ITHACA, N.Y. – The Ithaca College men's swimming and diving program hosted RPI on Saturday afternoon in Kelsey Partridge Bird Natatorium on Saturday afternoon in the teams first home dual of the 2024-25 season. The Bombers were nipped by the Engineers who topped them by a score of 170-127.
The Bombers would see both
Ryan Cooke and
Alec Kutsner score first-place finishes early into the meet in their respective events. Cooke was able to take down the field and scored nine team points in the 200-yard freestyle recording a time of 1:42.89, which was just under two seconds faster than RPI's Mike Dowd. Kutsner would best a pair of Engineers in the 100-yard backstroke just beating Jason Weller at the finish line with a time of 52.31, compared to Weller's 52.40.
Ryan Cooke would also record a second-place finish individually in the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 4:55.92.
Kian Long won both the 1-meter and 3-meter on Saturday. He beat teammate
Samuel Smith by over 30 points with a six-dive total of 254.65. It was back and forth on the 3-meter boards with Long just edging out Smith with scores of 261.35 and 259.60, respectively.
Matthew Mitros was speedy in the 50-yard freestyle recording the top time of 21.42, which was also a season-best. In the final individual event of the day before relays,
Matthew Janssen won the 200-yard IM recording a time of 2:00.52, shaving down from his previous time of 2:01.75. It was a neck-and-neck battle in the 400-yard freestyle with the Engineers just besting the Bombers with a time of 3:10.24. Ithaca's
Ryan Cooke,
Santiago Ludwig,
Alec Kutsner, and
Spencer Alderson finished in 3:11.33
Ithaca returns to action in exactly one week when Cortland comes to the South Hill for dual slated to begin at 1 p.m.
200-yard medley relay:
2.
Alec Kutsner,
Will Stanczewski,
Matthew Mitros and
Spencer Alderson- 1:34.39
1000-yard freestyle:
3.
Matthew Stevens- 10:09.70
200-yard freestyle:
1.
Ryan Cooke- 1:42.89
4.
Kyle Kruppa- 1:49.06
100-yard backstroke:
1.
Alec Kutsner- 52.31
4.
Marshall Adams- 54.84
100-yard breaststroke:
4.
Will Stanczewski- 59.77
200-yard butterfly:
2.
Santiago Ludwig- 1:58.04
50-yard freestyle:
1.
Matthew Mitros- 21.42
3.
Spencer Alderson 21.93
1-meter diving:
1.
Kian Long- 254.65
2.
Samuel Smith- 224.20
3.
Ethan Godfrey- 222.35
100-yard freestyle:
2.
Ryan Cooke- 47.50
3.
Spencer Alderson- 48.72
200-yard backstroke:
3.
Marshall Adams- 1:59.00
4.
Evan Wardrop- 2:03.38
200-yard breaststroke:
3.
Matthew Janssen- 2:12.25
500-yard freestyle:
2.
Ryan Cooke- 4:55.92
100-yard butterfly:
2.
Santiago Ludwig- 52.20
3-meter diving:
1.
Kian Long- 261.35
2.
Samuel Smith- 259.60
3.
Ethan Godfrey- 248.70
200-yard IM:
1.
Matthew Janssen- 2:00.52
4.
Will Stanczewski- 2:03.66
400-yard Freestyle Relay
2.
Ryan Cooke,
Santiago Ludwig,
Alec Kutsner, and
Spencer Alderson- 3:11.33
