Montclair, NJ- The Montclair Men's Swimming and Diving team looks to finish strong as they close out the 2026 NJAC Championships on Sunday.
MEET INFO
The meet will be back in the Hampton Aquaplex and will start with the trial meet at 9:30 am and return for the finals meet at 5:00 pm. Live coverage of the event can be found at montclairathletics.com
LAST TIME OUT
Day three ended with Montclair sitting in sixth place with 375.5 points. The finals kicked off with the 200 free relay. The mashup of BOBBY FREECE, MICHAEL WOJCIECHOWICZ, ADRIAN GONZALEZ, and PETER JARZAB placed seventh with a team time of 1:24.55. Salvatori had placed sixth in the preliminary round and ended up shaving off more than four seconds to earn his spot on the podium with his third-place finish of 3:59.06. Joining him in the finals was JARED GAYNOR, who competed in the bonus finals and clocked a 4:18.64 for 19th place. In the 100 fly, Jarzab earned himself a spot in the championship finals and ended up finishing sixth with a time of 49.45. MASON WOODS and Gonzalez each swam in the bonus finals with Woods placing 19th (51.61) and Gonzalez nabbing 21st (51.79). Freece led the way in the 200 free, competing in the consolation finals, where he took 15th with a time of 1:42.44. MAX SMILEVSKI and VINCENT TERZO qualified for the bonus finals. Smilevski took 18th place (1:42.41), and Terzo finished in 21st place (1:42.41). MATT DETTLINGER was the lone representative for Montclair in the 100 breast finals. He competed in the bonus finals, where he clocked a 56.95 to win his heat and placed 17th overall. In the 100 back, ANDREW PEARCE represented Montclair in the consolation finals. He touched the wall at 51.95 for 13th place and wrapped up the night for the Red Hawks.
EVENTS PREVIEW
400 FREE RELAY
How Montclair did last season at the NJAC Championships: Sixth place with a time of 3:05.04 (BOBBY FREECE, LUCAS GOMES, MICHAEL WOJCIECHOWICZ, & PETER JARZAB)
Winner of the event last championship: Salisbury's Mason Potts, Mike DeSimone, Themo Rigakos, & Owen Brewer with a time of 3:00.74
Top time for Montclair this season: PETER JARZAB, BOBBY FREECE, NICHOLAS KIPP, & MICHAEL WOJCIECHOWICZ; 3:08.61 at the Gettysburg Invite on December 5-6
Top time in the NJAC this season: Salisbury's Everett Rachael, Mason Potts, Mike DeSimone, & Owen Brewer; 3:00.84 at the Arena Yellow Jacket Invitational on November 21-23.
200 BACK
Best Performance at last year's NJAC Championships: MICHAEL SALVATORI, sixth-place finish of 1:55.25.
Winner of the event last championship: The College of New Jersey's Ryan Higgins with a time of 1:46.33
Top time for Montclair this season: MICHAEL SALVATORI; 1:53.41 at the Gettysburg Invitational on December 5-6
Top time in the NJAC this season: Salisbury's Everett Rachael; 1:49.70 at the Arena Yellow Jacket Invitational on November 21-24.
100 FREE
Best Performance at last year's NJAC Championships: BOBBY FREECE; 13th-place finish of 46.33.
Winner of the event last championship: Rowan's Jack Watson with a time of 44.51
Top time for Montclair this season: BOBBY FREECE; 46.44 at the Gettysburg Invitational on December 5-6.
Top time in the NJAC this season: The College of New Jersey's MJ Hoban; 45.34 at the TCNJ Invitational on November 22-24.
200 BREAST
Best Performance at last year's the NJAC Championships: BRANDON DO; placed 13th with a time of 2:07.07.
Winner of the event last championship: The College of New Jersey's Ryan VanDeVeen with a time of 1:57.97
Top time for Montclair this season: FILIP SALEK; 2:13.03 at the Gettysburg Invitational on December 5-6.
Top time in the NJAC this season: The College of New Jersey's Tyler McGeehan; 1:59.88 at the TCNJ Invitational on November 21-23.
200 FLY
Best Performance at last year's NJAC Championships: PETER JARZAB; placed 10th with a time of 1:55.83.
Winner of the event last championship: Rowan's Alex Volin with a time of 1:47.14.
Top time for Montclair this season: PETER JARZAB; 1:52.08 at the Gettysburg Invitational on December 6-7.
Top time in the NJAC this season: The College of New Jersey's Joe McChesney; 1:49.55 at the TCNJ Invitational on November 21-23.
1650 FREE
Best Performance at last year's dNJAC Championships: VINCENT TERZO; placed 12th with a time of 16:33.04
Winner of the event last championship: The College of New Jersey's Steven Bedoraitis with a time of 15:34.83.
Top time for Montclair this season: VINCENT TERZO; 16:53.98 at the Gettysburg Invitational on December 5-6.
Top time in the NJAC this season: : The College of New Jersey's Gavin Forman; 15:58.84 at the TCNJ Invitational on November 21-23.
