RESULTS
ITHACA, N.Y. – The Ithaca College men's swimming and diving team are currently in second place with 1,166 points following the third day of the Liberty League Championships inside of the Kelsey Partridge Bird Natatorium. The Bombers only trail first-place RIT by 122 points.
One of the biggest highlights of Friday's competition was the Ithaca College men's 800-yard relay team resetting a pool and program record, while also shattering the previous Liberty League Championship record for the event.
Matthew Johnston,
Stanley Zaneski,
James Collishaw and
Jack Wadsworth teamed up to win the event with a recorded time of 6:40.99, which hit upon an NCAA B-cut time. The association record that they broke was set all the way back in 1997.
First year
Santiago Ludwig and RIT's Drew Scheib slugged it out in the 200-yard butterfly to kick-off the evening final events. It was a battle all the way down to the final 50-yards with Scheib taking first-place with a time of 1:49.78, with
Santiago Ludwig recording the second-best time of 1:50.17, which marked an NCAA B-cut time.
The Bombers next competed in the 100-yard backstroke with
Spencer Brownewell,
Tim Hector,
Dylan Haraden and
Max Braithwaite qualifying for the A-final. They were each bested by RIT's Alex Pecze who won the event with a time of 51.15. IC saw
Spencer Brownewell (51.32) finish second and
Tim Hector (51.45) record a third-place finish.
Junior
Zack Kalinowski finished eighth on the 1-meter diving board with 327.95 points while RIT's Gellert Kish won the event with a score of 502.40.
IC continued to show its depth with
Michael Paulos earning a trip into the "A" final of the 100-yard breaststroke. He recorded a season-best 58.39, which was good for an eight-place finish with Brendan Kapp of RIT winning the event with a finals time of 55.63.
The Liberty League Championships finish up tomorrow with the 100-yard freestyle, 200-yard backstroke, 200-yard breaststroke, 400-yard freestyle relay, 1,650-yard freestyle and women's 3-meter diving. Swimming preliminaries begin at 10 a.m., followed by diving preliminaries at 1 p.m. and finals for both at 6 p.m.
