La Salle Men Claim Third Win of the Season Over NJIT

La Salle vs NJIT (Men)

• Sunday, Dec. 4, 2022
• Philadelphia, Pa.
• SCY (25 yards)
• Results
• Team Score: La Salle 186, NJIT 110

Courtesy: La Salle Athletics

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. – La Salle men’s swimming and diving got their third win of the season in a 186-110 win over NJIT Sunday afternoon.

The men now sit at 3-3 overall on the season.

How the Swimmers Finished –

• Alex Kuriawa, Jason Rosales, Felix Jedbratt, and Tarik Gusic started the meet off right with a win in the 200-yard medley relay.
• George Williamson continued his streak of wins in the 1000-yard freestyle as he won today with a time of 9:45.28.
• Tarik Gusic swam a 1:44.35 in the 200-yard freestyle, enough to get the win.
• In the 100-yard backstroke, Trent Burr got first place with a time of 51.64.
• Jason Rosales added to the Explorer’s win total in the 100-yard backstroke.
• Jedbratt secured nine points for La Salle with his first-place finish in the 200-yard butterfly. He also finished first in the 100-yard freestyle.
• Burr got his second win of the day in the 200-yard backstroke at a pace of 1:54.15
• Williamson won in the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 4:39.01.
• Zack Wolbert won in both the 100-yard butterfly and 200-yard IM.
• The 200-yard freestyle relay was won by the team of Felix Jedbratt, Tarik Gusic, Alex Kuriawa, and Zack Miller.

How the Divers Finished –

• Sam Henninger and Carter Randall got first and second place, respectively, in the one-meter dive.
• The diving duo had the same finish in the three-meter dive. Henninger had a score of 310.50 and Randall scored a 273.45.

Up Next –

• The men will travel alongside the women to Princeton University on January 7^th, at 11 a.m.

Courtesy: NJIT Athletics

PHILADELPHIA — The NJIT men’s swimming and diving team completed the 2022 portion of their 2022-23 campaign on Sunday evening with a road dual meet against La Salle.

Despite a pair of victories and top two finishes in ten of 16 events, the Highlanders conceded a 186-110 defeat to the host Explorers at Kirk Pool.

HIGHLANDER VICTORIES

• 50 Free: Tanish Chhabra (21.54)
• 200 Breast: Matthew Bevan (2:10.50)

OTHER TOP THREES

• 200 Medley Relay: Aidan Blackmon/Hirad Sharifian/Dylan Ostolaza//Tanish Chhabra (2nd, 1:34.59)
• 1000 Free: Keegan Wooding (2nd, 10:00.35); Ryan Wilbur (3rd, 10:09.56)
• 200 Free: Zac Kuzak (3rd, 1:44.39)
• 100 Back: Sam Deemer (3rd, 51.97)
• 100 Breast: Matthew Bevan (2nd, 59.22)
• 200 Fly: Ian Horstkamp-Vinekar (2nd, 1:56.62); Hirad Sharifian (3rd, 1:58.30)
• 50 Free: Aidan Blackmon (3rd, 22.00)
• 1 Meter Diving: Aiden Ban (3rd, 255.97 pts)
• 100 Free: Tanish Chhabra (2nd, 48.25)
• 200 Back: Dylan Ostolaza (3rd, 1:55.87)
• 200 Breast: Andrew Lucky (3rd, 2:13.04)
• 500 Free: Sam Deemer (2nd, 4:43.03); Keegan Wooding (3rd, 4:53.70)
• 100 Fly: Ian Horstkamp-Vinekar (2nd, 53.33); Hirad Sharfian (3rd, 53.74)
• 3 Meter Diving: Aiden Ban (3rd, 219.98)
• 200 IM: John Kim (3rd, 2:02.57)
• 200 Free Relay: Hirad Sharifian/Dylan Ostolaza/Zac Kuzak/Tanish Chhabra (2nd, 1:26.39); Oxford Bayley/Michael McGillycudy/Mitchell Malakhov/Aidan Blackmon (3rd, 1:28.94)

NEXT UP
NJIT will resume its schedule on January 14, 2023 with a dual against in-state foe Monmouth in West Long Branch.