BALTIMORE, MD – The Rider University men's swimming and diving team closed out competition at the H2ounds Invitational Sunday, moving up to finish third with 897 points. The host Greyhounds finished first with 2,836 points.
In the 400-medley relay to open day three,
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) combined to touch the wall at 3:18.73 for third.
In the 100-free A-Final,
Dawid Turos (Riverwoods, IL/Deerfield) was sixth with a time of 46.09.
Ethan Rogowski (Waterford, NY/Shenendehowa) finished eighth, touching the wall at 46.20.
In the A-Final of the 200-breast,
Maxwell Connelly (Kinnelon, NJ/Kinnelon) swam 2:00.25 to take second and Ruddy touched the wall at 2:05.04 for eighth.
The 3-meter diving event was won by
Stavros Xantheas (West Orange, NJ/West Orange), who scored 286.60.
Steven Figueroa (Whittier, CA/La Serna) was fourth with a score of 265.45.
Closing out the meet in the 400-free relay, Turos, Alvarez, Ruddy, and Rogowski combined for a swim of 3:01.50 to take second.
NOTES & QUOTES
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Filippo Sala (Davie, FL/Nova Southeastern University School) was 11
th and
Chris Green (Swedesboro, NJ/Gloucester Catholic) was 13
th in the 1,650-free.
- In the 200-back,
Joey Milhomens (Wolcott, NJ/Wolcott) was 11
th,
Zach McKatten (West Milford, NJ/Passaic County Technical Vocational School) finished 12
th, and
Chris Gutierrez (Hamburg, NJ/Wallkill Valley Regional) took 16
th in the B-Final. In the C-Final,
Sebastian Canosa (Morristown, NJ/Morristown) was 19
th and Rowan finished 20
th.
- Alvarez was 10
th in the B-Final of the 100-free.
James Bugianesi (Bridgewater, NJ/Bridgewater-Raritan) was 22
nd and
Gage Sheldahl (Albuquerque, NM/Eldorado) finished 24
th in the C-Final.
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Matthew Borovik (Deerfield, IL/Deerfield) was 11
th in the B-Final of the 200-breast.
- In the 200-fly B-Final, Benjamin claimed 13
th,
Luke Mesco (Mullica Hill, NJ/Mother of Divine Grace) finished 14
th, and
Quinn Flavin (Lafayette, LA/Klein) was 15
th. In the C-Final, Milhomens finished 19
th.
UP NEXT
Rider is off for the winter break, returning to action Jan. 10 for a dual meet at Canisius.
