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Men's Swimming and Diving 12/4/2025 12:12:00 PM Braden Golisek - Assistant Director of Sports Information

Morning Session from Calvin Invite Concludes for Men's Swim

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. -- The NMU men's swim team concluded competition at the Calvin invite morning session.

Timothee Garin will feature for the Wildcats in the A finals of the 500 free, with Zachary Billotte in the B final.

NMU will have Matteo Ballardin, Alessandro Rosatelli, and Gabriel Fulconi in the 200 IM A final, Caleb Rice in the B final, and Nick Metzler and Andrew Tease in the C final.

The 50 free will have William LaCount in the A final, Jef Leroux, Youssef Nahali, and Daniel Khmara in the B final, and Max Swiatkowski in the C final.

The finals begin at 6 p.m. tonight, and can be live-streamed on the Calvin YouTube page, here, along with live results on the Meet Mobile app.

This story will be updated after the finals.

How It Happened
The 500 free was the first event of the morning for the men, with four heats and 25 swimmers. Zachary Billotte swam in heat two, posting a time of 4:39.30 to finish third in the heat and 9th overall. Heat three featured Timothee Garin, who finished second in his heat and 5th overall with a time of 4:33.82. Garin earned a spot in the A final this evening, and Billotte just missed the A final, but was the top time in the B final.

The 200 IM featured five heats and 36 swimmers. Andrew Tease kicked off the 'Cats in heat three, finishing sixth in the heat at 2:00.08. Heat four featured Alessandro Rosatelli and Nick Metzler, who finished third and seventh in their heats with times of 1:52.19 and 1:58.52, respectively. The fifth and final heat saw Matteo Ballardin, Gabriel Fulconi, and Caleb Rice, who finished second, third, and fifth in the heat with times of 1:51.91, 1:52.55, and 1:54.52. Ballardin, Rosatelli, and Fulconi all earned spots in the A final, with Rice holding the lone NMU spot in the B final, and rounded out with Metzler and Tease in the C final.

The 50 free had nine heats and 66 swimmers. Heat four saw Basil Massotte, who finished first in his heat with a time of 21.85. The fifth heat featured Hudson Lowery, who finished eighth at 22.40, and heat six saw Liam Boomer finish eighth at 22.16. The seventh heat featured Jef Leroux, Will LaCount, and Yousef Nahali. LaCount first at 20.11, Leroux fourth at 20.69, and Nahali fifth at 20.76. Heat eight featured Daniel Khmara finishing fourth at 20.93, and the final heat featured Max Swiatkowski placing sixth at 21.05. LaCount would earn a spot in the A finals, with Leroux, Nahali, and Khmara earning B final spots, and Swiatkowski in 17th for the C final.

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Players Mentioned

Zachary Billotte: Sophomore

Liam Boomer: Senior

Gabriel Fulconi: 5' 11"; Junior

Daniel Khmara: 5' 9"; Senior

William LaCount: Senior

Jef Leroux: 6' 5"; Senior

Hudson Lowery: Senior

Caleb Rice: 6' 0"; Senior

Alessandro Rosatelli: 5' 11"; Junior

Max Swiatkowski: 6' 1"; Senior

Players Mentioned

Zachary Billotte
: Sophomore

Liam Boomer
: Senior

Gabriel Fulconi
: 5' 11"; Junior

Daniel Khmara
: 5' 9"; Senior

William LaCount
: Senior

Jef Leroux
: 6' 5"; Senior

Hudson Lowery
: Senior

Caleb Rice
: 6' 0"; Senior

Alessandro Rosatelli
: 5' 11"; Junior

Max Swiatkowski
: 6' 1"; Senior