POUGHKEEPSIE, NY– The Rider University men's swimming was topped Saturday afternoon, 155-139, at Marist. The Broncs fall to 1-2 and 1-1 in MAAC meets, while the Red Foxes improve to 2-1 both overall and in the MAAC.
Rider won eight 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 relay, swimming a combined 1:34.21.
Sebastian Canosa (Morristown, NJ/Morristown) and Rowan finished one-two in the 100-back, posting times of 52.28 and 52.51.
In the 100-breast,
Billy Ruddy (Newton, NJ/Kittatinny Regional) and
Maxwell Connelly (Kinnelon, NJ/Kinnelon) swam one-two, touching the wall at 57.72 and 58.13.
Alvarez won the 50-free with a time of 21.33 and the 100-free with a time of 47.51.
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 262.73 and 244.95 on the 1-meter. They also finished one-two on the 3-meter Xantheas scoring 315.00 and Figueroa scoring 264.60.
Benjamin swam 51.18 to win the 100-fly.
NOTES & QUOTES
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Luke Mesco (Mullica Hill, NJ/Mother of Divine Grace) claimed second in the 1,000-free and second in the 500-free.
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Ethan Rogowski (Waterford, NY/Shenendehowa) swam third in the 200-free.
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Joey Milhomens (Wolcott, CT/Wolcott) finished third in the 200-fly and second in the 200-back.
- Ruddy added a third-place finish in the 50-free.
- Connelly was second in the 200-breast.
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James Bugianesi (Bridgewater, NJ/Bridgewater-Raritan) took third in the 100-fly.
UP NEXT
Rider is back in action November 12 when the Broncs visit Villanova.
