MAHWAH, N.J. – The No. 11 TCNJ men's swimming and diving team cruised to a 169-86 road victory against Ramapo on Saturday afternoon.

Team captain James McChesney posted a pair of top-NJAC times in the sprint free as the Lions (3-0) nearly swept the dual meet over the Roadrunners (1-1) with a dozen event victories alongside a trio of sweeps.  

GOLDEN RACES

• TCNJ kicked off the meet with a golden finish in the 200 Medley Relay, as the quartet of Brian Bull, Ryan VanDeVeen, James McChesney, Jack Marble posted a combined time of 1:36.28.
• Junior Ryan Higgins led first Lions sweep on the day in the 1000 free, as he clocked a time of 9:52.38 to beat out the freshman duo of Robert Young and Andrew Casares.
• The blue and gold immediately followed up with another sweep, this time in the 200 free as freshman Pablo Salazar clocked a 1:46.54 to lead the way over teammates Gavin Formon and Ethan Laible.
• Freshman Jonah Stein dominated both breaststroke events, first winning the 100 breast with a time of 1:02.13, before following up with a repeat golden finish in the 200 breast by clocking a 2:16.82.
• Joining in on the freshman dominance was Keilan Moran, who led the final sweep of the day in the 200 fly after clocking a 1:59.72. Moran beat out teammates Shawn Kushner and Mason Bushay for the event victory.
• In the 50 free, McChesney clocked his first of two NJAC leading times at 21.39, before quickly following up with a 45.56 in the 100 free.
• The sophomore duo of Andrew Kidchob and Richard Park took home wins in the 200 back and 100 fly with times of 1:57.67 and 52.73, respectively.
• In the 200 IM, Kushner had the golden finish by recording the top time of 1:57.55.
• The Lions finished the meet on top in the 200 free relay, posting a time of 1:27.37 as the team of Bradley Frank, Dixon Kahler, McChesney, Bull put together a stellar race.

WEST CHESTER

• Competing separately at West Chester, the TCNJ divers were led by Ethan Weiss, who recorded a pair of second place performances. In the 1-meter 11-dive, the junior scored 392.63 to place second, before scoring 228.53 in the 3-meter 6-dive event for silver.
• Sophomore Michael Wu finished third in the 1-meter dive with a score of 386.48.

UP NEXT
The Lions return to the pool next Saturday to take on the USMMA Invitational starting at 11 AM.