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College Swimming & Diving: Rider's Funk / Hiller Honored by the MAAC

Senior Johnny Funk and junior Trevor Hiller of the Rider University men's swimming and diving team were named the Male Swimmer and Diver of the Week for all competition Jan. 7-13.

EDISON — Senior Johnny Funk and junior Trevor Hiller of the Rider University men’s swimming and diving team were named the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Male Swimmer and Diver of the Week for all competition Jan. 7-13, it was announced Tuesday afternoon (Jan. 15).

Funk (Las Vegas, Nev. (Southeast Career & Tech. Academy) won the 100 back (53.68), the 200 back (1:58.55) and the 200 IM (1:54.79) and helped the 400 medley relay to a Coppola pool record (3:28.32) as Rider defeated Loyola Maryland in a MAAC meet on Jan. 12.

The relay beat the 3:29.43 time from Nov. 5, 2005.  The record was held by Josh Rosenbluth, Brandon Modrov, Daniel Burgess and Stuart Barr.

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Hiller (Galloway Twp./Absegami) won both the one-meter dive (278.10) and the three-meter dive (326.02) in the MAAC meet against Loyola.

This is the fourth time this season that Hiller has earned the MAAC Male Diver of the Week award (Oct. 16, Oct. 23, Nov. 20).

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Rider travels to Saint Peter’s University on Saturday for a MAAC meet at 10 a.m.

The 2013 MAAC Men's and Women's Swimming & Diving Championships will be held Feb. 14-16 at the Burt Flickinger Center in Buffalo, New York.

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