PISCATAWAY, N.J. – The William Paterson men's swimming and diving team completed its third day at the Metropolitan Championships with a ninth-place finish amongst 11 division III schools, Saturday, Feb. 18.
 
TOP PERFORMERS:

• The Pioneers 200 medley relay team consisted of freshman Nicky Byrd (Purchase, N.Y./Harrison), junior Andrew Colligan (Andover, N.J./Sussex County Tech), sophomore Shane Apito (Lake Hiawatha, N.J./Parsippany) and sophomore Ricardo Ordinola (Lodi, N.J./Passaic County Tech). The group finished 12^th with an overall time of 1:47.61.
• Apito swam a 4:47.58 during the preliminary round of the 400 IM.
• Ordinola competed in the 100 fly preliminary round, finishing with a time of 1:04.35.
• Junior Brandon Arias (North Haledon, N.J./Passaic County Tech) recorded a time of 1:57.98 in the 200 free preliminary round.
• Colligan posted a final time of 1:07.21 during the 100 breast preliminary round.
• Freshman Nicky Byrd (Purchase, N.Y./Harrison) led the Pioneers in the 100 back with a time of 58.86.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS:

• Arias earned a personal best in the 200 free (1:57.98).
• Colligan secured a personal record in the 100 breast (1:07.21).
• Junior Anthony Newman (Lake Hiawatha, N.J./Parsippany) posted a personal best in the 100 back (1:11.17).

UP NEXT:

• William Paterson continues at the Metropolitan Championships Sunday, Feb. 19 with preliminary rounds starting at 9:30 a.m.

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