FRIDAY, JANUARY 24, 2020
Rider Broncs vs. Lafayette Leopards
Location: Lawrenceville, NJ (Coppola Pool inside the Canastra Health & Sports Center)
Start Time: 6:00 pm
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WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
- Rider hosts Lafayette on Senior Day on Friday, January 24. The Bronc men have a 5-1 dual-meet record and have reeled off five straight victories, while the Rider women enter with a dual-meet record of 1-5.
 
- The Rider women and the Bronc men both defeated Lafayette last season in a dual meet.  
 
- The meet is the third of three at home for the Broncs during the 2019-20 season.
 
- The Rider men were tabbed as the preseason favorite in the 2019-20 MAAC Men's Swimming and Diving Preseason Coaches' Poll. The Broncs received seven of a possible 10 first-place votes.
 
- The Rider women were picked third in the MAAC Preseason Coaches' Poll. The Broncs finished with 83 points to finish just one-point back of second-place Marist.
 
- At last year's MAAC Championships, the Bronc men captured their eighth conference championship in a row. Once again, the Rider men broke a handful of championship records. Dillon Walles was tabbed as the MAAC Men's Most Outstanding Diver of the Meet. On the women's side, Kayla May was honored as the MAAC Women's Rookie Swimmer of the Meet.
 
- Head Coach Steve Fletcher was named the MAAC Men's Swimming Coach of the Year for the sixth season in a row last year. The Broncs also saw Kristen Simms honored as the Diving Coach of the Year.
 
- This season, the Rider men have swept the MAAC weekly awards seven times. Following each weekend of competition, the team has seen student-athletes honored. Justin Carey has been named the MAAC Men's Swimmer of the Week seven times and Dillon Walles has been tabbed as the MAAC Men's Diver of the Week seven times as well.
 
- The Rider women have swept the MAAC weekly awards twice this year. Senior Meg Tomayko has been named the MAAC Women's Diver of the Week four times and sophomore Kylie McMahon has been honored as the MAAC Women's Swimmer of the Week twice this season, while classmate Kayla May has been tabbed as the MAAC Women's Swimmer of the Week once in 2019-20.
 
- Last time out for the men, Rider took down MAAC-rival Bryant in the Ocean State. Rider won 10 individual events and one relay on Saturday. Justin Carey was dominant in the pool once again for Rider, winning three events. Carey won the 100 back (49.87), 100 free (46.68) and 100 fly (50.93). Both sophomore Kyle Iorizzo and freshman Lucas Racevicius won a pair of events. Iorizzo was the top finisher in both the 1,000 free (9:53.61) and the 500 free (4:49.97), while Racevicius won the 200 free (1:43.69) and the 200 IM (1:54.71). Cole May finished first overall in the 200 fly with a time of 1:56.52.  Dillon Walles won both diving events. He finished first in the 1M with a score of 277.27 and he was the top finisher in the 3M with a total score of 314.65.
 
- Last time out for the women, the Broncs fell on the road to Bryant. Rider claimed victory in five individual events. Kylie McMahon finished first overall in a pair of events. She won the 200 fly with a time of 2:09.82 and she also came in first-place in the 100 fly thanks to touching at 58.56. Kayla May was the other swimmer to win for Rider on Saturday, as she came in first in the 200 IM with a time of 2:11.94. Meg Tomayko won both diving events for the Broncs. She finished first overall in the 1M with a score of 246.30 and she was also first in the 3M with a mark of 251.63.