Swimming & Diving Splits Tri-Meet

NEWARK, N.J. – Sophomore Evan Peters, senior Maria Pignatelli and freshman Julia Iwanow every gained a pair of particular person occasions, highlighting Binghamton’s efficiency in a swimming & diving tri meet at NJIT on Saturday afternoon. The Bearcat males defeated the host Highlanders 176.50-123.50 whereas the ladies misplaced a detailed 156-144 resolution to Central Connecticut State University (CCSU).

“Both teams swam well today,” head coach Jerry Cummiskey mentioned. “Our men got several close wins early that set the tone for the day while the women’s lead went back and fourth during the meet and came down to the final relay. We had good performances on both sides.”

Peters swept the lads’s 200 free (1:38.85) and 500 free (4:31.55) and was additionally a part of the first-place 400 medley relay staff (3:20.99). Also on that profitable relay have been freshman Isaih Francis, sophomore Tyler Schultz and senior Patrick Lang.

Pignatelli captured the ladies’s 100 again (58.11) and 100 free (53.17) whereas Iwanow took high honors within the 100 breast (1:05.84) and 200 breast (2:22.99) and likewise swam on the victorious 200 medley relay staff (1:48.44). Other members of that first-place relay included sophomore Eva Smith in addition to juniors Haley Nowak and Ava Olsian.

Junior males’s diver Dylan Norby, in the meantime, met the NCAA Zone Standard within the three-meter occasion for the second time this season. His first-place rating of 324.90 towards NJIT met the three-meter normal of 320.00. Earlier within the season, Norby posted a qualifying rating of 345.35 towards Le Moyne again on Sept. 28.

Other particular person winners on the lads’s since included Francis within the 100 again (50.18), Schultz within the 100 breast (56.51), sophomore Ryaan Alshami within the 50 free (21.23), senior Liam Preston within the 100 free (45.90) and sophomore Jacob Koclanis within the one-meter diving competitors (277.20).

In addition, Alshami, Francis and Preston joined senior Max Kaback to win the lads’s 200 free relay (1:24.02).

Also profitable particular person occasions on the ladies’s aspect have been senior Elizabeth Tirado within the three-meter diving occasion (260.85) and Nowak within the 100 fly (58.62).

Binghamton concludes the autumn portion of its schedule with the Cleveland State/Magnus Cup Meet from Nov. 20-22.