Lions remain undefeated with win at Bloomsburg

Bloomsburg, PA…The College of New Jersey's men's and women's swimming and diving teams traveled to Bloomsburg University on Saturday to take on the NCAA Division II Huskies in a dual meet. TCNJ's men's team posted a 137-116 win over the Huskies to remain perfect on the year as the Lions are now 4-0. In the women's race, Bloomsburg edged TCNJ by a score of 135-127 as the Lions slipped to 1-4 on the year.

TCNJ garnered a host of first-place finishes in the men's dual meet starting with the opening 200-yard medley relay. The team of Joe Tseng (East Hanover, NJ/Hanover Park), Liam Gallagher (Bridgewater, NJ/Bridgewater-Raritan), Herman Chu (Long Valley, NJ/West Morris Central) and Tim Rauch (Hillsborough, NJ/Hillsborough) teamed up for a winning time of 1:41.36.

Rauch also won a pair of individual events as he touched the wall first in the 100 freestyle in 50.21 seconds and in the 200 free in 1:49.63. Tseng added a first in the 100 backstroke in 56.53, while Gallagher won the 100 breaststroke in 1:03.14.

The Lions received several other valuable top finishes as Mike Molloy (Toms River, NJ/Toms River East) won the longest race of the day winning the 1,000 free in 10:14.47. Jonaid Lone (Lenoia, NJ/Don Bosco Prep) continued TCNJ's success in the freestyle events as the junior won the 500- free event in 5:08.47.

Senior RT Greeby (Hainesport, NJ/Rancocas Valley) won the 200 butterfly with a time of 2:03.59 and sophomore Eric Rohrs (Congers, NY/Clarkstown High North) placed first in the 200 breast finishing with a time of 2:19.49.

The final Lion swimmer to earn a first-place finish was James VanBiervliet (Hillsborough, Hillsborough) as sophomore won the 200 back in 2:04.97.

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