ITHACA, N.Y. – The Ithaca College men's swimming & diving team sit in second after three days of competition at the 2023 Liberty League Championships as the Bombers trail RIT.

Team Scores (through Friday):
1. RIT 1306
2. Ithaca 1091
3. RPI 1042
4. Skidmore 548
5. Union 544
6. Clarkson 500
7. Vassar 490
8. St. Lawrence 156
9. Bard 94
10. Hobart 34

In the first event of the evening, Santiago Ludwig was the top finisher for Ithaca in the 200-yard butterfly with a recorded time of 1:50.56. RIT's Drew Scheib took home first with an association and Liberty League Championship record time of 1:47.93.

The 100-yard backstroke A-final turned out to be one of the most exciting of the evening as within the final 75 yards or so of the race, James Collishaw turned on the speed as he ended up taking home first-place with a finals time of 50.01. RIT's Jake Sapp finished second at 50.17 and third was Matthew Johnston who swam to a third-place finish with a time of 50.24. Also earning the Bombers crucial team points were Max Braithwaite (52.48) who finished sixth and Liam Murphy (53.30) who was eighth.

Michael Paulos finished fourth in the A-final of the 100-yard breaststroke. Paulos touched the final wall with a time of 56.70, the race winner was Nicholas Stefanandis who finished with a finals time of 55.44.

The team of Santiago Ludwig, Ryan Pillion, Ryan Cooke and Matthew Johnston were able to defend winning the 800-yard freestyle relay just as they did a season ago, but this time the Bombers finished the race at 6:49.60, which was faster than RIT.

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 men'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.