Underclassmen Shine In Pirates' Victory Over Monmouth

Saturday, October 18

South Orange, N.J.

10 AM

Seton Hall University

131

103

Monmouth

Underclassmen Shine In Pirates' Victory Over Monmouth

10/18/2025 5:59:00 PM | Men's Swimming and Diving

SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. – In its second meet of the season, Seton Hall men's swimming and diving (2-0-0) downed the Monmouth Hawks, 131-103, in Imperatore Natatorium.

Diving
Coming off a record-breaking season opening meet, Nick Graham had given himself quite a benchmark to meet. Yet, Graham still handily secured victory on both the one and three-meter boards with score of 318.97 and 351.55, respectively.

Behind Graham, Henry Summers once again produced the most notable score among the other Seton Hall divers. Summers secured second place on the one-meter board with a score of 253.57, a score slightly lower than last meet's end result.

Swimming
The Hall continued its run of form in the bookending relay events, securing victory in both the 200 medley (1:31.25) and 200 freestyle (1:24.04) relays, although the final relay was exhibitioned.

Through two meets, freshman Zach McLeod has had a knack for theatrics in the 1000 freestyle. Operating with different strategy this meet, McLeod and Monmouth's Lopez del Cas ran nearly identically throughout the entirety of the race. After holding off surging Towson attack last meet, McLeod this time narrowly secured victory over Lopez del Cas by 0.04 seconds. McLeod also swam the 100 butterfly, finishing fifth in the event.

Across the board, excluding the 1000, the Pirates rotated their lineup around to experiment with swimmers in off events. While Toma Adam won the 200 freestyle with a time of 1:42.71, butterfly/IM specialist Jake Karulf came in right behind Adam in second place with a strong time of 1:43.00. Alongside the 200 freestyle, Karulf finished second in the 100 butterfly with a time of 51.33.

Later on in the meet, the 200 IM bore witness to a Pirates' 1-2-3 finish. Kevin Cary secured first with a time of 1:52.06, narrowly ahead of reigning BIG EAST Champion Balint Marosi who finished 0.03 seconds behind Cary with a time of 1:52.09. Freshman Daniel Krajewski was the third Pirate finisher with a time of 1:55.57.

In his lone individual event off the day, three-time 100 Butterfly BIG EAST Champion Michael Klimaszewski handily secured first place in the 100 freestyle with a time of 45.53, three-quarters of a second shy of his career best and nearly two second clear of Jaeger Ellerman in second place.

What's Next
The Pirates will compete again next weekend on Saturday, Oct. 25, at the Bucknell Fall Invite in Lewisburg, Pa. The meet will begin at 10 a.m.