Pirates Claim Hold Rider Winless in Dominant Home Opener - Seton Hall University Athletics
The Seton Hall Men's swimming and diving team claimed a dominant victory in its home opener on Saturday afternoon, defeating Rider, 183-107, inside Arthur E....
South Orange, N.J. – The Seton Hall Men's swimming and diving team claimed a dominant victory in its home opener on Saturday afternoon, defeating Rider, 183-107, inside Arthur E. Imperatore Natatorium. The Pirates claimed victory in every event across the swimming and diving portions of the meet.
Diving
The opening day of the season for Seton Hall men's diving was defined by the performance of freshman diver Nick Graham. In his Pirates debut, Graham claimed overall victory in the 1-meter board and 3-meter board with scores of 297.60 and 270.60, respectively.
Not far behind Graham was his teammate Trevor Post. Post opened his senior season by placing second in both diving events, scoring 182.67 in the 1-meter board and 261.75 in the 3-meter board. Both performances by post surpassed his point totals from last season's opener against Rider.
Swimming
Success for the Pirates came in twos today. Chris Jackson (Maywood, N.J.), Ben Endersby (Caldwell, N.J.), Michael Klimaszewski (London, England) and Toma Adam (Bacau, Romania) opened the meet with a victory in the 200 Medley Relay, registering a 1:31.07 across the four swimmers. All four swimmers participated in the final relay of the meet and although split across two relay teams, both teams outraced Rider's A relay to finish 1-2.
Clil Halevi (Kafar Hadranim, Israel) and Sean Vizzard (Mount Laurel, N.J.) proved to be a dominant duo in both the 500 and 1000 Freestyle today, finishing first and second, respectively, in both races. Halevi finished with a 4:43.92 in the 500 and a 9:36.83 in the 1000. Vizzard, the reigning BIG EAST Champion in 1650 Freestyle,
Junior Kevin Cary joined the pair party with dueling wins in the 100 Freestyle and 200 IM. Cary was dominant in the 100 Freestyle with a 46.21, putting him nearly one-and-a-half seconds clear of second place. He produced similar dominance in the 200 IM, finishing nearly four seconds ahead of second place with a time of 1:54.26.
2024 BIG EAST 100 Butterfly Champion Michael Klimaszewski continued his dominance in the event to start the year, clearing the 50 second and finishing with a 49.81. While not as dominant of a performance, Klimaszewski also won the 200 Fly by one-and-a-half seconds with a 1:53.69.
The most exciting race of the day, however, came from Ben Endersby. He opened his individual program with a dominant victory in the 100 Breaststroke, finishing over two second clear of second place with a 57.52. In the 200 Breaststroke, however, Endersby battled Billy Ruddy from Rider hard. Despite being behind for the majority of the race, he erased over a second gap to win the event by a quarter of a second.
What's Next
The Pirates are back in the pool on next Saturday as they travel to Towson, Md. to face Towson. Diving will begin at 10 a.m., while swimming will begin at 12 p.m.
