BUFFALO, NY – The Rider University men's swimming and diving team set two more records on the second day of the 2018 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) Championships on Thursday evening. The four-day event takes place February 14-17 at the Burt Flickinger Athletic Center at Erie Community College.

After the second day of action, the Broncs remain in first-place overall with 241 points, while Marist is close behind with 238 points in second-place.   

Rider got strong performances from a trio of student-athletes in the 50 free led by senior Zack Molloy (Toms River, NJ/Toms River HS North). Molloy won the event and took home gold with a new MAAC and Rider record time of 19.66. Finishing in second behind Zack, was junior Vincent Gibbons (North Brunswick, NJ/North Brunswick). Gibbons earned a silver medal with a time of 20.11, while freshman Alexander Trauger (Mount Laurel, NJ/Lenape Regional High School) landed in fifth-place in the event with a time of 20.87.

Junior Lucas Musselman (Timonium, MD/Loyola Blakefield) brought home his second gold medal of the Championships, finishing first in the 200 individual medley with a time of 1:48.33.

In the men's 3M diving event, both freshman Dillon Walles (The Woodlands, TX/The Woodlands High School) and junior Joe Warker (Reading, PA/Wilson) finished in the top-seven. Walles ended up in third-place with a score of 319.60 in the finals, while Warker earned a seventh-place finish with a mark of 277.75. 

To close out the night, the Broncs 200 free relay took home gold and set a new MAAC record with a time of 1:20.06. The Rider quartet of Gibbons, Musselman, Maciej Paz (Garfield, NJ/Paramus Catholic) and Molloy finished first to score 40 pivotal points for the Broncs.

NOTES
- Senior Maciej Paz came in 10th-place in the 50 free with a time of 20.94.
- Carter Paules ended up in 12th-place in the 200 individual medley with a time of 1:53.86.
- Porter Barnes finished right behind Paules in the 200 individual medley in 13th at 1:53.89.
- Brendan Blood landed in 16th-place in the 500 free thanks to posting a time of 4:43.94.
- Patrick Rollefson came in 12th in the 3M diving with a score of 175.95 in the finals. 

UP NEXT
The Broncs return to the pool tomorrow, February 16 with preliminary heats in the morning and the finals for five events in the evening starting at 6:00 pm.