Klimaszewski, Vizzard Secure NCAA B Times on Day Four

East Meadow, N.Y. – The Seton Hall men's swimming and diving team capped off the BIG EAST Championships with a trio of victories. Ross Pantano (Bennington, Neb.) and Michael Klimaszewski (London, England) both picked up individual wins, while Klimaszewski and Sean Vizzard (Mount Laurel, N.J.) both earned NCAA "B" cut times. Overall, the men's team captured eight event victories and broke four school records across the four days.

Kicking off the night was Vizzard taking home a silver medal in the 1650 Free, earning an NCAA "B" cut time of 15:14.23. Two spots behind him was freshman Clil Halevi (Kafar Hadranim, Israel), who took fourth place also with a "B" cut time of 15:19.18.

Sean Vizzard takes second in the 1650 Free with a time of 15:14.23! Clil Halevi makes the podium as well, taking fourth.#HALLin🔵⚪ pic.twitter.com/YE74kiIqsp
— Seton Hall Swimming & Diving (@SHUSwimDive) February 25, 2023

Pantano was able to win another backstroke event on Saturday night, as the senior capped his career with a win in the 200 Back. His time of 1:46.00 helped him to the victory, becoming the first Pirate men's swimmer to win BIG EAST titles in both events in the same year.

ROSS GETS IT DONE.

Ross Pantano is the first Pirates BIG EAST Champion in the 200 Back in 12 years!#HALLin🔵⚪ pic.twitter.com/U2I53D70iB
— Seton Hall Swimming & Diving (@SHUSwimDive) February 26, 2023

Two Pirates worked their way onto the podium in the 100 Free, led by Ben LaClair (Belchertown, Mass.) third-place finish with a time of 44.49. Freshman Kevin Cary (West Chester, Pa.) took a sixth-place finish in 45.02.

Klimaszewski continued his dominance in the butterfly events, winning the 200 Fly with a school-record an NCAA "B" cut time of 1:45.23. For the second straight day, Klimaszewski broke school records in Fly events during Prelims and then during Finals.

Mike got it done.

The freshman is already a three-time BIG EAST champ.#HALLin🔵⚪ pic.twitter.com/IkZsTBnSgY
— Seton Hall Swimming & Diving (@SHUSwimDive) February 26, 2023

One more race was still on tap for the Pirates at this year's championships, and The Hall would come away victorious in the 400 Free Relay. Thomas Minar (Oxford, Conn.), Cary, Klimaszewski and LaClair combined to swim a time of 2:58.35 to capture the win in the final event.

One more victory to round out the week!

The men close out this year's championships with a win in the 400 Free Relay!#HALLin🔵⚪ pic.twitter.com/qfGPVjzgjG
— Seton Hall Swimming & Diving (@SHUSwimDive) February 26, 2023

After the conclusion of events, Quinn Murtha (Cumming, Ga.) was named Most Outstanding Men's Diver for his wins in the 1-meter and 3-meter events this week. Diving coach Ben Mitchell was named Men's Diving Coach of the Year, helping both Murtha and Trevor Post (Bay City,Mich.) earn medals in diving events this week.

𝗠𝗢𝗦𝗧. 𝗢𝗨𝗧𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗡𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚. 𝗠𝗘𝗡'𝗦. 𝗗𝗜𝗩𝗘𝗥.

Quinn Murtha did that.#HALLin🔵⚪ pic.twitter.com/aYvPIEHd73
— Seton Hall Swimming & Diving (@SHUSwimDive) February 26, 2023

A former BIG EAST diving champion is now the Men's Diving Coach of the Year.

Congratulations to Ben Mitchell!#HALLin🔵⚪ pic.twitter.com/00NXlGKpmk
— Seton Hall Swimming & Diving (@SHUSwimDive) February 26, 2023

Overall, the Pirates finished third in the team standings with 721.5 total points.