Halevi, Klimaszewski Provide Memorable Swims at Bucknell Fall Invite

LEWISBURG, PA. – The Seton Hall men's swimming and diving team traveled to Lewisburg, Pennsylvania today to compete in the Bucknell Fall Invite in a non-scored competition.

Diving
Like every other meet this season, freshman diver Nick Graham dominated by claiming overall victory in both 1-meter and 3-meter boards. Graham cleared the 290 point mark in the 1-meter board once again with a 292.90, but his most important dives of the day were on the 3-meter board. After falling less than a point short of the Zones cut against TCNJ, Graham registered a 332.5 to win the event to earn the cut.

Alongside Graham in the 3-meter board, Trevor Post continued his streak of consistent performances by finishing in second place with a score of 305.25. This was Post's fourth podium finish of the season at this height.

Swimming
The most notable swim of the day came from Clil Halevi in the 1650 Freestyle. The Israeli national broke 16 minutes for the first time this season with a time of 15:43.08. This performance was 43 seconds faster than he swam at this meet last year and 33 seconds of his time from the BIG EAST Championship last year.

Alongside Halevi, Chris Jackson's time of 49.82 victory in the 100 Backstroke was another note-worthy swim. Jackson improved his time from last year's invite by nearly three seconds. Not only that, but he was six hundredths faster than last year's fall taper meet time and under a second of his career best. That time could fall sooner rather than later.

The man who finished behind Jackson in the 100 Backstroke was Kaedin Duong with a time of 50.99. Despite of that performance, Duong's most notable race was the 200 Backstroke race he shared with his brother Kale. Kaedin finished first in the 200 Backstroke with a time of 1:50.27, while Kale finished second with a 1:51.20. Both brothers earned CSCAA B cuts with their times

In other events, 2024 BIG EAST 100 Butterfly Champion Michael Klimaszewski continued his strong performances across both butterfly events. Klimaszewski won the 100 Butterfly with a 48.59 and the 200 Butterfly with a 1:48.93. When compared to the 2023 edition of this meet, the London native improved his time in the 100 one second. Additionally, his 200 Fly time was within a second of his fall taper meet time.

Seton Hall sprinter Toma Adam claimed victory in the 100 Freestyle with a time of 45.29, finishing nearly two seconds clear of his time from this meet last year.
The final winner from today was freshman Bailant Marosi. The Hungarian won the 200 IM with a time of 1:51.87, marking a season-best ahead of the fall taper season.

What's Next
The Pirates will be back in the pool on November 8^th when they travel to Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, to take on Lehigh. The start time is yet to be decided.