EASTON, PA – The Rider University men's swimming and diving team had a strong performance Saturday, earning a win at Lafayette, 192.5-103.5. The Broncs improve to 5-2 on the season, while the Leopards fall to 2-5.
The Bronc men won 13 events in the meet.
Rider got off to a strong start in the 200-medley relay.
Lucas Racevicius (Watertown, CT/Holy Cross),
Billy Ruddy (Newton, NJ/Kittatinny Regional),
Nicholas Lane (Hackettstown, NJ/Lane Academy), and
Bobby Irwin (Cherry Hill, NJ/Cherry Hill East) earned the win with a time of 1:34.28.
Racevicius then got a win in the 200-free with a time of 1:45.41.
In the 100-back, Lane took the victory, swimming 51.67. Lane then finished one-two with Irwin in the 100-fly, touching the wall in 51.63 and 52.96.
Matthew Borovik (Deerfield, IL/Deerfield) earned the win in the 100-breast, stopping the clock at 57.83. Borovik and Ruddy swam one-two in the 200-breast with times of 2:11.42 and 2:15.21.
Ethan Rogowski (Waterford, NY/Shenendehowa) won the 200-fly, touching the wall at 1:56.02.
Matt Lequang (Plainsboro, NJ/Notre Dame) and
Cesar Alvarez (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic/The Ashton School) finished one-two in the 50-free, swimming 21.70 and 21.81. Lequang and Racevicius were one-two in the 100-free with times of 47.02 and 47.54.
David Rucci (Sewell, NJ/Gateway Regional) and
Derek Fantano (Morris, CT/Holy Cross) swam one-two in the 200-back with times of 1:55.61 and 1:56.94.
The team of Rogowski, Ruddy, Lequang, and Racevicius closed out the day with a win in the 200-free relay, swimming 1:25.04.
Marcas Racevicius (Watertown, CT/Holy Cross) earned the win on the 3-meter with a score of 258.00 and the 1-meter with a score of 281.03.
NOTES & QUOTES
- Borovik and
Brayden Murphy (Victor, NY/Victor Senior) finished two-three in the 1,650-free.
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Andrew Smolar (Washingtonville, NY/Washingtonville) finished third in the 200-free and second in the 500-free.
- Ruddy was third in the 100-breast.
- Irwin finished third in the 200-fly.
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Stavros Xantheas (West Orange, NJ/West Orange) was third on both the 3-meter and the 1-meter.
- Fantano was second in the 400-IM.
UP NEXT
Rider returns to the pool next Saturday at NJIT.
