GREENSBORO, N.C. – The TCNJ men's swimming and diving team picked up three All-American performances on the first day of competition at the NCAA Championships on Wednesday.
 
Ryan Higgins placed 10^th in the 200 IM and Steven Bendoraitis was 12^th in the 500 free to headline the individual honors, while Andrew Kidchob, Ryan VanDeVeen, Joe McChesney, and M.J. Hoban finished 16^th in the 400 medley relay.
 
Higgins swam a 1:48.66 in the 200 IM prelims, good for fourth in his stacked heat and 14^th overall, about a quarter-second clear of the 17^th-place swimmer. He knocked nearly half a second off that time in the final, going runner-up in the B-final at 1:48.18.
 
Bendoraitis booked his ticket to the B-final with a strong swim in prelims, shaving more than two seconds off his previous season-best time and touching the wall in 4:28.19 to take 10^th. He was even better in the night session, posting a lifetime-best 4:26.17 to place 12^th overall with the xx-fastest time in program history.
 
In the final swim of the night, the 400 medley unit finished in 3:17.36 to take 16^th place. They were 14^th in prelims at 3:16.29, led by Kidchob's school-record 100 back split of 49.06 seconds.
 
Gavin Formon fell just shy of a B-finals spot in the 500 free, placing 19^th in prelims with a time of 4:31.69.
 
Hoban placed 23^rd in the 50 free prelims in his NCAA debut, finishing with the third-fastest time by a freshman at 20.29 seconds.
 
ALL-AMERICA COUNTER

• VanDeVeen: 6^th (2^nd 400 medley relay)
• Higgins: 4^th career
• Kidchob: 4^th (2^nd in the 400 medley relay)
• Bendoraitis, Hoban, McChesney: 1^st