Mahwah, NJ:  The Ramapo College men's swim team defeated the New Paltz Hawks today in non-conference action 156-101. The Roadrunners stand at 2-3 overall while the Hawks are 1-2 on the year.

The 200-yard medley relay team won to earn 11 points for the Roadrunners with a time of 1:39.33. The team was made up of Josh Templeton, Sam Cossaboon, Julian Giglio and Alex Barszcz. Templeton continued to shine in his individual events this season with a first-place finish in the 200-yard freestyle in 1:50.08. He also finished in first place in the 100-yard freestyle when he clocked in at 49.28 just .59 ahead of the Hawks. Templeton placed first in the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 4:53.37.
 
Nicholas Markwell won the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 56.14 while the Roadrunners grabbed the top three spots in the 100-yard breaststroke. Cossaboon placed 1st (1:01:78), Sean Flannery finished in 2nd (1:02.58) and Noah Callahan placed 3rd in 1:03.91. Markwell also won the 200-yard backstroke (2:06.45) while Smith and Tyler Czubachowski finished in 2nd (2:09.72) and 3rd (2:12.32) place respectively. Aviad Mana and Jesse Smith went 1-2 in the 200-yard butterfly with times of 2:01.05 and 2:01.97 respectively. Barszcz won the 50-yard freestyle in 22.53 while Matt Liedtka placed second in 23.02. Cossaboon and Callahan went 1-2 in the 200-yard breaststroke with times of 2:16.49 and 2:19.22 respectively. In the 100-yard butterfly, the Roadrunners grabbed the first three finishes. Giglio placed 1st (54.09), Mana placed 2nd (54.88) and Barszcz placed 3rd (55.08).
 
The Roadrunners honored their senior class in a pre-meet ceremony. Congratulations and good luck to Jesse Smith, Julian Giglio, Nicholas Markwell, Aviad Mana and Alex Barszcz. Ramapo returns to action when they host the University of Bridgeport on Saturday, January 12th at 2pm in their final home meet of the season.