Murtha Shines in Pirates' Victory Over Drexel

Friday, November 3

Philadelphia, PA

4 PM

Seton Hall University

161

139

Drexel

11/3/2023 10:19:00 PM | Men's Swimming and Diving

Results (PDF)

PHILADELPHIA – The Seton Hall men's swimming and diving team picked up a victory in dual meet action on Friday night, taking down Drexel by the final score of 161-139. Quinn Murtha (Cumming, Ga.) qualified for the NCAA Zone Diving Championships in the 1-meter, while the 400 Free Relay team captured the Drexel pool record.

Murtha took the top spot in the 1-meter dive with a score of 306.68. Just behind Murtha was Trevor Post (Bay City,Mich.), who finished in second with a score of 289.88. The two would trade places later in the 3-meter, with Post taking the top spot with a score of 313.65 and Murtha claiming second at 304.28.

In the swimming events, Ben Endersby (Caldwell, N.J.) picked up a pair of victories on the night. The first win for the sophomore came in the 100 Breast, touching the wall with a time of 56.84. Endersby would pick up his next win later on in the 200 Breast, clocking in at 2:09.02.

Much like Murtha and Post traded places in the two diving events, Clil Halevi (Kafar Hadranim, Israel) and Sean Vizzard (Mount Laurel, N.J.) traded the top two spots in the distance events. Vizzard claimed the first victory in the 1000 Free, coming in with a time of 9:26.00, just ahead of Halevi who came in at 9:27.30. Halevi would take his win later in the 500 Free in 4:36.65, finishing ahead of Vizzard who finished with a second-place time of 4:39.14.

Kevin Cary (West Chester, Pa.) kept his strong season going by picking up two more victories on Friday night. Cary swam the fastest in the 200 Free, finishing in first with a time of 1:40.81. Cary also swam the anchor leg on the 400 Free Relay team which set the pool record in the event with a time of 3:02.94. Swimming the second leg in that race was Toma Adam (Bacau, Romania), who also picked up a win earlier in the night in the 50 Free.

The Pirates turn right back around on Saturday as they play hosts to Lehigh at 12 p.m. inside Arthur E. Imperatore Natatorium.