Maine Maritime men claim top team honors at METS championships
PISCATAWAY, New Jersey – The Maine Maritime Academy men’s swimming & diving team finished in first place at the 2024 Metropolitan Collegiate Swimming & Diving Championships (METS), which concluded Sunday at the Rutgers University Werblin Aquatic Center.
Maine Maritime finished the METS championship with 1288 points, edging out second-place Baruch College (1266) by 22 points. Husson University was fourth with 1004 points.
Maine Maritime Head Swimming & Diving Coach Tony DeMuro was recognized as the METS Men’s Swimming Coach of the Meet during the presentation of individual awards at the conclusion of the championship.
The Metro Collegiate Championship meet served as the 2024 North Atlantic Conference Men’s and Women’s Swimming & Diving Championship, which will be scored separately with results announced this week.
Maine Maritime claimed the top NAC finish in four of the five individual swimming events on Sunday.
James Creegan finished third in the 1650 Freestyle with a time of 17:54.42, while John Markillie claimed third place and the top NAC result in the 200 Backstroke with a mark of 2:00.42. Carson Trout finished second in the 100 Freestyle (47.59) as NAC swimmers claimed five of the top 10 places in the event. Finally, Aidan Walls was fourth in the 200 Breaststroke (2:16.77).
Husson’s Nathan Gilliam was the top NAC finisher in the 200 Butterfly with a time of 2:13.87.
In the men’s 3-meter diving competition, Husson’s Spencer Bernat took third place with a score of 398.90.
In the night’s final event, the men’s 400 Free Relay, the Husson team of Brady Hand, Brayden Champlin, Alex Walsh, and Ryan Emerson took second-place honors with a time of 3:14.23, with Maine Maritime placing third (3:16.66).
Complete NAC results from Sunday’s competition are below:
2024 Metropolitan Collegiate Swimming & Diving Championships
Werblin Aquatic Center – Piscataway, New Jersey
Sunday final results
Men’s 3M Diving
3. Spencer Bernat (HUS), 398.90
4. Matt Steeves (HUS), 361.60
Men’s 1650 Freestyle
3. James Creegan (MMA), 17:54.42
4. John Sullivan (GOR), 18:10.56
10. Joshua Been (MMA), 19:54.28
11. Oscar Gonzalez (MMA), 20:30.67
12. Jacob Brown (HUS), 21:09.86
13. Stephen Mayo (GOR), 21:41.05
Men’s 200 Backstroke
3. John Markillie (MMA), 2:00.42
4. Alex Walsh (HUS), 2:00.96
6. John Driscoll (MMA), 2:07.42
7. Isaias Therio (HUS), 2:12.00
8. Nicholas Bean (MMA), 2:14.87
14. Zach Barneson (GOR), 2:23.23
15. Jacob Brown (HUS), 2:24.33
16. Oscar Gonzalez (MMA), 2:29.90
Men’s 100 Freestyle
2. Carson Trout (MMA), 47.59
4. Ryan Emerson (HUS), 48.69
5. Brayden Champlin (HUS), 49.10
8. Griffin Erb (MMA), 50.22
9. Sam Peiser (HUS), 49.58
11. James Branaugh (GOR), 50.96
13. Brennden Dion (MMA), 51.60
14. Fox Fernald (MMA), 51.89
15. Major Adair (GOR), 51.95
18. John Gilpin (MMA), 52.67
21. Kyle Smit (MMA), 54.91
Men’s 200 Breaststroke
4. Aidan Walls (MMA), 2:16.77
5. Aidan Burke (MMA), 2:17.21
7. Ponce Saltysiak (MMA), 2:19.82
9. Ben Carusi (HUS), 2:31.87
12. Sarthak Thapa (DEL), 2:48.96
Men’s 200 Butterfly
7. Nathan Gilliam (HUS), 2:13.87
8. Hunter Jackson (HUS), 2:15.29
10. Ryan Maher (MMA), 2:18.99
Men’s 400 Free Relay
2. Husson, 3:14.23 (Brady Hand, Brayden Champlin, Alex Walsh, Ryan Emerson)
3. Maine Maritime, 3:16.66
5. Gordon, 3:31.69