BALTIMORE, MD --- The Howard swimming & diving teams opened the 2016 segment of their schedule over the weekend by traveling north to Baltimore for a dual match against the Retrievers of the University of Maryland Baltimore County.

Despite a pair of close losses (W: 100-83 / M: 100-79), the Bison were still able to produce some noteworthy performances:

WINS
-    Women's 200 Yard Medley Relay (Benta Horton-Gee/Latroya Pina/Danielle Brown/Susanna Reese): 1:56.46
-    Men's 200 Yard Medley Relay (Jared Miller/Farion Cooper/Alexander Barnes/Nicholas Haughton): 1:44.50

TOP 5 FINISHES
-    Women's 200 Yard Relay: 2nd (2:10.89)
-    Kasandra Kaplan, 1000 Yard Freestyle (11:34.59 / 2nd)
-    Mensa Eggleston & Matthew Shepard, 1000 Yard Freestyle (12:06.70 / 2nd & 13:19.99 / 3rd)
-    Kayla Walker & Rebecca Etienne, 200 Yard Freestyle (2:11.73 / 2nd & 2:16.18 / 3rd)
-    Haughton/Christopher Losier, 200 Yard Freestyle (1:55.42 / 2nd & 2:04.63 / 3rd)
-    Summer Lewis/Sydney Cooper/Miikella Henry, 50 Yard Freestyle (27.51, 2nd/28.04, 3rd/30.30, 4th)
-    Miller/Mark McCluskey/Dante Williams, 50 Yard Freestyle (22.39, 2nd/22.92, 3rd/23.81, 4th)
-    Marina Markous/Pina/Michaella Johnson, 200 Yard IM (2:20.60, 2nd/2:21.27, 3rd/2:39.15, 4th)
-    Jonathan Hill/Cooper, 200 Yard IM (2:06.19, 2nd/2:10.86, 3rd)
-    Brown, 200 Yard Butterfly (2:15.79)
-    Barnes/Eggleston, 200 Yard Butterfly (2:08.03, 2nd/2:26.24, 3rd)
-    Reese/Horton-Gee/Markous/Henry, 100 Yard Freestyle (57.36/58.81/1:00.48/1:03.81, 2nd-5th)
-    McCluskey/Hill/Williams/Losier, 100 Yard Freestyle (50.67/53.35/55.00/55.90, 2nd-5th)
-    Kaplan/Johnson/Cooper/Akeyla Holley, 200 Yard Backstroke (2:20.64/2:34.29/2:34.94/2:42.14, 2nd-5th)
-    Miller/Cooper, 200 Yard Backstroke (1:59.42, 2nd/2:10.60, 3rd)
-    Etienne/Walker/Lewis, 500 Yard Freestyle (5:54.36, 2nd/5:55.15, 3rd/6:40.48, 4th)
-    Losier/Sheppard, 500 Yard Freestyle (6:00.64, 2nd/6:17.38, 3rd)
-    Markous/Pina/Cooper, 200 Yard Breaststroke (2:32.06, 3rd/2:38.33, 4th/3:00.07, 5th)
-    Hill/Eggleston, 200 Yard Breaststroke (2:25.48, 3rd/2:31.52, 4th)
-    Women's 200 Yard Freestyle Relay: 4th (1:44.90)
-    Men's 200 Yard Freestyle Relay: 5th (1:33.08)

NEXT UP
Howard will host Senior Night on Friday, January 15 at 5 p.m. at the Burr Gymnasium Pool