POUGHKEEPSIE, NY – The Rider University men's swimming and diving team improved to 3-0 on the season after defeating Marist 169-125 to begin MAAC Competition. The Red Foxes fell for the first time this season, falling to 2-1 overall and 1-1 in MAAC meets.
 
The Bronc men won nine events in the meet.
 
Lucas Racevicius (Watertown, CT/Holy Cross), David Cooper (Spring, TX/Klein Oak), Jack Ruggieri (Bellmawr, NJ/Gloucester Catholic), and Bobby Irwin (Cherry Hill, NJ/Cherry Hill East) combined to take the 200-medley relay in 1:33.37, to give the Broncs an early lead.
 
Racevicius then won the 200-free, with a winning time of 1:42.60.
 
David Rucci (Sewell, NJ/Gateway Regional) led a Bronc sweep of the 100-back, touching the wall at 52.12, ahead of Nicky Lane's (Hackettstown, NJ/Lane Academy) 52.74 and Derek Fantano's (Morris, CT/Holy Cross) 53.39.
 
David Cooper (Spring, TX/Klein Oak) and Alex Boeckx (Folsom, PA/Ridley) went one-two in the 100-breast with times of 56.85 and 58.20. Cooper then won the 200-breast in 2:05.96.
 
Christian Overton, Rucci, and Fantano swept the 200-back with times of 1:53.19, 1:53.61, and 1:56.06.
 
Nicky Lane (Hackettstown, NJ/Lane Academy) swam 51.87 to win the 100-fly.
 
The Broncs ended the individual competition with a sweep of the 200-IM. Racevicius, Rucci, and Cooper swam 1:55.44, 1:56.94, and 1:57.63.
 
In the diving competition, Sean Binning (Annandale, VA/W.T. Woodson) won the 3-meter with a score of 243.68 and then went one-two with Marcas Racevicius (Watertown, CT/Holy Cross) in the 1-meter with scores of 242.93 and 219.53.
 
NOTES & QUOTES
"This dual meet is special to both teams because there is a long history of a rivalry in the pool between both schools.  We continue to have great performances from our freshmen and sophomore classes each week to fill big holes in the lineup left by the graduation of our last two classes. We have a long way to go to get to February, and a short window of time to get there. We learned more today about how to prepare our team for championship time." - Head Coach Steve Fletcher

- Kyle Iorizzo (Norwood, NJ/Old Tappan Regional) took second in the 1,000-free and third in the 500-free.
- Bobby Irwin (Cherry Hill, NJ/Cherry Hill East) placed third in the 200-fly.
- Webster Bozzo (Christansted, U.S. Virgin Islands/Good Hope Country Day) was third in the 50-free.
- Marcas Racevicius was third in the 3-meter.
- Lucas Racevicius placed second in the 100-free.
- Andrew Iannacone (Yardley, PA/Holy Ghost Prep) was third in the 200-breast.
- Lane and Mike Treglia (Cherry Hill, NJ/Cherry Hill East) swam two-three in the 100-fly.
 
UP NEXT
Rider returns to action for a tri-meet with Delaware and La Salle hosted by the Blue Hens on Saturday, November 13 at 1 p.m.