NYU Men's Swimming & Diving Conquers Springfield

Violets Defeat Pride 187.5-76.5 in Dual Meet

Blum finished third in both diving events.

Meet Results

New York University's men's swimming & diving team beat Springfield College (187.5-76.5) in a dual meet on Saturday, January 18, at the Palladium Athletic Facility (PAF) in Manhattan.

Violet freshman Jason Bo won the 200-yard butterfly with a time of 1:58.00 and placed second in the 200-yard freestyle (1:47.16). Bo also participated on the second-place 200-yard medley relay (1:40.51) along with senior Phil Wiesel, freshman Harrison Clewell and sophomore Alexander Maquet.

HIGHLIGHTS:

- Junior diver Brian Blum placed third in both the one-meter (252.91) and the three-meter (272.13) competitions.

"Today was really important for all of the divers," said Diving Coach Scott Donie. "This was our first look at top-flight national level competition. Everybody really rose to the occasion."

- Senior Charlie Wu, freshman Daniel Tay, junior Jerry Crowley, and junior Matt Kendall participated on the winning 200-yard medley relay team (1:37.05).

- Violet freshmen swept the 1,000-yard freestyle with Ryan Yue winning (9:53.53), Ethan Louie coming in second (10:01.35), Ben Ching placing third (10:02.00), and Peter Schott finishing fourth (10:45.61).

- Freshman Max Phillips won the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1:43.52.

"I was really impressed with our swimming today," said Head Coach Trevor Miele. "We did really well after such a long break. I am very proud of our team."

At the meet, NYU (4-2) also honored its graduating seniors: Aleksandr Kouk, Cole Talbott, Wiesel, and Wu. Rusiewski Rusiewski
The Violets' next competition will be held at the PAF against the United States Merchant Marine Academy on Friday, January 24. Competition will begin at 6:00pm.