WORCESTER, Mass. -- PhilAnn Dixon paced the Black Bears with a second-place finish in the 1-meter dive on the opening night of the 2020 America East Swimming & Diving Championships on Thursday evening.

Dixon's second place finish on the 1-meter board came after the sophomore tallied a final score of 222.95 to garner 17 points for the Black Bears.

Caroline Strolic, Sabrina Nuttall, Rita Chen and Emma Blair teamed up to take runner-up honors in the 200-yard medley relay with a final time of 1:42.79.

The Black Bears captured a fourth place finish in the 800-yard freestyle relay with the team of Ines Khiyara, Kayla Loughman, Valentina Rengifo and Maggie White touching the wall at 7:30.00.

Maine, currently in fifth place with 82 points after day one of competition, returns to the pool on Friday with preliminary action beginning at 10 a.m. followed by diving at 4 p.m. and day two finals at 5:30 p.m.

-UMaine-