The medley relay will go to NYU this year. There is not one specific leg that will solidify the win for the Violets, but each leg is expected to be just a bit faster than their TCNJ competitor. The freestyle relay on the other hand is up in the air. TCNJ has a history of All-American freestyle relays. The relay may also be determined by what NYU junior Timothy Kou<\/strong> swims. It is clear that he will compete in both breaststrokes (56.27\/2:05.19 this season), but his third and fourth events could change the meet entirely.<\/p>\n If Kou competes in the 100 (46.91) or 200 free (1:42.68), two other\u00a0individual events he can win, then he would not be on the 400 free relay which would completely even out the playing field. Each team would most likely put up three 47s and a 46 in the final relay. Additionally, NYU could probably win the medley relay without Kou, as freshman Kevin Shang<\/strong> is just two tenths slower than TCNJ’s Andrew Nesbitt<\/strong> in the 100 breast. In a 50, the difference will not be great enough to matter. This would open up a spot for Kou in the last relay, securing a victory in both for NYU. If this does happen, you definitely cannot count out the TCNJ squad, but their task will become much more difficult.<\/p>\n Photo Courtesy: Hayley Good<\/p><\/div>\n The backstroke and breaststroke events will not be as close, as NYU is likely to sweep these races. Kou and Shang will take over the breaststrokes for NYU, while junior Chad Moody<\/strong> and freshman Carlos Colmenares<\/strong> will do the same in the 100 and 200 back. Sophomore Alex Skoog<\/strong> will do his best to breakup a one-two finish in these events for TCNJ.\u00a0The other swimmer to watch for NYU is freshman David Bravo<\/strong> who will dominate the 1,000 and post some competition for Yi in the 500. Bravo has gone 10:00.76 and 4:45.32 this season.<\/p>\n While the meet as a whole may not be a nail biter down to the end, the TCNJ men have a tradition of never backing down. Expect them to give NYU a run for their money throughout the entire meet. Both NYU and TCNJ have the potential to move up in the national rankings this weekend, as the meet is sure to provide some low-stress yet intense racing and competition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Meet of the Week:\u00a0NYU and TCNJ (At TCNJ, 2:00 pm) At last year’s contest, New York University narrowly took down The College of New Jersey 151-147. Their 400 free relay<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":181120,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[6],"tags":[58833,59507,45565,59511,46161,48128,57002,59508,34480,59506,58819,59509,56282,59505,59510,59061,37278],"class_list":["post-229474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college","tag-2016-17-ncaa-division-iii-college-coverage","tag-adam-coppola","tag-andrew-nesbitt","tag-daniel-sing","tag-diana-pimer","tag-division-iii-swimming","tag-harrison-yi","tag-joseph-baron","tag-joseph-delbuono","tag-kevin-shang","tag-nyu-swimming","tag-sam-maquet","tag-scott-vitabile","tag-sean-haechler","tag-shawn-lin","tag-tcnj-swimming","tag-timothy-kou"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\r\n![\"Photo](\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/The-college-of-new-jersey-swimmer-1024x768.jpg\")
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