Results
 
BROOKLYN, NY – The NJIT men's swimming team competed at St. Francis (NY) swimming against St. Francis and Bryant this past weekend.
 
There were a few notable personal swims by the Highlanders, the biggest highlight of the day, when senior captain Chris Early swam a lifetime best in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:08.01.
 
Junior Johannes Smit swam a 25.51 second 50 freestyle, just 0.07 seconds away from his personal best.  In addition, Smit's time of 1:18.03 in the 100 breaststroke was within 1 second of his lifetime best.
 
Sophomore Christian Barnard swam a seasonal best in the 200 freestyle and the 100 backstroke with a time of 2:10.14 and 1:05.85 respectively.
 
In addition, junior Shawn Bryan swam a seasonal best in the 1000 freestyle coming in at 11:28.63.  Junior Jonathan Van Ostenbridge swam a seasonal best in the 100 freestyle with a time of 53.06 and freshman JT Stefan also swam a seasonal best in the 100 backstroke coming in at 1:02.95
 
Head Coach Michael Lawson commented, "Swimming the first meet after our training trips has never been an easy feat.  The swimmers have been trained harder this past week than any other week during the season.  There were some great swims.  There were also a few that need to be improved upon.  What we can take away from this meet is the opportunity to address the mistakes and continue to look forward to Championships."
 
The Highlanders next meet will be its final home meet of the 2012 season.  NJIT will host Montclair State on January 16 at 5pm.