Hampton, VA – Montclair State University men's swimming and diving graduate student MICHAEL SALVATORI finished off the NJAC's on a high note, breaking the 200-backstroke record to lead the Red Hawks on the final day of the NJAC Championships on Sunday. Montclair finished seventh with 532.5 points.
 
 
FINAL STANDINGS

1. TCNJ- 1709 Points
2. Salisbury- 1319 Points
3. Merchant Marine- 1071 Points
4. Rowan- 913 Points
5. Mary Washington- 796 Points
6. Roger Williams- 550.5 Points
7. Montclair State- 532.5 Points
8. Ramapo- 274 Points
9. William Paterson- 175 Points

 

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The final day started with the 1650 free. VINCENT TERZO led the way with a 14^th-place finish of 16:41.48. ALEX PASQUINI didn't fall far behind him, notching 16^th with a time of 16:58.27.
• Salvatori's 200 back record came in the consolation finals, where he outraced the heat with a time of 1:51.11. ANDREW PEARCE and DARREN ROCKWELL competed in the bonus finals, where Pearce finished 19^th (1:57.11) and Rockwell notched 22^nd (1:58.69).
• The 100 free for Montclair was led by BOBBY FREECE, who qualified for the consolation finals and touched the wall 15^th overall with a time of 46.89. MICHAEL WOJCIECHOWICZ swam in the bonus finals and finished with a time of 48.50 for 24^th place.
• FILIP SALEK was the lone men's swimmer to qualify for the 200 breast. He swam the bonus finals and clocked a 2:09.87 for 20^th place.
• PETER JARZAB qualified himself for the championship finals in the 200 fly. He finished in sixth place with a time of 1:52.50. MASON WOODS earned a 16^th-place finish (1:57.40) in the consolation finals, while JARED GAYNOR placed himself 22^nd overall (1:59.59) in the bonus finals.
• The championships were wrapped up with the 400 free relay. The quartet of Freece, Wojciechowicz, Terzo, and Jarzab closed out the meet with a fifth-place finish of 3:08.31.

INSIDE THE RESULTS

• Salvatori broke the 200 back record he set last year of 1:51.89. He finishes his career with four individual records and one relay record.

 
FROM THE POOL

• "MICHAEL SALVATORI was great once again. This is year three of having an NJAC Swimming & Diving Championships after 40+ years in the Metropolitan Conference, and I think it has been a tremendous experience for our athletes." Head Coach Brian McLaughlin