BALTIMORE, MD – The Rider University men's swimming and diving team closed out day two of competition at the H2ounds Invitational Friday, moving up one spot to fourth after the day's competition with 729 points. The host Greyhounds are currently in first with 2,356 points.
In the A-Final of the 100-breast,
Billy Ruddy (Newton, NJ/Kittatinny Regional) swam 54.19 to take third and
Maxwell Connelly (Kinnelon, NJ/Kinnelon) touched the wall at 55.20 for fifth.
The 1-meter diving event was won by
Stavros Xantheas (West Orange, NJ/West Orange), who scored 264.70.
Steven Figueroa (Whittier, CA/La Serna) was fifth with a score of 238.80.
Closing out the day in the 200-free relay,
Cesar Alvarez (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic/The Ashton School), Ruddy,
Ethan Rogowski (Waterford, NY/Shenendehowa), and
James Bugianesi (Bridgewater, NJ/Bridgewater-Raritan) combined for a swim of 1:20.96 to take second.
NOTES & QUOTES
- In the B-Final of the 100-fly, Benjamin was 11
th, Bugianesi swam 14
th, and
Sebastian Canosa (Morristown, NJ/Morristown) was 16
th. Rogowski was 19
th,
Nelson Paraison (Newark, NJ/Hackensack) finished 25
th, and
Zach McKatten (West Milford, NJ/Passaic County Technical Vocational School) was 27
th in the C-Final
-
Joey Milhomens (Wolcott, NJ/Wolcott) was 12
th in the B-Final of the 400-IM and
Quinn Flavin (Lafayette, LA/Klein) finished 15
th.
Chris Green (Swedesboro, NJ/Gloucester Catholic) was 19
th in the C-Final.
-
Dawid Turos (Riverwoods, IL/Deerfield) was 12
th and
Luke Mesco (Mullica Hill, NJ/Mother of Divine Grace) 13
th in the B-Final of the 200-free.
Gage Sheldahl (Albuquerque, NM/Eldorado) was 22
nd in the C-Final.
-
Matthew Borovik was 12
th in the B-Final of the 100-breast.
Myles Smalls (Egg Harbor City, NJ/Absegami) finished 20
th in the C-Final.
- In the 100-back B-Final,
Riley Rowan (Simpsonville, SC/Clonlara) was 14
th, McKattan 15
th, Canosa 17
th, and
Tivon Benjamin (Palm Bay, FL/St. Anthony's Secondary School) 18
th.
Chris Gutierrez (Hamburg, NJ/Wallkill Valley Regional) was 21
st and Paraison 22
nd in the C-Final.
UP NEXT
Rider is back in action Sunday for the final day of the three-day H2ounds Invitational hosted by Loyola (MD).
