ITHACA, N.Y. – The Ithaca College men's swimming & diving team saw several student-athletes hit NCAA-B cut times that helped them close the gap on RIT who eventually was crowned champions of the Liberty League for the second-straight year. The Bombers finished second scoring a team total of 1,538.5 team points as RIT won the LL Championship totaling 1,782.5.
Team Scores (Final scores):
1. RIT 1782.5
2. Ithaca 1538.5
3. RPI 1369
4. Skidmore 805
5. Union 732
6. Clarkson 725
7. Vassar 658
8. St. Lawrence 213
9. Bard 138
10. Hobart 68
Matthew Stevens began the Bombers night with a second-place finish in the 1650-yard freestyle with an NCAA B-cut time of 16:16.62, qualifying by three-tenths of a second.
Hunter Daur and
Holden Shatouhy also competed in the event with Daur taking sixth in a time of 16:37.41 and Shatouhy taking eighth in a time of 16:43.04.
James Collishaw picked up the first win of the night for the Bombers with his win in the 100-yard freestyle in 44.60 seconds. Collishaw earns the championship and association record as well as a B-cut qualification. Close behind was
Ben Young who tied for a second-place finish with RIT's Jake Sapp with a time of 45.70 and
Matthew Mitros capped off the event with a fourth-place finish in a time of 46.05, completing a huge event for the Bombers.
Matthew Johnston added another second-place finish in the 200-yard backstroke with a time of 1:51.10. He had an outstanding meet as
Ryan Pillion grabbed seventh place with his time of 1:56.13.
Matthew Janssen added a fourth-place finish in the 200-yard breaststroke with a time of 2:06.64.
In diving action, first year
Connor Gleasman had an exceptional finals session as he ended up finishing third with a score of 439.80.
Zack Kalinowski earned the Bombers 24 team points with his sixth-place finish and finals score of 392.10.
In the final event of the night, the Bombers 400-yard freestyle relay team of
Santiago Ludwig, Johnston, Mitros and
Max Braithwaite took first place with a time of 2:59.87.
Next up, the divers will compete in the NCAA Diving Regionals beginning Friday, Feb. 24-25.
