Manhattan University Athletics

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Buffalo, NY - The Manhattan men's swimming & diving team is tied for seventh place with 46 points after day one of the 2016 MAAC Championships at the Flickinger Center.

The 200-medley relay team of senior Lance Neuendorf (Blauvelt, N.Y. / Tappan Zee), senior Dallan Treanor (Monroe, N.Y. / Monroe-Woodbury), junior Rich Llewellyn (East Islip, N.Y. / East Islip) and sophomore Neil Perry (Elkridge, Md. / Loyola Blakefield) bettered their seed time by almost two seconds in taking seventh with a mark of 1:34.45.

The 800-free relay squad of junior Brandon Shields (Stony Point, N.Y. / George Mason), Llewellyn, Perry and Neuendorf also bettered their seed time by almost two seconds in finishing eighth with a time of 7:03.74.

Earlier in the day, Llewellyn, sophomore Tyler McCloskey (Orangeburg, N.Y. / Tappan Zee), classmate Mitchell Rifkind (New Paltz, N.Y. / New Paltz) and junior Patrick Simonson (Metuchen, N.J. / St. Joseph's) were named to the 2016 Men's Swimming & Diving All-Academic Team. To be eligible for the team, a student-athlete must complete two semesters at their institution and hold a cumulative grade point average of 3.20 on a 4.0 scale. 

Session two of the 2016 Championships will begin at 10:00 am on Thursday, February 11 with the 500-free prelims.