Results

NEWARK, NJ—In a victorious showing, the NJIT men's swimming team swam past St. Francis (Brooklyn) for the second time this season in a 139-121 win. The Highlanders fell to Bryant, 95-158.

NJIT posted three individual school records by three freshman, Jonathan Drori, Dennis Popov, and Richard Seffrin.

Freshman Dennis Popov began the record setting meet with a stellar swim in the 200 Butterfly, placing 1^st overall and breaking his own record by a second with a time of 2:03.80.

Freshman Jonathan Drori broke the 200 Backstroke record set by his teammate sophomore JT Stefan last year, by over a second with a time of 2:13.53 placing 1^st against St. Francis. Stefan placed 3^rd against St. Francis in the same event with a 2:15.79.

Freshman Richard Seffrin  placed 1^st in 400 Individual Medley, breaking his teammate, Popov's, school record with a time of 4:20.41. Seffrin also placed 1^st overall in the 1000 Freestyle with a 10:11.50 and 2^nd place overall in the 200 Breaststroke with a 2:16.39.

Freshman Brian Capozzola  placed 1^st overall in the 50 Freestyle, 2^nd overall in the 200 Freestyle with a 1:46.90, and 2^nd overall in the 100 Freestyle with a 48.68. Senior Shawn Bryan placed 3^rd against both teams in the 50 Freestyle with a 22.88.

Stefan placed 2^nd against St. Francis in the 100 Backstroke with a season best time of 1:01.81.

Drori, in the 100 Breaststroke touched out the swimmer next to him for a 1^st place against St. Francis with a time of 1:05.41. He also placed 2^nd overall in the 500 Freestyle with a seasonal best of 5:01.99.

The 200 Medley Relay consisting of Stefan, Seffrin, junior Victor Razuk , and junior Christian Barnard placed 3^rd overall with a 1:47.90.

The 400 Freestyle Relay was touched out for a 2^nd place finish. The relay consisting of Capozzola, Drori, Popov, and Bryan has a time of 3:19.71.

NJIT Men's Swimming will be back in action on Monday January 21 at Montclair State University.