LEWISBURG, PA – The Rider University men's swimming and diving team remains third after two days of competition at the Bucknell Invitational. The Broncs have totaled 665.5 points through the second day of competition. First place Towson has earned 958 points.
The day started with the 200-medley relay, where
Lucas Racevicius (Watertown, CT/Holy Cross),
David Cooper (Spring, TX/Klein Oak),
Nicholas Lane (Hackettstown, NJ/Lane Academy), and
Joe Gewartowski (Fort Washington, PA/Upper Dublin) combined to go 1:29.89 for third place.
Racevicius won the 100-Back with a time of 48.03.
David Rucci (Sewell, NJ/Gateway Regional) claimed second in the 400-IM with a time of 4:01.62.
Brayden Murphy (Victor, NY/Victor Senior) was fifth with a time of 4:05.68.
Christian Overton was eighth, touching the wall at 4:13.82.
Lane went 49.41 in the 100-Fly to earn fourth place. Cooper was third in the 100-Breast with a time of 55.85.
In the final event of the day, Racevicius,
Kyle Iorizzo (Norwood, NJ/Old Tappan Regional),
Alex Boeckx (Folsom, PA/Ridley), and
Andrew Smolar (Washingtonville, NY/Washingtonville) swam 6:46.19 in the 800-Free relay for a second-place finish.
NOTES & QUOTES
- Racevicius' personal-best time in the 100-Back is the second-fastest in program history.
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Adam Musselman (Timonium, MD/Loyola Bakerfield) took 16
th in the B-Final of the 400-IM.
Devin Bunner was 18
th in the C-Final.
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Jack Ruggieri (Bellmawr, NJ/Gloucester Catholic) was 11
th and
Bobby Irwin (Cherry Hill, NJ/Cherry Hill East) was 13
th in the B-Final of the 100-Fly.
Dimitri Maldonado (Middletown, NJ/Christian Brothers Academy) and
Mike Treglia (Cherry Hill, NJ/Cherry Hill East) were 23
rd and 24
th in the C-Final.
- Smolar was 17
th in the C-Final of the 200-Free.
- In the 100-Breast, Boeckx was 10
th and
Andrew Iannacone (Yardley, PA/Holy Ghost Prep) was 16
th in the B-Final.
- Lane was 10
th in the B-Final of the 100-Back.
Derek Fantano took 19
th in the C-Final.
UP NEXT
Rider is back in action for the final pair of sessions Sunday at the Bucknell Invitational beginning at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.
