Day One Results

PISCATAWAY, N.J. – The Southern Connecticut State University men's swimming and diving team currently resides in third place after day one of the Metropolitan Championships, held at Rutgers University on Friday evening. Miguel Nesrala (Santo Domingo, D.R.) captured a victory in the 50-yard freestyle event and a team of four Owls notched a second place finish in the 400-yard medley relay as the team trails second placed USMMA by 33 points.

The College of New Jersey controls the top spot recording 492 points on the night.

Nesrala collected the lone victory in the eighth event of the competition. The freshman from Santo Domingo, D.R. completed the race with a time of 20.33.

In the 12th event of the competition, the College of New Jersey nipped Southern in the 400-yard medley relay. Nesrala, Benjamin Prue (Alpharetta, Ga.), Aaron Rocheleau (Newington, Conn.) and Austin Mizzell (Bristol, Conn.) combined for a time of 3:32.70, granting the Owls second place in the event. 

In the one-meter diving event, Greg Simoneau (Sandy Hook, Conn.) posted a scored of 505.65 to give the Owls a third place finish in the final round.

Southern will compete in day two of the three day Metropolitan Championships tomorrow, Feb. 21 in Piscataway, N.J. The preliminaries will begin at 9:30 a.m. and the final rounds will commence at 6 p.m.