NEWARK, N.J. – The men's swimming and diving athletes competed in a dual meet at NJIT on Saturday, falling to the Highlanders 172-123.
Senior Peter Kawash enjoyed a victory in the 100-yard IM with a time of 51.00, breaking the Lafayette school record as well as his own NJIT pool record. Kawash also captured the win in the 50-yard freestyle, finishing in 21.42. Classmate Kurtis Campbell earned first in the 200-yard breaststroke and third in the 50-yard free (2:12.62, 21.99).
Junior Tommy Weber secured second in the 100-yard fly and 200-yard free with times of 51.89 and 1:46.47, respectively. Senior Thomas Krystkiewicz collected second in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:16.08) while classmate Jack Oleson took home second and fifth in the 100-yard backstroke and 100-yard free (54.61, 49.73).
Sophomore Alexander Reihl ended in third in the 200-yard fly with a final time of 2:04.39. Senior Timothy Jimenez finished third in the 100-yard breaststroke and fourth in the 200-yard backstroke (1:01.23, 2:03.89). Sophomore Alexander Zoldan snagged third in the 200-yard free (1:48.64) and freshman Eric Engel placed fourth in the 500-yard free (5:07.61).
Senior Antonio Arena collected two fourth-place finishes in the 100-yard backstroke and 100-yard free (58.06, 49.55) while freshman Brendan Morgan reeled in fourth in the 1000-yard free and sixth in the 500-yard free (11:01.07, 5:18.12). Seniors Sean Robinson and Avery LeTourneau finished fifth in the 1000-yard free (11:02.57) and 200-yard backstroke (2:04.71).
Senior Kyle Mazziotti garnered fifth-place finishes in the 100-yard breaststroke and 100-yard IM (1:02.55, 55.69). Junior Sean McManus placed fifth in the 50-yard free and fifth in the 100-yard fly with times of 22.53 and 53.12, respectively.
The team of freshman Charles Derivaux, Krystkiewicz, sophomore Daniel Dwyer and Engel took home a victory in the 200-yard free relay with a final time of 1:28.83.
Diving for the Leopards, sophomore Landon Orth enjoyed two victories in the 1- and 3-meter dives with scores of 294.67 and 283.57. Junior Peter Curtis reeled in second in the 1-meter (258.60) and third in the 3-meter (275.55) while sophomore Trey Telleen collected third and fourth in the 1- and 3-meter dives (236.78, 231.52).
"Today's last dual meet of the season went well for the men. This was a unique meet in that it was non-traditional. No one knew what they were swimming until the event and participants' names were shown on the video board. Everyone's name was drawn from a hat the day before," said Lafayette head coach James Dailey. "We had a lot of people that normally don't swim the events they competed in today. It was the perfect way to end our dual meet season and interim training period."
"Our focus is on next weekend and the Patriot League Championships at Bucknell in a couple weeks," Dailey continued. "We're excited for both. Our top five have never been this fast and we are looking forward to a great taper period."
The Maroon and White, both the men's and women's teams, resume competition at the Bison Invite hosted by Bucknell on Feb. 1 at 12 p.m.
