JERSEY CITY, NJ – Saint Peter's men's and women's swimming & diving head coach
Mark Kretzer has announced his recruiting class for the class of 2022. The men's team adds nine student-athletes and five student-athletes join the women's team.
Dylan Dela Cruz – Manchester, NJ
Major: Physical Therapy / Biology
Best Times
100 Breast: 57.36
200 Breast: 2:06.05
Kretzer's quote on Cruz: "Dylan will be a leader both in and out of the pool. He fills a huge hole that was left from graduation in the Breaststroke events. The team was really excited to get a commitment from Dylan, and I know he is excited to become a member of Peacock Nation."
(Dylan Dela Cruz)
Miles Jantzi – Baton Rouge, LA
Major: Business
Best Times
100 Back: 51.00
200 Back: 1:50.43
50 Free: 21.79
100 Free: 46.79
100 Fly: 52.00
Kretzer's quote on Jantzi: "Miles is loaded with all around talent. He can help in so many ways and will be a huge asset at MAAC championships next February. I love his intensity and desire to be one of the top swimmers in our conference."
(Miles Jantzi)
Ethan Riozzi-Bodine – Shark River, NJ
Major: Marketing
Best Times
50 Free: 22.32
100 Free: 49.39
100 Fly: 53.49
Kretzer's quote on Riozzi-Bodine: "Ethan has tremendous size and with that comes great potential in his three best events. I can see him benefiting greatly from our sprint training program and through the help of our tremendous strength & conditioning coach,
Mike Vasalani. He has his goals set very high, and I am excited to help him reach them."
(Ethan Riozzi-Bodine)
Guillem Perez – Barcelona, Spain
Major: Computer Science
Best Times
100 Breast: 57.86
200 Breast: 2:04.74
Kretzer's quote on Perez: "Guillem has a great attitude and is excited to come to the NYC area to study and train. I am really excited to see how he and Dylan can push each other to become a great one-two punch in our breaststroke events."
(Guillem Perez)
Chandler Tucker – Bellmore, NY
Major: Undecided
Best Times
100 Breast:59.77
200 Breast: 2:12.50
200 IM: 2:00.01
Kretzer's quote on Tucker: "Chandler gives us much needed depth in our breast and IM events. He has a ton of potential to improve through increased speed work and through extra time in the weight room. He comes from an excellent team on Long Island that I know has trained him well and he is going to be a workhorse for us for the next four years."
(Chandler Tucker)
Besjon Rexha – Toronto, Canada
Major: International Business
Best Times (SCM)
400 Free: 4:04.12
800 Free: 8:22.26
1500 Free: 16:02.83
400 IM: 4:31.15
Kretzer's quote on Rexha: "Besjon has great experience swimming internationally for his home country of Albania. He is currently training with Etobicoke swim club, one of the most elite swim clubs in all of North America. I am most excited to bring in an athlete like Besjon who has such intense focus and desire to become an Olympic level athlete. I am excited to do all I can to help him reach those goals."
(Besjon Rexha)
David Dolgitzer – Israel
Major: International Business
Best Times
50 Free (LCM): 24.69
100 Free (LCM): 52.97
200 Free:(SCM): 1:53.33
400 Free: (SCM): 3:57.92
Kretzer's quote on Dolgitzer: "David is both an incredible athlete and a standout student. He will become one of our top point scorers for the next few years. He has the versatility to score in many different individual events as well as contend to be on our conference relays right away as a freshman. I am excited to see where the next four years can take David."
(David Dolgitzer)
Yann Le Gall
Major: International Business
Best Times
50 Free (LCM): 24.09
100 Free (LCM): 52.66
200 Free:(LCM): 1:56.05
400 Free: (SCM): 4:09.90
Kretzer's quote on Le Gall: "Yann comes to us on a great recommendation from one of our current French swimmers. Yann has tremendous potential to improve from his current times with more specialized short course sprint training and some powerlifting. Yann is going to be a huge performer for us the next four years."
(Yann Le Gall)
Joshua Montoya –
Harrison, NJ
Major: Sports Management
Best Times
50 Free: 22.35
100 Free: 50.90
200 Free: 1:49.73
100 Fly: 56.56
Kretzer's quote on Montoya: "Joshua is a really great athlete with a ton of potential. He has really never committed full time efforts into swimming and already has some great times from his high school swim team. He has never lifted with a professional strength and conditioning coach either, so I can see him getting much stronger over the next few seasons and becoming an excellent sprinter."
(Joshua Montoya)
Devyn Hantgin –
Lakeway, TX
Major: Biology/Pre-Med
Best Times
50 Free: 25.90
100 Free: 55.91
100 Breast: 1:08.44
200 Breast: 2:33.43
200 IM: 2:20.71
Kretzer's quote on Hantgin: "Devyn is going to be a huge presence on our team. She is a talented well rounded swimmer that can swim almost any event competitively. She will also make a huge impact on our team culture, as she is really dedicated to helping improve team culture and morale. The team is excited that Devyn chose to be a Peacock for the next four years, and I am excited for her to be a leader right from the start with our women's team."
(Devyn Hantgin)
Hannah Rye
Major: International Business
Best Times
50 Free: 24.52
100 Free: 53.49
50 Fly: 26.38
100 Fly: 59.18
Kretzer's quote on Rye: "We were really excited when we had the opportunity to bring on Hannah. She provides us with a top end Butterflier and adds some power to our relays as well. With her on board, we now have the capability to be in the mix for all five of our conference relays. Hannah is also extremely dedicated to her improvement as an athlete, and her work ethic will be contagious to the rest of our team."
(Hannah Rye)
Sky Labonte – Antioch, CA
Major: Undecided
Best Times
100 Breast: 1:11.33
200 Breast: 2:35.39
100 Back: 1:04.62
200 Back: 2:15.17
200 IM: 2:17.30
400 IM: 4:47.55
Kretzer's quote on Labonte: "Sky is extremely well rounded and can swim all four strokes and the IM events. She is exactly what we needed to help build our women's roster; somebody who I could plug into any number of events based on the opponent."
(Sky Labonte)
Evangelia Vasilakis – Toms River, NJ
Major: Computer Science
Best Times
50 Free: 26.65
100 Free: 58.14
100 Back: 1:04.98
200 Back: 2:18.70
200 IM: 2:21.36
Kretzer's quote on Vasilakis: "Evangelia is going to give us a lot of depth in the freestyle and backstroke events this coming season. She is tall and strong, so I feel confident that we can get her times to drop quite a bit with our sprinting and lifting programs. Evangelia has a really great positive attitude and will make a huge impact on the team culture this coming season."
(Evangelia Vasilakis)
Miranda Yeats – South Amboy, NJ
Major: Accounting / Finance
Best Times
50 Free: 30.64
100 Free: 1:06.59
100 Back: 1:16.27
Kretzer's quote on Yeats: "Miranda has a real love for swimming and hopes to get to a whole new level of success in college. She has an infectious positive personality, which hopefully will keep the team moving in the right direction this coming season."
(Miranda Yeats)
