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Shawn Kircher

Men's Swimming & Diving

Lions wash out Franklin and Marshall

Shawn Kircher won the 50-yard free for TCNJ.
Meet results

Ewing, NJ ... Led by triple-winners Tom Medvecky (Piscataway, NJ/Piscataway) and Mike Vernoia (Hillsborough, NJ/Immaculata), the men's swimming team won their fourth meet of the 2009 season defeating Frankling and Marshall College 133.5-71.5. The Lions (4-1, 2-0 NJAC) dominated the waters from the onset as they placed first in 10 of the 11 swimming events.

Medvecky contributed to the 400-medley relay first-place finish and the 200-yard freestyle relay. He also won the 500-yard free finishing in 4:45.77.

Vernoia won the 100-yard free with a time of 48.84 and placed first in the 200-yard free finishing in 1:47.27. Junior Joe Tseng (East Hanover, NJ/East Hanover) earned a pair of first-place finishes racing for the 400-medley relay winner and taking first in the 100-yard backstroke (55.36).

Senior Myles O'Connor (Los Angeles, CA/Santa Monica J.C.) also was part of the 400-yard medley relay team that placed first and won the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 58.82. Freshman Evan Paulan (Westfield, NJ/Westfield) placed first in the 100-yard butterfly with a winning time of 54.23. 

Sophomore T.J. Burns (Clarks Summit, PA/Abington Heights) and freshman Billy Cavallo (Vineland, NJ/Cumberland) led the way for the Lions in the 1 and 3-meter diving events.

The Lions return to the lanes tomorrow (Saturday, November 14) swimming individual events at the Princeton Invitational at Princeton University.
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