NEWARK, NJ – The Rider University men's swimming and diving team picked up a dual meet win Saturday afternoon, defeating NJIT, 167-132. The Broncs improve to 3-4 on the year, while the Highlanders drop to 0-4 on the season.
Rider won nine events in the meet.
To open the meet on the 1-meter,
Stavros Xantheas (West Orange, NJ/West Orange) and
Steven Figueroa (Whittier, CA/La Serna) finished one-two with scores of 259.45 and 228.65. The duo later finished one-two on the 3-meter with scores of 270.45 and 233.65.
To open the swimming portion of the meet,
Sebastian Canosa (Morristown, NJ/Morristown),
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) swam 1:29.92 in the 200-medley relay to earn the victory.
Dawid Turos (Riverwoods, IL/Deerfield) won the 200-free, swimming 1:40.63. Turos also won the 100-free, swimming one-two with Alvarez, posting times of 45.84 and 45.97.
The Broncs got a sweep in the 100-breast with Ruddy,
Maxwell Connelly (Kinnelon, NJ/Kinnelon), and
Matthew Borovik (Deerfield, IL/Deerfield) touching the wall at 54.71, 55.70, and 56.92.
Rider finished with another sweep in the 50-free with Alvarez, Ruddy, and
James Bugianesi (Bridgewater, NJ/Bridgewater-Raritan), swimming 20.60, 20.71, and 21.21.
Benjamin got the win in the 100-fly with a winning swim of 49.40.
The Broncs closed out the meet with a win in the 400-free relay. Turos, Ruddy,
Ethan Rogowski (Waterford, NY/Shenendehowa), and Alvarez combined to stop the clock at 3:03.11
NOTES & QUOTES
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Luke Mesco (Mullica Hill, NJ/Mother of Divine Grace) was second in the 1,000-free and the 200-fly. He also swam two-three with Rogowski in the 500-free.
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Riley Rowan (Simpsonville, SC/Clonlara) and Canosa finished two-three in the 100-back.
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Joey Milhomens (Wolcott, CT/Wolcott) and Rowan were two-three in the 200-back.
- Connelly finished second in the 200-breast.
UP NEXT
The Broncs wrap up the regular season Thursday with a road meet at Lafayette, beginning at 5 p.m.
