NJIT vs Lafayette (Men)
- Thursday, January 26, 2023
- Newark, N.J.
- SCY (25 yards)
- Results
- Team Score: NJIT 155, Lafayette 138
Courtesy: NJIT Athletics
NEWARK, N.J. — The NJIT men’s swimming and diving team closed out its home dual schedule with a 155-138 victory over the visiting Lafayette Leopards Thursday evening at the Wellness and Events Center Natatorium.
The Highlanders narrowly won the total event count (9 to 7) to hold off the Leopards for the 17-point triumph. Sam Deemer (100 Back, 200 Back), Matthew Bevan (100 Breast, 200 Breast) and Tanish Chhabra (50 Free, 100 Free) paced NJIT with two individual wins a piece, while Keegan Wooding (1000 Free), Jake Nelms (1 Meter Diving), and Oxford Bayley (500 Free) each winning one.
The victory closes out NJIT’s home skate with a record of 3-2.
HIGHLANDER VICTORIES
- 1000 Free: Keegan Wooding (9:43.36)
- 100 Back: Sam Deemer (51.06)
- 100 Breast: Matthew Bevan (57.26)
- 50 Free: Tanish Chhabra (21.25)
- 1 Meter Diving: Jake Nelms (220.88)
- 100 Free: Tanish Chhabra (46.35)
- 200 Back: Sam Deemer (1:51. 81)
- 200 Breast: Matthew Bevan (2:07.01)
- 500 Free: Oxford Bayley (4:43.32)
NEXT UP
NJIT will begin its nearly month-long prep before taking part in the America East Swimming and Diving Championships, which are scheduled for February 22-25 at WPI in Worcester, Mass.
Courtesy: Lafayette Athletics
NEWARK, N.J. – The Lafayette men’s swimming and diving Leopards came up just short in a dual meet on Thursday night with NJIT taking a 155-138 win. Sophomore Peter Kawash’s win in the 100-yard individual medley broke the Lafayette school record.
The men managed a first-place finish in the 400-yard medley relay. Sophomores Kawash, Sean Robinson, Avery Letourneau and senior Aaron Tupper posted a time of 3:22.74. Kawash also secured a first-place finish in the 200-yard freestyle (1:43.01). The highlight of the night was the 100-yard individual medley where Kawash broke the Lafayette school record. Finishing the race in 51.04, Kawash beat the school record previously held by Michael Gorgan set in 2021.
In the 200-yard butterfly, sophomore Andrew Campbell finished in first place, clocking a time of 1:53.32. Tupper secured a first-place finish in the 100-yard butterfly (50.35). Freshman Peter Curtis took home first place in the three-meter diving with a score of 221.48.
The Leopards’ final win of the night took place in the 200-yard freestyle relay. The foursome of sophomore Antonio Arena, freshman Tommy Weber, Tupper and sophomore Kyle Mazziotti managed first place with a time of 1:24.82.
“There were a lot of performances that were big improvements over what we did against Lehigh, our suited meet in November,” said Lafayette head coach James Dailey. “We moved a lot of people up on the in-season top-five lists, improved our seed times for championships and have a lot of momentum going into our season-ending meet at Bucknell. It shows that the training trip to Florida and all the double workouts were worth the effort and time.”
Next up for the Leopards will be the final meet of the regular season at Bucknell on Jan. 28.