EWING, N.J. – In the season opener, the TCNJ men's swimming and diving team came out with a 172-90 dual meet victory against Salisbury on Saturday afternoon.

Ryan Higgins, Ryan VanDeVeen, and Steven Bendoraitis each won a pair of individual events to pace the Lions to victory.
 
Both relay teams were also victorious, as was Gavin Formon in a solo win to round out the TCNJ winners on the day.

GOLDEN RACES

• ­­The Lions set the tone in the 200 Medley Relay to kick off the meet, as the relay team of Andrew Kidchob, VanDeVeen, Richard Park, and M.J. Hoban combined for a time of 1:32.48 for the victory.
• Formon took the 1000 free with a 9:50.58 time
• Bendoraitas won his first of two in the 200 free (9:50.58), and later took the 500 free with a time of 4:46.43
• VanDeVeen next took the 100 breast (57.39) before later winning the 200 breast with a 2:08.24 time
• Higgins won his first race in the 200 back (1:57.03) and rounded out the Lions' double-winners with a victory in the 200 IM (1:58.83)
• The blue and gold closed out the meet with a win in the 400 Free Relay, as the quartet of Bendoraitis, Park,  Hoban and Joe McChesney clocked a relay time of 3:11.50
• Ethan Weiss logged regional qualifying scores in the 1-meter dive (346.05) and 3-meter dive (300.83), while Michael Wu did so in the 3-meter with a top score of 301.80)

UP NEXT

• The Lions travel to Seton Hall for a Dive Meet on Saturday, Oct. 19 with a 12 p.m. start time.