TROY, N.Y. – The Ithaca College men's swimming and diving program competed in the RPI Kumpf Invitational on Saturday afternoon as the Bombers racked up 530 team points to finish second amongst five teams.

The Bombers saw impressive performances in the 50-yard and 100-yard freestyles as James Collishaw and Ben Young finished first and second, respectively in both events. Collishaw won the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 21.65 and then followed it up with a 46.54 in the 100-yard event, which was almost two seconds faster than his teammate. Matthew Johnston swam nearly six seconds faster than he did a week ago as he won the 200-yard backstroke with a recorded time of 1:53.33.

In diving action Kian Long took home a first-place finish on the 3-meter board racking up a total score of 265.85. An additional highlight occurred in the final event of the invite with the Bombers winning the 400-yard freestyle relay. Santiago Ludwig, Ryan Cooke, Max Braithwaite and James Collishaw teamed up and bested the four from TCNJ by over a second with a time of 3:11.75.

Final Results (Team):
The College of New Jersey – 641
Ithaca College – 530
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute – 431
SUNY Cortland – 387
Skidmore College – 214

Top Performances
 
400 medley relay
2nd place (Matthew Johnston, Michael Paulos, Santiago Ludwig and Ben Young), 3:32.31
 
1,000 free
Matthew Stevens, 6th place, 10:14.62
 
200 free
Ryan Cooke, 3rd place, 1:46.62
 
200 IM
Matthew Janssen, 4th place, 2:01.47
 
200 butterfly
Santiago Ludwig, 3rd place, 1:56.74
 
50 free
James Collishaw, 1st place, 21.65 seconds
Ben Young, 2nd place, 21.70 seconds
 
3-meter dive
Kian Long, 1st place, 265.85 points
 
100 free
James Collishaw, 1st place, 21.65 seconds
Ben Young, 1st place, 48.46 seconds
 
200 back
Matthew Johnston, 1st place, 1:53.33
 
200 breast
Matthew Janssen, 3rd place, 2:14.90
 
500 free
Ryan Cooke, 2nd place, 4:48.28
 
1-meter dive
Connor Gleasman, 2nd place, 267.50 points
 
400 freestyle relays
Santiago Ludwig, Ryan Cooke, Max Braithwaite and James Collishaw, 1st place, 3:11.75
 
Next up, Ithaca College will host Alfred University in the Kelsey Partridge Bird Natatorium on Saturday, January 21 at 1 p.m. for a dual against the Saxons.