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Men's Swimming & Diving

TCNJ coasts past William Paterson 180-109

Shane Tonery won the 200-breast event.


Meet results

Wayne, NJ … The College of New Jersey men's swimming and diving team delivered another impressive dual meet performance as they defeated William Paterson University 180-109 on Saturday afternoon in Wayne, NJ.

The Lions (5-2) are one victory away from their sixth consecutive New Jersey Athletic Conference championship. They will take on Rowan University next Saturday to determine who captures the 2013-14 NJAC title.

Senior Stephen Tarnowski (Ramstein, Germany/Ramstein American) had a banner day in the lanes, winning a pair of individual events and contributing to the first-place finish in the 200-medley relay event. Tarnowski touched the wall first in the 100-yard freestyle in 47.58. He also took top honors in the 200-butterfly, posting a finish of 2:00.13. Tarnowski joined Jin Roh, freshmen Andrew Nesbitt (Somerset, NJ/St. Joseph's), and rookie Scott Vitabile (East Windsor, NJ/Hightstown) to post a winning time of 1:41.88 in the 200-medley relay race.

Vitabile enjoyed similar success, placing first in the 200-free and 100-fly. He registered the fastest time in the 200-free in 1:50.30 and won the 200-fly in 55.58.

Roh, a transfer student from Marist College, had a stellar debut in his first official meet as a Lion. He won the 100-backstroke event in 55.06 and 200-back in 2:02.31. Roh also took top honors in the 200-individual medley with a finish of 2:18.59.

In the 500-free, junior James Milone (Kinnelon, NJ/Kinnelon) topped the field with a finish of 5:08.28. Nesbitt, freshman Jason Ivins (Ewing, NJ/Notre Dame), and junior Shane Tonery (Edison, NJ/St. Joseph's) also registered individual wins. Nesbitt won the 100-breaststroke (1:01.78), Tonery placed first in the 200-breast (2:22.90), and Ivins claimed the 50-free in 23.03.

Over in the diving well, Daniel Tsinis (East Brunswick, NJ/Middlesex County) took top prize in the 1- and 3-meter diving events. Tsinis posted scores of 314.25 in the 1-meter and 318.30 in the 3-meter to accumulate 18 total team points.

The dual meet against the Profs this Saturday is schedules to start at 2 p.m. in Packer Hall.
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