PISCATAWAY, N.J. – Strong relay finishes and individual final placements led the men's swimming and diving team to eighth place out of 12 Division III teams and 10^th out of 14 total teams to complete the first day of the Metropolitan Championships Feb. 22. 
 
TOP PERFORMERS:

• Junior Eamon Logue (Vernon, N.J./Vernon Twp.) (22.34), classmate Jimmy Sharkey (Hamilton, N.J./Hamilton West) (23.21), senior Ryan Achyuthuni (Middletown, N.J./Middletown South) (22.60), and senior Drew Macchia (Chatham, N.J./Chatham) (21.48) recorded a time of 1:29.63 to place second in the B Final of the 200 free relay.
• Sharkey touched fifth in the C Final of the 500 free with a personal best time of 4:55.19. 
• Also notable, Macchia took seventh in the C Final of the 50 free by touching the wall in 21.95, his second strongest time of his career. 
• To finish out the meet, the Pioneers placed fifth in the 400 medley relay B Final (3:56.85).  Sharkey (58.55), sophomore Valentine Perez (Hamilton, N.J./Hamilton) (1:08.07), sophomore Raul Mancera (Trenton, N.J./Nottingham) (1:00.01), and Achyuthuni (50.22) utilized combined efforts to end day one on a strong note.
• Multiple personal best times were recorded by the Pioneers over the course of the day.  Sophomore Bradley Belina (Paramus, N.J./Paramus) had a career-high performance in the 500 free (5:22.13), classmate John Conlow (Mount Laurel, N.J./Lenape) swam the 500 free in 5:24.70, sophomore Thomas Haughey (Folsom, Pa./Ridley) completed the same race in 5:25.59, and junior Matt Infurna (Fair Lawn, N.J./Fair Lawn) touched the wall in 5:53.89 to earn a personal best time in that event.
• Mancera and Perez both tallied personal best times in the 200 IM by swimming in 2:24.84 and 2:18.78, respectively. 

 
UP NEXT:

• Events continue tomorrow, Feb. 23, starting at 9:30 a.m. at Rutgers University in Piscataway, N.J. for day two of the Metropolitan Championships three-day affair. 

 
 
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