No. 22 Males’s Swimming narrowly bested at No. 18 TCNJ

EWING, N.J. – The Twenty second-ranked Salisbury University males’s swimming workforce stored up the tempo however could not recover from the hump in a slim 154-108 defeat by the hands of the 18th-ranked TCNJ Lions in a key New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC) matchup on Saturday afternoon on the TCNJ Aquatic Center.
 
MEET NOTES

• Brody Hanlon led all swimmers with a meet-high 22 factors, successful a pair of gold medals within the 100-yard breaststroke (58:07) and 200 breast (2:09.41) in addition to a silver within the 200 particular person medley (1:57.94).
• Cameron Byrd medaled thrice, highlighted by a golden efficiency within the 200 butterfly that established a brand new NJAC-leading mark of 1:54.80. Byrd additionally earned two silvers within the 100 freestyle (47.38) and as a part of the 400 free relay workforce (3:08.67).
• Mason Potts gained the Sea Gulls’ fourth and last gold of the day within the 100 fly, touching up in 50.43 seconds. He additionally introduced dwelling a trio of silvers within the 100 backstroke (51.32) and as a part of each relays (1:32.13 in 200 medley, 3:08.67 in 400 free).
• Matt Merke medaled thrice with a silver within the 1,000 free (9:51.78) and bronzes within the 500 free (4:48.41) and 200 IM (1:59.39).
• Michael DeSimone corralled three silver medals within the 50 free (21.50), 200 medley relay, and 400 free relay.
• In all Salisbury got here away with 19 medals: 4 gold, 9 silver, and 6 bronze.

 
The Sea Gulls will look to return to their successful methods on Saturday at No. 20 Swarthmore as a part of their fourth twin meet in 5 weeks. The swimmers hit the water in Swarthmore, Pa., at 12 p.m.
 

Salisbury University is a proud member of NCAA Division III with major membership within the Coast-to-Coast Athletic Conference, together with affiliate membership within the New Jersey Athletic Conference (soccer, males’s & girls’s swimming), Coastal Lacrosse Conference (males’s lacrosse), State University of New York Athletic Conference (area hockey), and Colonial Women’s Golf Conference (girls’s golf). With over 500 student-athletes in 23 varsity sports activities, SU is acknowledged as one of many nation’s best intercollegiate athletics applications no matter division, that includes devoted coaches and employees that foster excellence on and off the sector. The Sea Gulls have gained a mixed 23 workforce nationwide championships, 24 particular person nationwide championships, and 206 convention championships, and have produced 53 Academic All-Americans.

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