Men's Swimming & Diving 12/4/2021 9:49:00 PM

Men’s Swimming & Diving Return to Action on Second Day of Bomber Invitational

MORNING SWIM RESULTS | DIVING RESULTS | EVENING SWIM RESULTS

ITHACA, N.Y. – The Ithaca College men's swimming & diving program returned to action on Saturday and sit second following the second day of the 10^th Annual Bomber Invite at Kelsey Partridge Bird Natatorium. SUNY Geneseo are atop the leaderboard with a total of 1278 points with Ithaca just behind them totaling 1037.5 points. Saturday was split into three sessions: swimming at 10 a.m., diving at 1 p.m. and swimming again at 6 p.m.

Swimming- Morning Session

The Bombers opened the morning session on a strong note putting together second-place finish in the 200-yard freestyle relay. It was Stanley Zaneski, Tim Hector, Max Braithwaite and James Collishaw teaming up to finish right behind SUNY Geneseo with a time of 1:24.34. The Knights "A" Team won the event by producing a time of 1:23.37.
It was yet another impressive performance from sophomore standout Jack Wadsworth who put together his best performance to date in the 400-yard IM. Wadsworth won the event with a time of 3:59.20. That time marked another men's team program record for the sophomore who bested Ben Ludlow from Geneseo who finished the event in 4:03.94. The recorded time by Wadsworth was Ithaca College program record and hit an NCAA "B" cut.
The Bombers had a trio of outstanding finishes in the 100-yard butterfly with Tim Hector leading the way with a third-place finish in 51.64. First year Santiago Ludwig was right behind him touching the final wall fifth with a recorded time 51.67. Spencer Brownewell collected a 10^th place finish with his season-best time of 52.36.
It was another first-place finish for Ithaca College, this time occurring in the 200-yard freestyle. Sophomore James Collishaw won the event for the Bombers touching the final wall in 1:42.61 as he edged out Max White from Vassar College who finished in 1:43.28. Stanley Zaneski produced a sixth-place finish (1:44.56) and Matthew Johnston finished 10^th with a recorded time of 1:45.19.
In the final event of the morning session, Ithaca College finished second behind SUNY Geneseo in the 400-yard medley relay. Jack Wadsworth, Michael Paulos, Santiago Ludwig and James Collishaw were the top team for IC producing a time of 3:26.54 in their respective heat. Wadsworth once again showed out for the Bombers as his backstroke split time was a new 100-yard backstroke team record and hit upon the NCAA "B" cut.

Diving- Afternoon Session

SUNY Geneseo were dominant on the one-meter board on Saturday as they had the first, second and third-place finishers. The top finisher for the Bombers was Ethan Godfrey who put together a fifth-place score. The junior surpassed the NCAA Division III qualifying standard with a total of 470.45, besting the standard of 440. Theo Summerville earned himself a 10^th place finish totaling 403.60.

Swimming- Evening Session

First year Santiago Ludwig bested his seeded time by over five seconds in the 200-yard butterfly and eared a third-place finish. Ludwig touched the final wall in 1:53.71.
It was a historic 100-yard backstroke event that got the fans on their feet with a first, second and third place finish for Ithaca College. Jack Wadsworth bettered his program record in the event and it was a "B" cut qualification time of 48.14. Finishing the event in second was James Collishaw (50.97) and Tim Hector produced a finals time of 52.01 for the third-place finish.
Sophomore Ethan Mossi was the Bombers best finisher in the final individual event of Saturday coming in 10^th at 1:00:03.
The Ithaca College relay team once again showed their strength as the "A" team won the 800-yard freestyle relay. It was Stanley Zaneski, Max Braithwaite, Matthew Johnston and Jack Wadsworth who teamed up for an impressive time of 6:56.34.

The Bombers are back in action tomorrow for the final day of competition of the 10^th Annual Bomber Invitational. Swimming is slated to resume at 9 a.m. with the longest event, the 1,650 freestyle. That event will be followed by the 100-yard IM, 100-yard freestyle, 200-yard backstroke, 200-yard breaststroke and 400-yard freestyle relay.