LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J. – The swimming and diving team competed against Rider at Coppola Pool on Thursday night. The Broncs won a close competition, edging the Leopards by 123-116 (men) and 124-116 (women).
For the men, senior Kurtis Campbell captured victories in both the 1000-yard freestyle and 400-yard IM (9:46.28, 4:04.94). Sophomore Alexander Zoldan earned second in the 1000-yard free with a time of 9:53.54 as well as second in the 400-yard IM (4:15.29). Senior Peter Kawash garnered a win in the 200-yard free, finishing in 1:42.24. Kawash also placed second in the 100-yard backstroke (52.83).
Junior Tommy Weber collected second in the 500-yard free (4:45.40) while senior Timothy Jimenez and sophomore Alexander Reihl took home third in the 50-yard free (21.80) and 100-yard free (47.54), respectively.
The team of Reihl, senior Avery LeTourneau, Weber and Jimenez earned first in the 200-yard free relay with a final time of 1:24.20.
On the women's side, sophomore Abigail Bebel reeled in a victory in the 400-yard IM with a time of 4:35.18. Classmate Caroline Schenck enjoyed a win in the 100-yard free, finishing in 54.98. Senior Shaniya Newton and junior Isabella Van Ess collected second-place finishes in the 100-yard free (56.17) and 100-yard breaststroke (1:07.10), respectively.
Sophomore Daisy Decker achieved second in the 1000-yard free (11:11.15) followed by senior Paige Griggs in third (11:37.03). Sophomore Natalie Johnson snagged second in the 50-yard free (25.56) while senior Meghan Inglis finished close behind in third (25.89). Sophomore Diedre Scudder secured third-place finishes in the 100-yard backstroke and 200-yard free (1:00.86, 2:00.31).
Freshmen Sara Fente-Damers and Sinead Cook garnered third in the 100-yard free and 400-yard IM with times of 56.22 and 4:46.49, respectively. Senior Sophia Toomey and sophomore Abigail Gallagher each took home third place in the 100-yard fly (59.56) and 500-yard free (5:32.62).
The team of Schenck, Fente-Damers, senior Maggie Ivie and Johnson swam for a time of 1:38.08 in the 200-yard free relay for first.
Diving for the Leopards, sophomore Landon Orth snagged first-place finishes in both the 1- and 3-meter dives with scores of 273.45 and 237.08. Junior Peter Curtis secured second and third in the 1- and 3-meter (234.30, 204.98) while sophomore Trey Telleen achieved second in the 3-meter (212.40) and third in the 1-meter (220.35).
For the women, sophomore Mia Guster reeled in a victory in the 1-meter with a final score of 233.55. Guster also took home second in the 3-meter (237.83). Senior Shaylee Daniels and junior Katie Hensell collected second and third in the 1- and 3-meter dives with 222.00 and 221.40 scores, respectively.
"It was a great meet for both teams. Coming out of the winter training trip and the interim period we don't normally swim fast. We swam better than anticipated and almost caught Rider in the end," said Lafayette head coach James Dailey. "The last relays we swam are a testament to that. Both the women's 200 free relay and men's 200 free relay broke Rider's pool records."
"It was fun being away from the Lafayette campus for a day. We've been on campus most of the winter break just training. However, we are looking forward to getting classes started again," Dailey continued. "It will be good getting back to a normal rhythm of classes, meals and training."
The men's swimming and diving team will compete at NJIT on Saturday at 1 p.m.
