Pirates Dominate at Lehigh, 166-75

Friday, January 13

Bethlehem, PA

1 PM

Seton Hall University

166

Lehigh

1/13/2023 8:15:00 PM | Men's Swimming and Diving

RESULTS (PDF)

Bethlehem, Pa. – The Seton Hall men's swimming and diving team began the semester with a bang, taking a victory over Lehigh, 166-75, on Friday afternoon at Jacobs Pool. The Pirates took the top spot in 11 out of 13 events on the day.

Ross Pantano (Bennington, Neb.) and Michael Klimaszewski (London, England) both led the way for The Hall, each winning a total of three events. The tandem were part of the victory in the 200 Medley Relay to begin the day, with Pantano swimming an opening split of 23.86 and Klimaszewski swimming his 50 yards in 22.17. Ben Endersby (Caldwell, N.J.) and Thomas Minar (Oxford, Conn.) swam the other two legs to help the Pirates to their first win of the afternoon.

Klimaszewski would come back three events later to win the 50 Free in a time of 21.36, touching the wall just .05 seconds ahead of Lehigh's Aaron Williams. The freshman was the lone Pirate to finish inside the top four in the event. Klimaszewski would later earn his third win of the day, as his time of 49.65 in the 100 Fly helped him to a comfortable victory.

Pantano followed up his performance in the relay with a victory in the 200 IM, clocking a time of 1:56.43 to claim the top spot. The senior would later claim the win in the 100 Back, recording a time of 51.05.

Freshman Kevin Cary (West Chester, Pa.) picked up a pair of victories on the day. His first came in the 200 Free with a time of 1:41.21, nearly two seconds ahead of the rest of the pack. Cary later would grab the win in the 500 Free in 4:39.39, just ahead of sophomore Sean Vizzard (Mount Laurel, N.J.). Vizzard's second-place finish came on the heels of his win earlier in the 1000 Free, which came in 9:32.00, besting the field by over 42 seconds.

Gennarino Conzemius (Bethel Park, Pa.) also picked up an individual win in the swimming portion of the day, as he claimed the top spot in the 100 Breast. Conzemius outlasted Lehigh's Jack Devilbiss with a first-place time of 59.24.

In diving, Trevor Post (Bay City, Mich.) recorded a new personal best in the 1-meter en route to a victory in the event. Post's score of 311.18 gave him the victory over Quinn Murtha (Cumming, Ga.) who took second. Murtha would grab the top spot in the 3-meter portion with a score of 294.75.

The men will return to action next Friday as they head to NJIT at 4 p.m.