PISCATAWAY, NJ -- The 2023 Metropolitan Conference Championship (METS) carried on into Friday after a great start to the championships Thursday afternoon. After two days of competition, the men's team remains in third place (431 points) while the women sit in second (376.5 points) The meet continues on Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 18 and 19 at Rutgers University.
 
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Here is a quick rundown of today's action
 
500 Free
Emma Padros hit a sixth-place finish in the 500 freestyle prelims (5.15.93) headlined seven different Profs to make it to the finals. Padros took third in the finals (5:13.83) with Jillian Walls (5:17.03) and Trisha Lau (5:17.87) seventh and eighth, respectively, additionally in the finals.

Tobias Cahnbley highlighted the preliminaries winning in 4:29.00, an NCAA B Cut time and breaking his own school record in the process, and Alex Volin captured fifth, finishing in 4:38.79. Justin Goglia (4:42:11), Nico Andrianto (4:47:09), and Robert Gagnon (4:47:68) also qualified in the preliminary round. Cahbley would finish runner-up in the finals (4:30.35).
 
200 IM
Ella Pennington took home second place in the 200 IM and qualified for the final (2:06.88), as did Bella Stefanowicz (2:13.08), Natalina Baldinazzo (2:18.12), and Alexis Kidchob (2:18.55). In the finals, Pennington swam her second-fastest time of the season (2:06.18) where she was second. Stefanowicz was fifth (2:11.17).

Joe Rucci broke his own school record, finishing in 1:51:30, resulting in a second place and Michael Fracchiolla placed fourth with a time of 1:53:16. Rowan had three other qualifying swimmers in the event; Rocco Evangelista (1:55:26), Kevin Yanagisawa (1:58:06), and TJ Moderski (1:58:80). Rucci hit an NCAA B Cut in the finals (1:51.07), where he was second.
 
50 Free
Jordan McChesney finished in fourth (24.33) and qualified for the 50 freestyle final, along with Laura Jones (24.91) and Elizabeth Jones (25.41). McChesney hit a season-best time of 24.17 in the finals, placing fourth overall.

Jack Watson clocked 20:44 in the finals, to hit another NCAA B Cut. Paul Riter (21:35), and Matt Degennaro (21.44) finished in the top ten in the event. Rowan added three other qualifiers in the event with Jimmy Kundrats (21.94), Gavin Luong (21.96), and Kristian Werner (22.28).
 
200 Free Relay
The team of Laura Jones, Elizabeth Jones, Pennington, and McChesney was fourth in the finals (1:38.98)
 
Watson, Paul Riter, Degennaro, and Kundrats took second, finishing in 1:22.28, an NCAA B Cut.
 
400 Medley Relay
Pennington, Stefanowicz, Alexis Kidchob, and McChesney teamed to finish in third (4:00.24).

Another NCAA B Cut time of 3:19.26 as Watson, Fracchiolla, Rucci, and Riter were runners-up.
 
Mary Washington leads the women's side (409 points) with Merchant Marine sits on top on the men's side (573.5).
 
Saturday's first session begins tomorrow at 9:30 a.m. Live video and results are linked above.