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Men's Swimming and Diving

Men's Swimming and Diving Defeated at NJIT

NEWARK, NJ– The Rider University men's swimming and diving team was defeated Saturday at NJIT, 178-113. The Broncs fall to 1-5 on the season, while the Highlanders improve to 2-4.
 
Rider won six events in the meet.
 
Nicholas Lane (Hackettstown, NJ/Lane Academy), Billy Ruddy (Newton, NJ/Kittatinny Regional), Tivon Benjamin (Palm Bay, FL/St. Anthony's Secondary School), and Cesar Alvarez (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic/The Ashton School) got the Broncs off to a strong start, winning the 200-medley relay with a time of 1:30.44.
 
Lane got Rider's first individual win of the meet, swimming 50.79 to win the 100-back.
 
Ruddy got Rider a win in the 100-breast, swimming 55.94.
 
In the 50-free, Alvarez and Ruddy swam one-two, touching the wall at 20.99 and 21.00.
 
Benjamin won the 100-fly in 50.35.
 
In the final event of the day, Alvarez, Dawid Turos (Riverwoods, IL/Deerfield), Lane, and Ethan Rogowski (Waterford, NY/Shenendehowa) won the 400-free relay with a time of 3:08.70.
 
NOTES & QUOTES
- Turos was third in the 200-free.
- Riley Rowan (Simpsonville, SC/Clonlara) finished third in the 100-back.
- Luke Mesco (Mullica Hill, NJ/Mother of Divine Grace) swam second in the 200-fly.
- Alvarez also claimed second in the 100-free.
- Derek Fantano (Morris, CT/Holy Cross) was second in the 200-back.
- Lane added a third-place finish in the 100-fly.
 
UP NEXT
Rider is back home for their final dual meet of the season against Lafayette Thursday at 5 p.m.
 
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Players Mentioned

Cesar Alvarez

Cesar Alvarez

Free
6' 3"
Junior
Derek Fantano

Derek Fantano

Back
6' 0"
Senior
Nicholas Lane

Nicholas Lane

Free/Fly
5' 11"
Senior
Ethan Rogowski

Ethan Rogowski

Free/Fly
6' 2"
Junior
Billy Ruddy

Billy Ruddy

Free/Breast
6' 4"
Junior
Luke Mesco

Luke Mesco

Freshman
Dawid Turos

Dawid Turos

Freshman
Tivon Benjamin

Tivon Benjamin

Freshman
Riley Rowan

Riley Rowan

Freshman

Players Mentioned

Cesar Alvarez

Cesar Alvarez

6' 3"
Junior
Free
Derek Fantano

Derek Fantano

6' 0"
Senior
Back
Nicholas Lane

Nicholas Lane

5' 11"
Senior
Free/Fly
Ethan Rogowski

Ethan Rogowski

6' 2"
Junior
Free/Fly
Billy Ruddy

Billy Ruddy

6' 4"
Junior
Free/Breast
Luke Mesco

Luke Mesco

Freshman
Dawid Turos

Dawid Turos

Freshman
Tivon Benjamin

Tivon Benjamin

Freshman
Riley Rowan

Riley Rowan

Freshman