El Fallaki Shatters 1,000 Freestyle Program Record in Meet Against Lafayette

 Ilias El Fallaki shattered the 1,000 freestyle program record with a personal-best time of 9:22.97 in NJIT's (3-4) 172-123 win over Lafayette (1-4) on Saturday at the Joel and Diane Bloom Wellness and Events Center (BWEC).
 
Both teams participated in the "out of the hat" meet, where student-athletes randomly selected the events that they would compete in.
 
Sam Deemer, Bartosz Bryg, Pawel Drzymala, and Tanish Chhabra won the 400 medley relay with a time of 3:24.13.
 
Deemer earned another victory in the 200 free with a time of 1:43.34. Vincent Coppola won the 100 backstroke with a time of 54.44.
 
Bryg posted a winning time of 59.27 in the 100 breaststroke, his second victory of the day. Aidan Blackmon won the 200 fly in 2:02.68.
 
El Fallaki claimed his second victory of the meet with a 100 free time of 47.71. Joris Boeman won the 200 back with a time of 1:56.49.
 
Deemer also won the 500 free with a time of 4:53.91, while Drzymala won the 100 fly with a time of 51.32.
 
NEXT UP
The Highlanders will compete in their final regular season meet against Monmouth Jan. 31 at 4 p.m. at the BWEC.