The University of Maine men’s swimming and diving team had four athletes qualify for the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference meet last weekend when they travelled down to Wheaton College for the Wheaton Invitational non-scored meet.

Second-year Timothy Edison, first-year Peter Tirabassi and fourth-year Eric Gaulin all qualified for the ECAC meet that will take place at the end of the season.

The Black Bears captured eight first-place finishes on the day.

UMaine took five of the top six spots in the 200-meter freestyle, with Edison’s first-place finish qualifying him for ECAC’s. Second-year Taylor Ottman finished second in the event.

Second-year Nicolas Sundquist took first place in the 100-meter butterfly and was a part of the 200-meter relay team that took third place in the meet.

The Black Bears took first and second place in the 1000-meter freestyle, with first-year Alexander Penn winning the event and second-year Benjamin Hebert took second place.

Penn also went on to take home first place in the 500-yard freestyle, edging out the competition with a time of 4:56. Second-year Benjamin Hebert took third place, while first-year Connor Mayhew took home fifth.

Tirabassi qualified in two events, first in the 100-meter breaststroke with a time of 1:00:06 and also in the 200-meter breaststroke with a time of 2:13:43, winning both races by a solid margin.

Fourth-year swimmer Ryan Fahey took first place in one of his final meets at UMaine, taking home the gold in the 200-yard butterfly with a time of 2:06:49.

The Black Bears will take to the pool again at the ECAC Championships Feb. 27 in Pittsburgh.