NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Southern Connecticut State University men's swimming team won the 400-yard freestyle relay and posted nine top-five individual finishes Friday in a tri-meet against Wagner College and Central Connecticut State University on Oct. 30, 2026, at the Hutchinson Natatorium.
The Owls' A relay of Daniel Lazar, Richie Hall, Travis Scott and Alex Kim won the final event of the meet in 3 minutes, 13.93 seconds. Lazar led off in 23.38 (49.08), followed by Hall in 23.17 (48.52), Scott in 22.83 (48.45) and Kim anchoring in 22.87 (47.88). Southern's B relay of Christian Garcia, Lucas Quiroga, Samuel Whitaker and Alexander Ahrens was second among scoring teams in 3:25.39.
Freshman Christian Garcia led Southern individually with a second-place finish in the 200 butterfly in 1:57.83, behind Wagner's Manuel Villalpando (1:55.80), and a fourth-place finish in the 500 freestyle in 4:57.15. Junior Luke Newcomb was runner-up in both breaststroke races, going 57.35 in the 100 breaststroke behind Wagner's Max Wameling (56.70) and 2:13.80 in the 200 breaststroke behind Wagner's Florian Schumich (2:10.11).
Junior Richie Hall placed third in the 1,000 freestyle in 10:21.67 and seventh in the 100 freestyle in 49.76, while senior Kris Janney finished fourth in the 1,000 free in 10:27.85 and second in the 200 backstroke in 2:01.10 behind Wagner's Nikko Carrillo (1:58.36). Junior Alex Kim took third in the 50 freestyle in 21.97 and third in the 100 butterfly in 52.14.
Sophomore Daniel Lazar added a fourth in the 100 backstroke in 56.41 and sixth in the 100 butterfly in 54.61. Spencer Bridgman finished fifth in the 200 breaststroke in 2:20.00 and fifth in the 200 individual medley in 2:05.38. Ian Scott-Sheldon was fifth in the 200 butterfly in 2:04.41 and sixth in the 200 IM in 2:07.81.
Travis Scott placed fifth in the 50 freestyle in 22.33 and third in the 100 freestyle in 49.03. Alexander Ahrens took fourth in the 200 freestyle in 1:49.38, while Whitaker was fifth in 1:50.73. Lucas Quiroga finished fourth in the 200 butterfly in 2:03.60 and sixth in the 500 freestyle in 5:07.95.
In the 200 medley relay to open the meet, Southern's A team of Scott, Newcomb, Garcia and Lazar finished third in 1:38.14 behind two Wagner relays. Wagner's Florian Schumich swept the distance and breaststroke events, winning the 1,000 free in 9:45.96 and the 200 breast in 2:10.11.
The Owls added exhibition marks from Jack Simmons (1:04.39 100 breast, 2:26.40 200 breast), Cole McDonnell (2:20.54 200 IM, 2:17.18 200 fly) and Korbin Conliffe (11:52.69 1,000 free, 2:32.92 200 breast).
Southern Connecticut returns to the pool on Saturday Nov. 7 when they travel to Staten Island, NY to compete against the College of Staten Island and East Stroudsburg University in a tri-meet beginning at 1 PM. The Owls return to the Hutchinson Natatorium on Nov. 13 to host Worceter Polytechnic Institute (WPI) at 6:30pm.
