PISCATAWAY, NJ – Sophomore Antonie Pieterse was part of three first-place finishes Saturday to lead the Roberts Wesleyan University Men's Swimming and Diving to a strong finish as the Redhawks remained in first place in the team scoring after day two of the Metropolitan Collegiate Championships in New Jersey.

Roberts remained in first place with a two-day total of 1,006 points. Baruch College (943) is second followed by SUNY Maritime, Brooklyn, Gordon College, Mount St. Mary and Sarah Lawrence.

Pieterse won the 100 butterfly with a time of 47.40 and also led a pair of relays to first-place finishes. In the 200 Medley Relay, he teamed with freshman Raphael Weber, freshman Leu Cabanayan  and sophomore Ethan Springle for a winning time of 1:34.00.

In the 800 freestyle relay to cap the evening, Pieterse opened the race with a school record in his 200 leg of the race with a time of 1:38.20 to give Roberts a big lead. He teamed with sophomore Derek Woodford, sophomore Tanner Pinto-Cohn and Weber for the win in 7:02.59 for another school record.

In the 100 butterfly race, freshman Anthony Merced and fellow freshman Jonathan Harvey were first and second in the B-Final with times of 57.27 and 58.34 respectively.

Weber added a first-place finish in the 100 backstroke with a time of 52.71. Springle was third in the race with his time of 55.17 and senior Dylan Baker placed eighth with a time of 1:00.08. Junior Jaden Parshall won the B-Final with his time of 1:00.40.

In diving, junior Brodyn Baldwin scored first-place points by winning the 3-meter competition with a score of 301.80. Freshman Joel Fesmire was second with a score of 298.85.

Merced was second and sophomore Brayden Mitchell was sixth in the 400 IM, Pinto-Cohn was third in the 200 free and Cabanayan was fourth in the 100 breaststroke for the Redhawks.