one-meter optionals with 129.75 points and the six-dive round with total of 237.20 points.
Johnston, Therio, Vail, Egan swam togther to finish second in the 200 Free Relay with a time of 1:36.02.
The team of Main-Sobel, Cote, Gilliam and Moss secured the victory for the Eagles with their third place finish in the 200 Free Relay with a time of 1:41.37.