LAWRENCEVILLE, NJ– The Rider University men's swimming and diving team opened the season Saturday afternoon, defeating Iona 176.5-119.5. It was the season opener for the Broncs, who move to 1-0, while the Gaels drop to 1-1.
Rider won nine events in the meet.
To open the meet,
Riley Rowan (Simpsonville, SC/Clonlara),
Matthew Borovik (Deerfield, IL/Deerfield),
Tivon Benjamin (Palm Bay, FL/St. Anthony's Secondary School), and
Cesar Alvarez (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic/The Ashton School) got the Broncs the win in the 200-medley, swimming a combined 1:31.66.
Ethan Rogowski (Waterford, NY/Shenendehowa) and
Filippo Sala (Davie, FL/Nova Southeastern University School) carried the momentum into the 1,000-free, swimming one-two with times of 10:06.21 and 10:09.04.
Billy Ruddy (Newton, NJ/Kittatinny Regional) won the 100-breast with a time of 55.77.
In the 200-fly,
Luke Mesco (Mullica Hill, NJ/Mother of Divine Grace) and
Joey Milhomens (Wolcott, CT/Wolcott) swam one-two with times of 1:56.76 and 1:57.53. Mesco also won the 500-free in the with a time of 4:49.27.
Ruddy then led a one-two finish in the 50-free, swimming 21.04 with Alvarez going second in 21.20.
The diving well was a strength for the Broncs with
Stavros Xantheas (West Orange, NJ/West Orange) and
Steven Figueroa (Whittier, CA/La Serna) finishing one-two with scores of 276.45 and 242.78 on the 1-meter. The duo also swept the 3-meter with scores of 263.10 and 237.98.
Benjamin and
James Bugianesi (Bridgewater, NJ/Bridgewater-Raritan) got the one-two finish in the 100-fly, touching the wall at 50.29 and 52.76.
NOTES & QUOTES
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Dawid Turos (Riverwoods, IL/Deerfield) finished second in the 200-free.
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Riley Rowan (Simpsonville, SC/Clonlara) was second in the 100-back.
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Maxwell Connelly (Kinnelon, NJ/Kinnelon) finished third in the 100-breast.
- Ruddy and Turos finished two-three in the 100-free.
- Milhomens and Rowan were two-three in the 200-back. Milhomens was also second in the 200-IM.
- Borovik and Connelly finished two-three in the 200-breast.
- Rogowski also claimed third in the 500-free.
UP NEXT
Rider is back in action next Saturday, with a visit to Lafayette for a 1 p.m. meet.
