Villanova Males’s Swimming and Diving Delivers Sturdy Displaying at NJIT Invitational

Newark, NJ – Villanova males’s swimming and diving wrapped up a powerful displaying on the NJIT Invitational, ending third total with a crew rating of 849.5. The Wildcats turned in a number of high finishes all through the meet, highlighted by two new additions to this system file e-book within the first meet of the season.

Freshman Hugh Boris notched two program file e-book finishes, successful the 200 breast to grow to be the second-fastest performer in Villanova historical past. With a time of two:00.32, he completed simply 0.06 seconds off this system file. Freshman Carter Gray additionally made his mark, inserting third within the occasion with a 2:03.08, a time that ranks him because the Tenth-fastest performer in program historical past.

Boris added one other win within the 100 breast (56.27), adopted by junior Wade Weston in second (57.05) and junior Aiden Bunker in fourth (59.12).

Villanova swept the rostrum within the 400 IM, with Freshman Max Kunisaki taking first (4:00.10), adopted carefully by Junior Max Christensen (4:01.70) and Gray (4:03.88).

In the 1650 Free, sophomore Owen Nye claimed victory with a time of 16:02.33. He was adopted by senior Patrick Casey in second (16:10.43) and junior Brady Tierney in fourth (16:34.98). Nye additionally took fifth within the 200 free (1:43.49), whereas senior Gavin Jones received the occasion with a time of 1:42.53.

In the 200 again, freshman Quinn O’Mara completed second (1:51.99), adopted by Christensen in third (1:53.37) and junior Josh Seidman in fourth (1:53.84). In the 100 again, sophomore Cole Gorsuch earned second place (51.85), whereas Seidman completed fourth (52.63).

In the 100 fly, sophomore Zach Sutter positioned third (50.04), senior Sam Randall completed fourth (50.14), and sophomore Melson Arquillano took fifth (51.13). In the 200 fly, freshman Michael Anderson secured second place (1:53.20), adopted by Arquillano in sixth (1:55.35) and Casey in eighth (2:01.69).

Randall led the Wildcats within the 100 Free, ending second (46.53). He was adopted by Kunisaki (46.65), Jones (47.04), and Sutter (47.09), giving Villanova 4 swimmers within the high 5.

In the relays, the 200 free relay crew opened the day with a powerful swim, ending in 1:23.57. The 400-medley relay A crew positioned second (3:24.57), with the B and C groups ending fifth (3:29.89) and sixth (3:32.95), respectively.

The males return to motion on Oct. 25 at Georgetown, whereas the ladies hit the highway to face Seton Hall on Oct. 17 and UConn on Oct. 18.