Vizzard, Pantano Nab NCAA B Times on Day Four

2/26/2022 10:47:00 PM | Men's Swimming and Diving

East Meadow, N.Y. – In just his first BIG EAST Championships, freshman Sean Vizzard (Mount Laurel, N.J.) won his first championship in the 1650 Free breaking a 28-year-old program record in the process at 15:08.48, placing first in the process. Vizzard's time was also good enough to qualify as an NCAA B time. In total, the Pirates crowed five different swimmers as BIG EAST Champions over the four nights at the Nassau Aquatic Center

✅New School Record
✅NCAA B Time
✅BIG EAST Champion

Congrats to Sean Vizzard on his first-place finish in the 1650 Free with a time of 15:08.48! 🏆🔥#HALLin 🔵⚪️ pic.twitter.com/qdUPEnZ8J7
— Seton Hall Swimming & Diving (@SHUSwimDive) February 26, 2022

BIG EAST Champion! 🏆

Congrats to freshman Sean Vizzard on winning the 1650 Free Championship Final with a time of 15:08.48! 🔥#HALLin 🔵⚪️ pic.twitter.com/fFNe14qomq
— Seton Hall Swimming & Diving (@SHUSwimDive) February 26, 2022

Following up Vizzard's NCAA B qualifying time, Ross Pantano (Bennington, Neb.) produced an NCAA B qualifying time of his own in the 200 Back. Pantano posted a personal-best time of 1:44.32 for a second-place finish in the Championship Final. Walker Parra (Pensacola, Fla.) tied his personal-best time of 1:51.76 in the Consolation Final of the event.

Ross Pantano picks up a second-place finish in the 200 Back Championship Final with an NCAA B and personal-best time of 1:44.32!🥈#HALLin 🔵⚪️ pic.twitter.com/Wrb6ja3oZi
— Seton Hall Swimming & Diving (@SHUSwimDive) February 26, 2022

All 😃 on the pool deck and podium!

Ross Pantano picks up a second-place finish in the 200 Back Championship Final with an NCAA B time and personal best of 1:44.32!#HALLin 🔵⚪️ pic.twitter.com/8shgnGnWVM
— Seton Hall Swimming & Diving (@SHUSwimDive) February 27, 2022

The Pirates would go three-four in the 100 Free as Ben LaClair (Belchertown, Mass.) and Thomas Minar (Oxford, Conn.) put up season-best times of 44.81 and 44.85, respectively. Gideon Langenbusch (Oberhausen, Germany) also had a season-best time of 45.65 in the Consolation Final.

On the boards, Quinn Murtha (Cumming, Ga.) placed second for the Pirates in the 3M Dive final with a score of 555.75. Murtha picked up where he left off in the 1M Dive by making the podium in both events.

Past ⏩Present

Congrats to Quinn Murtha on his second-place finish in the 3M Dive with a score of 555.75!🥈#HALLin 🔵⚪️ pic.twitter.com/NnoPjOHT6q
— Seton Hall Swimming & Diving (@SHUSwimDive) February 27, 2022

In the Consolation Final of the 200 Breaststroke, Gennarino Conzemius (Bethel Park, Pa.) placed first and Justen Lopez (Levittown, N.Y.) placed third with respective personal-best times of 2:02.12 and 2:04.54. Henry Keegan (Needham, Mass.) would swim a season-best time of 2:08.09 in the prelims of the event. Conor Dunne (Hinsdale, Ill.) would swim a personal-best time of 1:56.28 in the 200 Fly prelim.

The Pirates would end the championships strong with a third-place finish in the 400 Free Relay. The team of Langenbusch, Pantano, Minar and LaClair would combine to touch the wall in a time of 3:00.71.

Seton Hall would finish fourth in the team standings with 518.5 points.

Final Men's Team Standings