Piscataway, NJ – Senior EMILY ROTHAMEL won the 200-yard backstroke while sophomore SPENSER DUBOIS notched his second NCAA "B" cut as the Montclair State swimming and diving teams closed out the four-day Metropolitan Championships Sunday.

The Red Hawk woman placed overall with 881 points as the men's side also took fifth with 596 points.

A day after setting the school record in the 100-breaststroke in both the preliminary and final rounds, Dubois took the pool and broke the 200-breaststroke record today. He notched a time of 2:03.35 during the morning and placed third in the event in the finals, clocking in at 2:03.79. Dubois broke the previous in the 200 by nearly three seconds. LUCAS GOMES also set a new school standard in the 100-freestyle, clocking in at 46.28. His mark clipped the previous record by .01, which was held by Charles Cobbertt.

Sophomore RYAN KAPPES took fifth in the 1,650-freestyle as he touched the wall in 16:22.11, while DENNIS DELARGY led a pair of Red Hawks to top-16 times in the 200-backstroke. DeLargy was 11th in 1:55.49, as GREG KARBACK was 16th in 1:58.77. CHRYSTIAN MUHLEISEN also gave MSU points in that event, placing 23rd in 2:02.27.

Rookie BRANDON DO placed 13th in the 200-breaststroke (2:10.39), while SANTIAGO VANEGAS took 18th in 2:14.82. The men's side also had two compete in the "B" finals of the 200-fly, with TYLER DORSETT winning the "B" final in 1:56.29 as JOHN ENGLERT was 13th in 2:03.71. They closed out the event with a fifth-place time of 3:12.01, as the team was led by Gomes, Karback, Kappes, and Dubois.

Rothamel became a two-time Metropolitan Champion as she won the 200-back for the second time in her career. She was over two seconds clear of the field, notching a first-place time of 2:07.43. ERIN BARRETT won the "B" final as she finished in 2:12.54 while SOPHIA SHOPOVICK (2:13.96), MOLLY MOORE (2:16.99), and SKYE SENER (2:19.49) also qualified for finals in that event.

The Red Hawks placed two swimmers in the top-10 in the 1,650-freestyle, with JULIE TIEDEMANN finishing fifth in 18:12.62 and TAYLOR WADDLETON ninth in 18:26.05. Rookie JULIANA SKOPP-CARDILLO took eighth in the 100-free in 54.5, as LIDIA BOGUSLAWSKA was 13th in 54.55. SOPHIA CIARAVINO was 19th in 56.01, while JULIA WEINREB was 24th in 57.05. ABBY BROCK and JACQUELINE GRAYSON recorded top-15 times in the 100-breaststroke, as Brock finished in 2:30.9 and Grayson in 2:34.77.

JULIET DI PASQUALE took 15th in the 200-fly (2:19.77) as GIANNA ANTONELLI, and SARAH BENT finished back-to-back. Antonelli was 18th in 2:22.96, and Bent finished in 2:25.23. The Red Hawks finished off with a fifth-place time of 3:42.71 in the 400-freestyle relay. That foursome included Tiedemann, Skopp-Cardillo, Ciaravino, and Boguslawska.