Strong Effort Leads to Senior Day Victory over Georgetown

Saturday, January 28

South Orange, NJ

12 PM

Seton Hall University

189.5

110.5

Georgetown

Strong Effort Leads to Senior Day Victory over Georgetown

1/28/2023 6:45:00 PM | Men's Swimming and Diving

RESULTS (PDF)

South Orange, N.J. – The Seton Hall men's swimming and diving team celebrated Senior Day in style, defeating defending-BIG EAST Champion Georgetown, 189.5-110.5, on Saturday afternoon inside Arthur E. Imperatore Natatorium.

Before the meet, eight men's seniors were honored: Gennarino Conzemius (Bethel Park, Pa.), Conor Dunne (Hinsdale, Ill.), Henry Keegan (Needham, Mass.), Anthony Melchore (Williston Park, N.Y.), Thomas Minar (Oxford, Conn.), Justin Oosterwyk (Pequannock, N.J.), Ross Pantano (Bennington, Neb.) and Walker Parra (Pensacola, Fla.).

Minar led the way for the Pirates on the day with four overall victories, the first of which came in the 200 Medley Relay to begin the swimming portion of the meet. Minar swam a 20.17 split on the anchor leg to help his relay team finish the race in 1:30.87. Minar bookended the meet with relay wins, as he also helped the 400 Free Relay team finish in first with a time of 3:05.81. He collected a pair of individual wins on the day as well, taking the 50 Free in 21.21 and the 100 Free in 46.58.

Pantano also had a stellar farewell to Arthur E. Imperatore Natatorium, notching three overall victories. He too swam on the 200 Meldey Relay team that took the top spot, swimming the opening leg in 23.55 in the backstroke. Pantano's individual wins came in the 100 Back with a time of 50.39, as well as the 200 Back which he completed in 1:51.28. He also was able to capture third place in the 200 IM in a time of 1:55.93.

The Pirates swept the podium in a pair of events. Kevin Cary (West Chester, Pa.), Ben LaClair (Belchertown, Mass.) and Gideon Langenbusch (Oberhausen, Germany) had the first clean sweep in the 200 Free. Cary won the event in 1:41.40, while LaClair, who also swam at home for the final time as a Pirate on Saturday, took second in 1:42.07. Langenbusch grabbed third-place in a time of 1:43.58. The other sweep on the day for The Hall came in the 100 Free, led by Minar in first followed by LaClair and Cary in second and third, respectively.

In diving, Quinn Murtha (Cumming, Ga.) captured victory in both the 1-meter and 3-meter. He recorded a score of 300.00 in the 1-meter to deliver him the win, while his score of 302.02 in the 3-meter vaulted him into first place.

Freshmen Clil Halevi (Kafar Hadranim, Israel) and Michael Klimaszewski (London, England) each picked up a pair of wins on the day. Halevi won both distance events, winning the 1000 Free in 9:26.32 and the 500 Free in 4:37.75. In both events, Halevi finished just ahead of Sean Vizzard (Mount Laurel, N.J.), who took second. Klimaszewski continued his dominance in the butterfly events, winning the 100 Fly in 48.48 and the 200 Fly in 1:49.21. Oosterwyk finished in second behind Klimaszewski in the 200 Fly with a time of 1:52.24.

Conzemius collected a third-place finish in the 200 Breast on his Senior Day, touching the wall in a time of 2:08.47. Ben Endersby (Caldwell, N.J.) took first in the 100 Breast, doing so in a time of 56.84.

The Pirates will have just under a month to gear up for the BIG EAST Championships at Nassau Aquatic Center in East Meadow, N.Y. The event will take place Feb. 22-25.