WEST CHESTER, Pa. – Till Schroeder (Wiesbaden, Germany) captured the 50 and 100 free in 21.07 and 46.61 seconds to help lead the West Chester University men's swimming and diving team (3-0) to a 141-102 victory over NYU on Saturday morning inside the Graham Natatorium in West Chester. Saturday's victory over NYU is the Golden Rams first win over the Violets since a 178-121 triumph in West Chester in January 2016.
Schroeder's performance was part of an excellent morning in the pool for West Chester as the Golden Rams captured eight individual swimming events, both diving events and a relay, to hand the 2026 Division III National runner-up Violets an early-season loss on Saturday morning.
Will Rees (York, Pa.) picked up a victory of his own in the 400 IM in four minutes and 1.15 seconds before also placing second in the 200 breast in 2:04.33.
Kai Boyer (Reading, Pa./Wilson) added a first-place finish in the 200 butterfly in 1:51.83 and joined Aiden Longworth
, Rees, Boyer, and Schroeder on the 400-medley relay squad, which touched the wall first in 3:22.62.
Nathan Noel (Destrehan, La./Destrehan) added a second-place finish in the 200 fly in 1:54.42, while
Ryan Lee ( Camp Hill, Pa./Camp Hill) was third in 1:57.22.
Danny Dunnigan (Lansdale, Pa./North Penn) added a first-place finish of his own in the 200 free in 1:42.59, while also finishing second in the 500 free in 4:42.61 behind
Marti Rosell Diez (L'Albiol, Spain), who captured that event in 4:41.77 and took fourth in the 1650 free in 16:52.17.
Noah Shand (Brighton, MI./Brighton) finished second in the 100 free in 47.37, followed by
Jacob Texter (West Grove, Pa./Avon Grove) in third in 47.62.
Longworth added a second-place finish of his own in the 200 backstroke in 1:54.16.
In diving events on Main Campus inside the Dr. Ronn Jenkins Diving & Aquatics Center, West Chester captured both diving events as
Tim Daley (Drexel Hill, Pa./Upper Darby) was victorious off the one-meter board with a score of 248.25, while
Michael Finlaw (Warrington, Pa./Central Bucks South) captured the three-meter title with a score of 245.93. Daley took third in this event with a score of 235.13.
Up Next
West Chester will be back in action on Friday night when the Golden Rams host Bloomsburg beginning at 5 p.m.
