Malherbe Earns Silver, Men's Swimming and Diving In Fourth After AEs Day Two

2/15/2024 11:33:00 PM

LEXINGTON, Va. — The second day of the America East Swimming and Diving Championships ended on Thursday evening with the NJIT men's swimming and diving team picking up its first individual medal of the meet and hitting the halfway mark of the Championships in fourth place overall with 154 points.

DAY 2 HIGHLIGHTS

Freshman Francois Malherbe picked up his first career individual America East medal in the 50 Free, earning silver with a time of 19.75 (17 pts) that would have reset the conference, meet and pool records if not for Binghamton's Eli Lanfear and his winning time of 19.68. A welcome consolation for Malherbe is that the time secured NJIT's first-ever NCAA "B" qualifying standard
NJIT narrowly missed out on a pair of other podiums as both Laith Sabbah in the 500 Free (4:28.77; 15 pts) and the 200 Free Relay grouping of Tanish Chhabra, Aidan Blackmon, Dylan Ostolaza, and Francois Malherbe (1:20.93; 30 pts) both placed fourth.

OTHER NOTABLE RESULTS

500 Free A Final: Sam Deemer (5th, 4:32.39; 14 pts)
500 Free B Final: Keegan Wooding (10th, 4:36.49; 7 pts) and Oxford Bayley (12th, 4:39.87; 5 pts)
50 Free B Final: Dylan Ostolaza (11th, 20.82; 6 pts), Aidan Blackmon (13th, 20.97; 4 pts), and Tanish Chhabra (16th, 21.30; 1 pt)
50 Free C Final: Zac Kuzak (18th, 21.29)
200 IM B Final: Ryan Hause (14th, 1:54.47; 3 pts)
200 IM C Final: Michael Schober (18th, 1:54.85) and Bartosz Bryg (19th, 1:55.59)

MEDAL TOTALS AFTER DAY 2
Silver

800 Free Relay: Francois Malherbe/Laith Sabbah/Ian Horstkamp-Vinekar/Zac Kuzak
50 Free: Francois Malherbe

MEN'S STANDINGS AFTER DAY 2

Binghamton - 279
Bryant - 266
UMBC - 179
NJIT - 154
Maine - 149
VMI - 111

FRIDAY'S FULL EVENT SCHEDULE

400 Yard Individual Medley
100 Yard Butterfly
200 Yard Freestyle
100 Yard Breaststroke
100 Yard Backstroke
400 Yard Medley Relay - B FINAL
1 Meter Diving - Prelims
400 Yard Individual Medley
100 Yard Butterfly
200 Yard Freestyle
100 Yard Breaststroke
100 Yard Backstroke
1 Meter Diving FINAL - Men
400 Yard Medley Relay

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