Meet results

By Ashley McKenna '15

Glassboro, NJ ... The College of New Jersey men's swimming and diving team captured their seventh victory of the season, and along with it, another New Jersey Athletic Conference championship as they cruised past Rowan University 162-123.
 
Just one week after head coach Brian Bishop's milestone win, the Lions added to their program history by winning their fifth consecutive conference title.
 
In the opening 200-medley relay event, sophomore Aleksander Burzynski (Colonia, NJ/St. Joseph's), freshman James Shangle (Highland Park, NJ/Highland Park), junior William Kasper (Forked River, NJ/Monsignor Donovan), and junior Stephen Gibson (Sewell, NJ/St. Augustine) combined to post a winning time of 1:35.12. Gibson also earned top honors in the 100-freestyle event defeated competitors with a time of 47.47 while Philip Hawley (Eastampton, NJ/Rancocas Valley) placed second in 47.91.
 
Burzynski returned to the water with an exceptional performance by placing first in the 100-backstoke with a finish of 53.07. The sophomore also touched the wall first in the 200-back with a winning time of 1:56.93.
 
Shangle continued his stellar rookie season as he collected two more individual wins in the 100-breastroke (58.53) and 200-breastoke events (2:09.20).
 
Senior Matthew Peveler (Woodcliff Lake, NJ/Passkack Hills) topped the field of swimmers 500-free event, posting a time for 4:52.63. Classmate Michael Caputo (Staten Island, NY/Curtis) added to TCNJ's point total by touching the wall first in the 1000-free in 10:01.19. Peveler also placed third in that distance race with a time of 10:18.69.
 
Freshman Joseph Dunn (Fanwood, NJ/Scotch Plains-Fanwood) also contributed to the Lions' title-clinching triumph. He registered the fastest time in the 200-fly with a finish of 1:56.74.
 
In his first diving competition with TCNJ, Dan Tsinis won both the 1-meter and 3-meter events. He posted a winning score of 197.10 in the 1-meter and 201.97 to give the Lions 18 points in diving events.
 
The Lions return home on Sunday, January 27 for their final meet of the season against sixth-ranked Stevens Institute of Technology.  The event, which is also senior meet for the veteran swimmers and divers, is scheduled to start at 2 .m. in TCNJ's Aquatic Center.