ORONO, Maine -- The University of Maine men's swim team captured gold in eight of its nine races in its season opener against New Brunswick on Saturday afternoon at Wallace Pool.
Maine's 200-yard freestyle relay team of
Cam Watelet,
Finn Devers,
Kaden Kilger, and
Max Ginsburg took first in the event with a time of 1:26.46.
Matthew Bendoraitis,
Nate Teerlinck,
Calvin Comeau, and Julian Lapietra won the 400-yard medley with a time of 3:31.20.
Maine had five swimmers take first place honors in individual events:
Watelet - 50-yard butterfly - 23.10 and 50-yard freestyle - 21.40
Noah Machristie - 200-yard freestyle - 1:47.12
Brendan Matos - 200-yard butterfly - 1:59.98
Bendoraitis - 200-yard backstroke - 1:55.82.
Maine's mixed team of Hoover, Deighan,
Joey Stauss, and
Cam Watelet won the 400-yard mixed relay at 3:46.11.
The two teams close the weekend competition on Sunday morning at 9:30 a.m.
-UMaine-
