Ithaca In Sixth After Second Day of Bomber Invite

RESULTS: MORNING | EVENING | DIVING

ITHACA, N.Y. – The Ithaca College men's swimming and diving finished day two of the 8^th Annual Bomber Invite in sixth place with 493.5 points. Cornell leads with 1,377 points while SUNY Geneseo is in second and Rochester, third.

The day was split into three sessions – morning, afternoon diving and evening.

Swimming

Ithaca's team of Stanley Zaneski, Kellen Scanlan, Dan Meyers and Nate Bartalo finished fifth in the first race of the day, the 200 freestyle, after swimming to a time of 1:27.51.

Bartalo had the top individual finish of the morning, taking seventh in the 100 butterfly with a time of 51.48. Freshman Spencer Brownewell also finished in the top 10, with a ninth-place finish in 52.49.

The Bombers top finisher in the 400 IM was freshman Michael Sheehan who took 21^st overall with a time of 4:28.89.

Ithaca rounded out the morning session with a fourth-place finish in the 400 medley relay, as the team of Brownewell, Andrew Mikhailichenko, Bartalo and Zaneski swam a time of 3:31.22.

After an afternoon break, the competition resumed in the evening with the 200 butterfly. Senior Jake Hewitt tied for seventh place after swimming to a time of 1:57.46. Pat Daly finished in 1:59.31 to take 13^th overall.

Brownewell claimed a top-five finish in the 100 backstroke, finishing in fifth place with a time of 52.77. Bradley Keith came in 14^th overall with a time of 55.64.

In the 100 breaststroke, Mikhailichenko was the top IC finisher, coming in 16^th after swimming to a time of 1:00.61.

The Bombers ended the day with a fifth-place finish in the 800 freestyle relay. The team of Zaneski, Brownewell, Sheehan and Bartalo raced to a time of 7:14.07

Diving

Sophomore Justin Moczynski was the top IC finisher on the three-meter board, taking fourth place with 443.30 points.

Junior Benjamin Pesco finished in 16^th with a score of 283.35 while H. Caleb Rahner rounded out the Bombers' divers with an 18^th place finish after tallying 262.85 points.

The Bombers are back in action tomorrow to round out the Bomber Invite. Action is slated to begin at 10 a.m.