GREENSBORO, N.C. – The TCNJ men's swimming team added three more All-America swims to its haul at the NCAA Championships on Friday night, including a pair of relays.
Ryan VanDeVeen broke his own school record in the 100 breast prelims and went on to place 12
th for his first career All-America honor in the event, while
M.J. Hoban swam on both the 200 medley and 800 free relays for the Lions, who ended the night in 20
th place in the team standings with 54 points.
VanDeVeen dropped his own program benchmark to 54.28 seconds in the 100 breast, missing a spot in the A-final by a mere .07 seconds. He wasn't far off the mark in the night session, touching the wall in 54.40 seconds to take 12
th.
Andrew Kidchob, VanDeVeen,
Joe McChesney, and Hoban earned a spot in the B-final of the 200 medley relay with a 13
th-place finish in prelims, with Kidchob and VanDeVeen posting the fastest splits of their careers. They moved up one spot to 12
th in the evening swim, coming in at 1:28.47 and just a quarter-second outside of the top-10.
Without and invite, not expected to score points, and having to replace two of its legs, the 800 free relay exceeded expectations in a big way. The quartet of Hoban, Bendoraitis,
Gavin Formon, and
Ryan Higgins completed the race in 6:41.17, settling in 13
th after the finals heat during the night session.
ALL-AMERICA COUNTER
- Formon: 8th (3rd in the 800 free relay)
- VanDeVeen: 8th (3rd in the 200 medley relay)
- Higgins: 6th
- Kidchob: 5th (3rd in the 200 medley relay)
- Hoban: 3rd
- Bendoraitis 2nd
- McChesney: 2nd