EWING, N.J. (Nov. 24, 2024) – The USMMA men's swimming & diving took part in the three-day TCNJ Invitational this past weekend. The Mariners came in second place out of the field of six teams that competed with 606 points, trailing only the host #19 Lions, who scored 1,700 team points.
 
Merchant Marine had a total of 17 top-eight finishes, including one first-place finish by junior diver Thomas Cable (Litchfield Park, Ariz.) on Sunday in the one-meter diving event. Cable achieved a score of 458.90 in the 11-dive one-meter discipline, which was over the NCAA qualifying mark of 425, so Cable now just needs to hit the mark one more time in the one-meter dive throughout the season to officially qualify for the NCAA Diving Regionals.
 
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Listed below are all of the Mariners' top-eight finishes by day.
 
On Friday:

• The 200 freestyle relay team of freshmen John Frank (Highland, Md.) and Ryan McOsker (Fredericksburg, Va.) along with juniors Matthew Wachendorfer (Greensboro, N.C.) and Teague Mayer (Boulder, Colo.) came in fifth place with a time of 1:27.29
• The 400 medley relay team of Mayer, sophomore Luke Dankert (Grand Island, Neb.), McOsker and Frank placed fourth in 3:27.66 

On Saturday:

• The 200 medley relay team of Mayer, Dankert, McOsker and Frank came in third in 1:33.99
• Frank placed fifth in the 400 individual medley with a time of 4:07.04
• Dankert came in fourth (57.52) and sophomore Caden Latchaw (Queenstown, Md.) placed sixth (58.18) in the 100 breaststroke
• Mayer placed fourth in the 100 backstroke in 52.31
• The 800 free relay team of Wachendorfer along with sophomores Ryan Lester (Heath, Texas), Jason Equiano (Yonkers, N.Y.) and Abraham Shim (Rockwall, Texas) came in sixth in 7:09.09.
• Cable came in third (425.25) and senior Brendan Griffiths (Easton, Pa.) placed sixth (390.65) in the three-meter dive 

On Sunday:

• Freshman Cody Lay (Bartlesville, Okla.) placed seventh in the 1650 free with a time of 16:51.27
• Mayer came in fourth in the 200 back in 1:54.10
• Dankert placed fifth in the 200 breast with a time of 2:04.63
• The 400 free relay team of Frank, Equiano, Wachendorfer and Lester came in third in 3:12.27, while the team of McOsker, Mayer, freshman Trevor Dash (Ketchikan, Alaska) and Lay placed eighth in 3:19.42
• Cable won the one-meter diving event (458.90), while Griffiths came in sixth (384.55)

Shim earned the "Mariner of the Meet" honors, awarded based on a team vote to an individual for their performance and contribution to the team. Among all the divers on the weekend, sophomore Daniel Rush (Toms River, N.J.) was the Mariner of the Meet.
 
Up next, the Mariners will compete in a home dual-meet against Stevens Institute on Saturday, Dec. 7, beginning at 1 p.m. at the Sue Petersen Lubow Pool.
 
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