With a number of its top performers from last season's team returning, the Drew University men's swimming & diving team enters the 2026-27 campaign with high hopes once again.
 
Under the direction of 12th-year Head Coach Rich Munson, the Rangers bring back 12 student-athletes from last season's team that took third at the Landmark Conference Championships. The team accumulated 720 points – the second-highest scoring total in program history at the Landmark Conference Championships – and won 12 events, five more than any other school. In addition, the Rangers won all five relays for an incredible third year in a row.
 
Four different individual conference champions return this season, including junior Thiago Silva. He won the Landmark title in the 100-breaststroke, and he also copped a silver in the 100-freestyle and a fifth-place finish in the 50-freestyle. In addition, Silva swam on four different relay teams that captured the gold at the conference championship (200-free, 400-free, 200-medley, 400-medley). He enters the season with school records in the 100-breaststroke, 400-free relay, and 200-medley relay.
 
Also returning as individual conference champions are seniors Liam Gregory and Kyle Talerico and junior Hunor Harsanyi. Gregory captured the 1,650-freestyle gold last season, and he also took fifth in the 200-freestyle and ninth in the 500-freestyle. In addition, he was a member of the Landmark champion 400-free and 800-free relay squads. Gregory holds Drew records in both the 1,000-freestyle and the 400-free relay.
 
Talerico touched first in the 200-butterfly at last year's Landmark championship, and he also took the bronze in the 100-butterfly while placing sixth in the 200-IM. Talerico also returns as a member of the conference champion 200-free and 400-free relay teams.
 
Harsanyi is back as the defending Landmark Conference champion in the 200-breaststroke, and he also placed third in the 100-breaststroke and fifth in the 200-IM.
 
Sophomore Marcell Hudak also returns as a conference medalist from last season after claiming the bronze in the 400-IM. In addition, he finished fourth in both the 200-butterfly and 500-freestyle last season.
 
Sophomore Nate Osborne is back after reaching the championship final in the 200-butterfly last season, when he finished in eighth place. He also earned team points in two additional events in the consolation finals, taking 13th in the 400-IM and 14th in the 500-freestyle.
 
Three additional point scorers from the Landmark Conference Championships return, including junior Issac Jeffers, who placed ninth in the 200-freestyle and 10th in the 500-freestyle. In addition, junior Will Spreeman is back after taking 11th in the 1,650-freestyle and 14th in the 200-freestyle, and sophomore Eric Friday returns after coming in 12th in the 100-butterfly and 15th in the 100-freestyle.
 
Other returning swimmers are sophomores Nikolai Kalinin (sprint freestyle), Ghali Sentissi (distance free/IM), and Ayden Twiddy (freestyle/butterfly).
 
Six freshmen will bring additional depth and talent to the pool this season in Landon Bursa (breast/IM), Keaghan Fahle (sprint freestyle), Alex Maxon (sprint freestyle/backstroke), Jared Moran (distance freestyle), Allen Sahraoui (sprint freestyle), and Dalton Winters (backstroke/butterfly/distance freestyle).

The Rangers open their season on Friday, when they visit Landmark Conference opponent Catholic University at 2:30 p.m. Drew's home opener is set for Oct. 23 versus York (Pa.) College.