TROY, N.Y. – The Ithaca College men's swimming & diving team hit the road as they competed in the Kumpf Invitational on Saturday afternoon as the Bombers won the scoring invitational defeating RPI (130-100), Skidmore (188-48) and Cortland (164-77). In total, IC won five events including the final one of the afternoon, the 400-yard freestyle relay as the team also saw four second-place finishes.
Both
Ryan Cooke and
James Collishaw turned in outstanding respective efforts individually as they each won a pair of races. Cooke bested the field first in the 200-yard freestyle finishing the event in 1:45.77, which was faster than a pair of RPI competitors. He then went on to win the 500-yard freestyle earning 20 team points and recording a time of 4:46.92.
James Collishaw performed well per usual winning the 50 and 100 free as he also helped the Bombers win the 400-yard freestyle relay as he swam the final leg for the group time of 3:10.54.
Final Results (Team):
Ithaca College – 588
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute – 529
SUNY Cortland – 428
Skidmore College – 321
The College of New Jersey – 86
Top Performances
400 medley relay
3rd place (
Evan Wardrop,
Michael Paulos,
Matthew Mitros and
Alec Kutsner), 3:34.40
1,000 free
Matthew Stevens, 2nd place, 10:10.23
200 free
Ryan Cooke, 1st place, 1:45.77
Ryan Pillion, 4th place, 1:48.43
50 free
James Collishaw, 1st place, 21.10 seconds
Matthew Mitros, 3rd place, 21.70 seconds
200 IM
Matthew Janssen, 2nd place, 2:00.69
Michael Paulos, 4th place, 2:00.90
3-meter dive
Ethan Godfrey, 5th place, 262.60 points
200 butterfly
Santiago Ludwig, 2nd place, 1:58.19
James Kissel, 4th place, 2:03.50
100 free
James Collishaw, 1st place, 45.79 seconds
200 back
Marshall Adams, 3rd place, 2:00.65
Evan Wardrop, 4th place, 2:01.26
500 free
Ryan Cooke, 1st place, 4:46.92
Santiago Ludwig, 4th place, 4:52.27
1-meter dive
Ethan Godfrey, 3rd place, 258.40 points
Kian Long, 4th place, 245.70 points
200 breast
Matthew Janssen, 2nd place, 2:14.25
Joe Pezzini, 3rd place, 2:14.30
400 freestyle relays
1st place (
Santiago Ludwig,
Ryan Cooke,
Matthew Mitros,
James Collishaw), 3:10.54
Next up, Ithaca College will travel to Alfred University on Saturday, January 27 at 1 p.m. for a dual against the Saxons.
