Meet results

By Ashley McKenna '15

Mahwah, NJ … The College of New Jersey men's swimming and diving team delivered a convincing victory in its season opener as they defeated Ramapo College 163-92 in Ramapo's Bradley Center on Saturday afternoon.

The Lions (1-0) took their first step towards defending its New Jersey Athletic Conference title with the triumph. TCNJ has won six straight championships and the win also marks the 25^th consecutive conference win since the NJAC re-established swimming and diving as a conference sport in 2008-09.

Establishing a lead from the start, senior Aleksander Burzynski (Colonia, NJ/St. Joseph's),  junior Joseph Dunn (Fanwood, NJ/Scotch Plains-Fanwood), sophomore Vincent Masciandaro (Marlton, NJ/Cherokee), and sophomore Jin Roh (Tenafly, NJ / Tenafly) took first in the 200-yard medley relay with a winning time of 1:37:25.

Reigning NJAC Rookie of the Year Ryan Gajdzisz (Scotch Plains, NJ/Scotch Plains-Fanwood) and sophomore Scott Vitabile (East Windsor, NJ/Hightstown) shined in the 200-yard freestyle with Gadjzisz winning the event in 1:44:42 and Vitabile posting a time of 1:46:27.

Gajdzisz also collected a win in the 200-yard backstroke in 2:02:33 and Roh took top honors in the 100-back (54.04).

Later on, freshman Logan Barnes (Columbus, NJ / Northern Burlington) and junior Joseph Dunn (Fanwood, NJ/Scotch Plains-Fanwood) took top honors in the 200-yard butterfly with Barnes touching the wall at 2:04:88 and Dunn placing second in 2:07:28. Barnes had a tremendous debut to his collegiate also winning the 200-IM and 500-free events. He posted the a winning time of 2:07.72 in the IM and 5:06.87 in the 500-free.

The men powered through the 400-yard freestyle relay. Dunn, sophomore Andrew Nesbitt (Somerset, NJ/St. Joseph's), senior Brett Pedersen (Sewell, NJ/St. Augustine Prep), and Vitabile posted the fastest finish at 3:13:61.

Nesbitt had a big meet as he also took the blue ribbon in the 100-breaststroke (1:00.60) and 200-breast (2:16.60).

The Lions return to dual meet action next Friday, October 24th in their home opener against Montclair State University at 5:00 p.m. in TCNJ's Aquatic Center.