WEST ORANGE/NEWARK — In a top-10 showdown, the Seton Hall Prep swimming team, ranked No. 9 in the state by the Star-Ledger, defeated No. 10-ranked Delbarton, 86-84, at the pool at New Jersey Institute of Technology in Newark on Friday, Jan. 3, to improve to 4-0 on the season. The Pirates won five of the […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The Seton Hall Prep swimming team improved to 3-0 on the season after defeating West Essex, 122-45. The following are their first-place finishes: 200-yard medley relay: freshman West Morsa, sophomore Ryan Pelosi, seniors George Peralvo, Karl Burghardt, 1 minute, 53.54 seconds. 200 individual medley: Morsa, 2:15.97. 50 freestyle: senior Austin Silverman, […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The Seton Hall Prep swimming team won its first two meets of the season, under first-year head coach Christopher Boyle. The Pirates defeated Montclair Kimberley Academy, 118-49, and Livingston, 103-67. The following Pirates were winners against MKA: 200-meter freestyle: senior Matthew Lynch, 2 minutes, 59 seconds. 200 individual medley: junior Alexander […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Seton Hall Prep has announced that head swimming coach Joe Alexander has retired after an outstanding 36-year career as the head coach for the Pirates. “I have decided that, for various reasons, it is time for me to retire from coaching swimming after 36 seasons with the program,” Alexander said. “It […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The Seton Hall Prep high school winter season has been completed but the swim club season continues. The big news from last weekend is that SHP senior Richard Poplawski qualified for the United States Olympic Trials in two events. Poplawski, a Clifton resident, competed for the Scarlet Aquatic Club at the 2024 […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The Seton Hall Prep swimming team ended another great season, participating in the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s Meet of Champions, which was held at Gloucester County Institute of Technology in Sewell over the weekend. The Pirates swept the three relay events, all in school-record fashion, and had a second-place […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The Seton Hall Prep swimming team captured the Super Essex Conference/Essex County Swimming Championship, featuring record-setting performances, on Monday, Jan. 15, at the Jersey Aquatic Center in New Providence. Following the meet, SHP head coach Joe Alexander said, “Winning this meet means quite a lot. Sometimes I wonder if we take […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The Seton Hall Prep swimming team had another great season. The Pirates completed the season with a 12-1 record and were ranked No. 8 in the state in the Star-Ledger final poll. They won the Super Essex Conference–American Division and the Essex County Tournament. The following SHP athletes were selected to […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The Seton Hall Prep swimming team traveled to the Raritan Bay YMCA in Perth Amboy to take on No. 1 seed St. Augustine Prep in the semifinal round of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s Non-Public A state tournament on Monday, Feb. 20. The Pirates lost 91-79. Their final record […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The Seton Hall Prep swimming team captured its 25th consecutive Essex County Swimming Championships with 345 points at New Jersey Institute of Technology in Newark. The Pirates won five events, including a meet-record performance by junior Richard Poplawski in the 200-yard individual medley in 1 minute, 52.15 seconds. Senior Kyler Alcebar […]