BETHLEHEM, PA– The Rider University men's swimming was topped Saturday afternoon, 190-104, at Lehigh. The Broncs fall to 1-1, while the Mountain Hawks improve to 3-1.
Rider won five events in the meet.
To open the meet,
Riley Rowan (Simpsonville, SC/Clonlara),
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 the win in the 200-medley relay, swimming a combined 1:33.30.
In the 100-breast,
Matthew Borovik (Deerfield, IL/Deerfield) and
Maxwell Connelly (Kinnelon, NJ/Kinnelon) finished one-two in the 100-breast with times of 57.51 and 59.11, respectively.
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 272.85 and 244.95 on the 1-meter. The duo swapped places on the 3-meter with Figueroa scoring 255.30 and Xantheas scoring 255.23.
Benjamin swam 50.65 to win the 100-fly.
NOTES & QUOTES
- Rowan was third in the 100-back.
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Luke Mesco (Mullica Hill, NJ/Mother of Divine Grace) took third in the 200-fly and the 500-free.
- Ruddy was second in the 50-free.
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Joey Milhomens (Wolcott, CT/Wolcott) finished third in the 200-back.
- Borovik was second in the 200-breast.
UP NEXT
Rider is back in action November 1 with a trip to Marist for a conference dual.