Montclair, NJ – It is go time for the Montclair State University men's swimming and diving team as it enters day one of the NJAC Championships on Thursday evening.
MEET INFO
The meet will be held in Hampden, Virginia, at the Hampden Aquaplex with only one opening session beginning at 6:00 pm. Live coverage of the event can be found at montclairathletics.com
LAST TIME OUT
Montclair capped off the regular season with a tri-meet split, defeating Rogers Williams by a score of 192-86 and falling to Coast Guard, 173-107. Diving kicked off the meet, where RYDER BALAY scored a 117.45 to place third in the one-meter event. ANDREW PEARCE, MATT DETTLINGER, PETER JARZAB, and NICHOLAS KIPP teamed up for a third-place finish in the 200 medley relay. They clocked a team time of 1:39.67. VINCENT TERZO outraced the field in the 1000 free with a time of 10:01.99. ALEX PASQUINI earned a third-place finish with a time of 10:27.17. Pearce earned a top-three finish in the 100 back, touching the wall third with a time of 55.57. Dettlinger earned himself a second-place finish in the 100 breast, finishing with a time of 59.96. Jarzab earned himself the same placement in the 200 fly, finishing at 1:57.34. Balay came back for a second session of diving and earned a score of 114.82. He was the lone diver of that session. MICHAEL SALVATORI got himself in the top three with a second-place finish in the 200 back (1:56.26). Terzo added a second-place finish to his day in the 500 free when he clocked a 5:04.30. MASON WOODS finished right behind in third with a time of 5:04.53. Jarzab notched another second-place finish in the meet with a time of 51.64 in the 100 fly. Salvatori was the last individual winner for Montclair, outracing the competition in the 200 IM at 1:58.56. Montclair rounded out the meet with two top-three finishes in the 200 free relay. MICHAEL WOJCIECHOWICZ, Jazab, MAX SMILEVSKI, and Terzo teamed up to win the event at 1:29.16. Kipp. Adrian Gozalez, MASON DRANCHAK, and Dettlinger mashed up for a third-place finish of 1:33.25.
EVENTS PREVIEW
200 MEDLEY RELAY
How Montclair did last season at the NJAC Championships: Seventh place among Nine teams; 1:34.76 (DENNIS DELARGY, BRANDON DO, PETER JARZAB, & LUCAS GOMES).
Winner of the event last championship: The College of New Jersey's Andrew Kidchob, Ryan VanDeen, Joe McChesney, & MJ Hoban (1:28.56)
Top time for Montclair this season: ANDREW PEARCE, MATT DETTLINGER, PETER JARZAB, & MICHAEL WOJCIECHOWICZ; 1:35.53 at Gettysburg Invite on December 5-6.
Top time in the NJAC this season: Salisbury's Mason Potts, Aiden Loehr, Michael Paulos, & Mike DeSimone; 1:28.62 at the Arena Yellow Jacket Inviational on November 21-23.
800 FREE RELAY
How Montclair did last season at the NJAC Championships: Fifth place among nine teams; 6:51.09 (MICHAEL SALVATORI, BOBBY FREECE, VINCENT TERZO, & RYAN KAPPES).
Winner of the event last championship: Rowan's Jack Watson, Braden Sheehan, Alex Volin, & Toby Cahnbley (6:33.74).
Top time for Montclair this season: MICHAEL SALVATORI, VINCENT TERZOn, BOBBY FREECE, & MAX SMILEVSKI; 7:02.29 at Gettysburg Invite on December 5-6.
Top time in the NJAC this season: TCNJ's Gabe Beverini, Kyle Brushaber, MJ Hoban, & Matt Liotti; 6:44.90 at TCNJ Inviational on November 21-23.
NEXT TIME OUT
Day two of the NJAC Championships will begin with the two-day sessions. The trial session is set for a 9:30 am start, with the final session beginning at 5:30 pm.
