Meet results

New Haven, CT … The College of New Jersey men's swimming and diving team leaned on its veteran swimmers to post a 153.5 – 126.5 victory over Southern Connecticut State University on Saturday night in New Haven, CT.
 
The win over the Division II program called for contributions from the entire roster, but junior James Shangle (Highland Park, NJ/Highland Park) emerged with a big night in the lanes, winning three individual events and a relay race.
 
Shangle helped set the tone in the opening 200-medley relay race event along with senior Aleksander Burzinski (Colonia, NJ/St. Joseph's), sophomore Jin Roh (Tenafly, NJ/Tenafly) and senior Brett Pedersen (Sewell, NJ/St. Augustine Prep). They posted a winning time of 1:34.96.
 
In the breaststroke events, Shangle dominated by clocking a time of 58.43 in the 100-breast and 2:09.79 in the 200-breast. He returned to the blocks for the 200-individual medley and beat the pack with a finish of 1:57.94.
 
Pedersen also tallied major points by topping the competition in the sprint free races. He won the 50-free in 21.58 and 100-free in 47.02. Pedersen joined forces with sophomores Andrew Nesbitt (Somerset, NJ/St. Joseph's), Scott Vitabile (East Windsor, NJ/Hightstown) and Ryan Gajdzisz (Scotch Plains, NJ/Scotch Plains-Fanwood) to claim the 400-free relay in 3:10.86.
 
Nesbitt touched the wall first in the 200-free in 1:45.07, while Gajdzisz topped the field in the 500-free in 4:41.34. Roh had a pair of runner-up finishes in the 100-backstroke, 200-back and 100-butterfly events.
 
TCNJ will have nearly two weeks off from competition before hosting New York University on Saturday, November 15. The dual meet will start at 2 p.m. in TCNJ's Aquatic Center.