Pirates Ground Wagner Seahawks in End-of-Season Tune Up

Friday, January 24

South Orange, N.J.

2 p.m.

Seton Hall University

159

Wagner

Pirates Ground Wagner Seahawks in End-of-Season Tune Up

1/24/2025 9:04:00 PM | Men's Swimming and Diving

SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. – The Seton Hall men's swimming and diving team dominated their first home meet of 2025 with a 159-64 victory over Wagner. The meet saw the Pirates tune up their skills ahead for the intense end-of-season stretch.

Diving
Once again, on the one-meter board, freshman Nick Graham continued his dominant run of form this season with another victory. Graham earned the top spot with a six-dive score of 316.87 points. Alongside Graham, Trevor Post earned second-place finish closely behind with a score of 307.42 points. Rounding out the podium was senior Quinn Murtha, in his second meet back from injury, with a score of 294.97 points

On the three-meter board, a different Pirate found his way onto the top step. This time, Post earned the top score with 310.50 points, while Graham earned second with a score of 301.57. Another freshman Pirate, Kiran Natarajan, landed on the third step of the podium with a score of 229.05 points.

Swimming
The Pirates opened the meet with a clear, dominant victory in the 200 Medley Relay. The team of Chris Jackson, Ben Endersby, Michael Klimaszewski and Evan Wilson produced a wire-to-wire win with a time of 1:32.41, a few tenths faster than the time that the previous lineup swam against NJIT the week prior.

Toma Adam kicked off the individual program with a clear 0.70 second victory in the 200 Freestyle with a time 1:44.56. Teammate Clil Halevi earned a close second-place finish behind Adam with a time of 1:45.20. This duo would each earn a second place finishes in later individual events, with Adam earning second in the 100 Freestyle and Halevi finishing second in the 500 Freestyle.

In the 200 IM, Kevin Cary came back after being in third after the first two laps to claim overall victory with a time of 1:52.27. Behind Cary, a pair of Pirates earned themselves podium places. Klimaszewski finished second with a time of 1:55.26, while Jake Karulf earned third with a time of 1:55.90. Cary would later secure victory over Adam and Klimaszewski in the 100 Freestyle with a time of 45.74.

A trio of Pirates secured solo victories during the meet, as well. For the second straight dual meet, Evan Wilson secured overall victory in the 50 Freestyle with a time of 21.66. Sean Vizzard rebounded from his defeat against NJIT with victory in the 500 Free against Wagner with a time of 4:40.66. The final member of that trio of victors was Balint Marosi. Marosi dominantly won the 100 backstroke with a time of 50.09, over two seconds clear of Kaedin Duong in second place.

To cap off a dominant victory, the team of Adam, Endersby, Marosi and Cary won the 200 Freestyle Relay with a time of 1:24.06.

What's Next
The Pirates return to action on Saturday, January 25, down in Newark, Delaware, when they take on Delaware in Rawstrom Natatorium. The meet is scheduled to begin at 12 p.m.