Full Results
WAYNE, N.J. – The College of New Jersey men's swimming and diving team closed out the regular season Saturday with a sweep over William Paterson University. The Lions close out the regular season 9-1 overall and 3-1 in NJAC duals. The Pioneers fell to 8-7 overall and 0-4 in the conference.
 
The Lions opened the day with a win in the 200-Medley relay. The team of Derek Kneisel, Eli O'Connor, Zachary Volm, and Harrison Yi stopped the clock at 1:39.90. Dixon Kahler followed with a win in the 1,000-Free, touching the wall at 10:19.12.
 
Brett Clauhs won the 200-Free in 1:47.80. Volm followed with a 56.41 swim to win the 100-Back. In the 100-Breast, Kai Michaud swam 1:04.04 for the victory. Andrew Thompson won the 200-Fly in 1:56.88, the only sub two-minute swim of the day. O'Connor won the 50-Free in 22.20 to close out the opening session.
 
Out of the break, Kneisel won the 100-Free in 49.84. Volm claimed his third event win of the day with a 2:05.78 swim in the 200-Back. Griffin Morgan touched the wall at 2:16.54 in the 200-Breast for the event victory.
 
Yi claimed a victory in the 500-Free with a time of 4:54.48. Sean Rave won the 100-Fly with a time of 54.73.
 
After the final break, O'Connor won the 200-IM for his third victory of the day.
 
Morgan, Pat Bakey, Nolan Kuscan, and Michaud went 1:28.75 in the 200-Free relay to complete the sweep.
 
In the diving well, Jay Soukup posted NCAA Regional qualifying scores of 282.90 in the 1-Meter and 304.50 in the 3-Meter.
 
The Lions are now off until the MET Championships on Feb. 21-23.