Males’s Swimming and Diving Fifth After Day One at H2ounds Invitational

BALTIMORE, MD – The Rider University males’s swimming and diving crew closed out day one in all competitors on the H2ounds Invitational Friday, sitting fifth after the opening day of competitors with 260 factors. The host Greyhounds are at present in first with 1,059 factors.
 
To open the meet, Riley Rowan (Simpsonville, SC/Clonlara), 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) obtained the Broncs fourth within the 200-medley relay, swimming a mixed 1:29.81.
 
In the A-Final of the 50-free, Alvarez and Ruddy completed seven-eight with occasions of 20.60 and 20.82.
 
In the ultimate occasion of the day, Ethan Rogowski (Waterford, NY/Shenendehowa), Gage Sheldahl (Albuquerque, NM/Eldorado), Luke Mesco (Mullica Hill, NJ/Mother of Divine Grace), and Dawid Turos (Riverwoods, IL/Deerfield) took third within the 800-free relay with a time of 6:50.83.

NOTES & QUOTES

– In the B-Final of the 500-free, Rogowski was 11^th and Mesco completed 13^th. Filippo Sala (Davie, FL/Nova Southeastern University School) was 25^th and Turos 27^th within the C-Final.

– In the B-Final of the 200-IM, Quinn Flavin (Lafayette, LA/Klein) completed 16^th.

– James Bugianesi (Bridgewater, NJ/Bridgewater-Raritan) was 11^th and Max Manolache (Knoxville, TN/McCallie School) was 18^th within the B-Final of the 50-free.

 

UP NEXT

Rider is again in motion Saturday for the second day of the three-day H2ounds Invitational hosted by Loyola (MD).