Howard vs NJIT vs LIU vs Sacred Heart
- Saturday, November 5, 2022
- Newark, N.J.
- SCY (25 yards)
- Results
Team Scores
Men
- NJIT 177, LIU 58
- NJIT 138, HU 103
- HU 164, LIU 57
Women
- LIU 132, SHU 103
- HU 134, SHU 109
- HU 124.50, LIU 103.50
Courtesy: Howard Athletics
NEWARK, N.J. – Howard University swimming and diving traveled to Newark, N.J. to compete in NJIT’s tri-meet Saturday afternoon. The Bison had stiff competition as the opponents consisted of the host, Long Island University and Sacred Heart University.
Outswimming the competition by three seconds, first-year Skylar Debnam (Chandler, Az.) earned the first win for the Bison when she swam a season best (10:52.07) in the 1000-Free.
Freshman standout ZuZu Nwaeze (Colombia, Md.) picked up the second individual win for the Bison in the 200-Free with a time of 1:55.97.
Sophomore Kelsey Roberson (West Orange, N.J.) earned her first top finish this season in the 50–Free recording a season-best 24.28. Runner up and teammate Isabella Fountain (White Plains, N.Y.) was right on her heels reaching the edge and her season best in 24.37 seconds.
Chicago native Michaela Spears raced to the final top individual finish of the event for HU with her time of 2:09.27 in the 200-IM – a season best for the junior.
Remaining strong in the event all season, ZuZu Nwaeze, Jorden Hill (Birmingham, Ala. ), Kelsey Roberson, and Isabella Fountain capped the evening winning the 200-Free Relay (1:37.43).
The Bison placed second with a score of 134. LIU rounded out the top three winning first with a score of 151 and their B team took third earning 115.
The Bison take a month hiatus before returning to competition December 2nd at Loyola’s H2ounds Invitational in Baltimore, Md.
Courtesy: NJIT Athletics
NEWARK, N.J. — A day after a hard fought road meet against Villanova, the NJIT men’s swimming and diving team showed its growth and toughness by sweeping its home quad meet on Saturday evening at the Wellness and Events Center Natatorium.
The Highlanders hosted Howard, LIU and the Sacred Heart women to create a tri-meet for each gender
TEAM RESULTS
Men
NJIT 177, LIU 58
NJIT 138, HU 103
HU 164, LIU 57
Women
LIU 132, SHU 103
HU 134, SHU 109
HU 124.50, LIU 103.50
HIGHLANDER VICTORIES
- 1000 Free: Sam Deemer (9:53.23)
- 3 Meter Diving: Aiden Ban (255.65 pts)
- 200 Fly: Ian Horstkamp-Vinekar (1:56.05)
- 500 Free: Sam Deemer (4:44.99)
- 1 Meter Diving: Aiden Ban (262.70 pts)
- 200 Breast: Peter Kutuzov (2:07.09)
- 200 Free Relay: Aidan Blackmon/Dylan Ostolaza/Zac Kuzak/Hirad Sharifian (1:25.70)
OTHER TOP THREES
- 200 Medley Relay: Aidan Blackmon/Matthew Bevan/Ian Horstkamp-Vinekar/Tanish Chhabra (2nd, 1:33.17)
- 200 Free: Zac Kuzak (2nd, 1:43.18)
- 50 Free: Tanish Chhabra (2nd, 21.40)
- 100 Free: Tanish Chhabra (2nd, 46.78)
- 200 Back: Dylan Ostolaza (2nd, 1:52.90)
- 200 Breast: Matthew Bevan (2nd, 2:08.99)
- 1000 Free: Keegan Wooding (3rd, 9:57.52)
- 200 IM: Andrew Lucky (3rd, 1:55.80)
- 3 Meter Diving: Jake Nelms (3rd, 202.90 pts)
- 200 Fly: John Kim (3rd, 1:59.93)
- 200 Back: Andrew Lucky (3rd, 1:55.73)
- 3 Meter Diving: Jake Nelms (3rd, 211.40)
NEXT UP
NJIT will prep for two weeks before traveling to Lewisburg, PA for the three-day Bucknell Invitational, being held from Friday, November 18 to Sunday, November 20.
