Pirates Dominantly Defeat Lehigh 152-90

Friday, November 8

Bethlehem, Pa.

5:00 PM

Seton Hall University

152

Lehigh

11/8/2024 9:37:00 PM | Men's Swimming and Diving

BETHLEHEM, PA. – The Seton Hall Men's swimming and diving team claimed their second straight dual meet victory of the season, defeating Lehigh 152-90.

Diving
Freshman diver Nick Graham once again claimed victory in both the 1-meter board and 3-meter board with scores of 305.93 and 352.45, respectively.

Alongside Graham, Trevor Post had a strong day on the boards. Post placed second in the 1-meter board with a score of 311.78 points. Post's most important dives of the day came on the 3-meter board, however. With a score of 323.78 points, he earned his Zones cut at that height.

Swimming
Distance swimmer Sean Vizzard continued his run of form from the Bucknell Fall Invite in the 1000 Freestyle, touching the wall in first with a time of 9:46.51. Vizzard would later go on to barely miss out on the overall win in the 500 Freestyle. He finish in second place with a time of 4:47.70, 0.37 seconds behind first place.

Junior Kevin Cary continued his strong season across all events against Lehigh. Cary claimed overall victory in the 200 IM with a time of 1:53.66, a full three seconds clear of second place. Alongside the 200 IM, Cary would go on to later claim the overall victory in the 100 Freestyle with a time of 46.23.

For the second straight meet, Toma Adam won the 50 Freestyle with the time of 21.08, over a second clear of second place.

The 200 Freestyle saw a first-time event winner for the Pirates this season. Freshman Jake Karulf claimed overall victory in the event with a time of 1:44.04. Karulf would later go on to claim his second victory of the day in the 200 Butterfly with a time of 1:55.65.

Alongside his fellow freshman, Balint Marosi claimed overall victory in the 200 Backstroke with a time of 1:51.54. Marosi's time was nearly two seconds clear of second place in the event.
The last individual event winner of the day was Ben Endersby. The breaststroker claimed overall victory in the 200 Breaststroke with a time of 2:10.43.

To cap off a dominant victory, the Pirates closed the meet with a victory in the 200 Freestyle Relay. The Pirates opened the meet with familiar success in the 200 Medley Relay. Chris Jackson, Kevin Cary, Michael Klimaszewski and Toma Adam claimed victory to open the meet with a time 1:24.89.

What's Next
The Pirates are back in the pool on Saturday back in South Orange, New Jersey, against Drexel. Diving is scheduled to begin at 11:30 a.m., while swimming will begin at 2:30 p.m.