ITHACA, N.Y. – The Ithaca College men's swimming & diving team hosted both Union College and SUNY Geneseo for its final regular season duals of the 2023-24 season. The Bombers celebrated Senior Day honoring the careers of
Dennis Berg,
James Collishaw,
Joe Pezzini,
Michael Paulos,
Ethan Mossi and
Jack Marxen as the ended up dominating Union besting the Garnet Charger by a 247-41 final but fell to the SUNY Geneseo Knights in a back-and-forth matchup, 152-148.
In the pool, the Bombers saw eight first place finishes including winning the opening 200-yard medley relay where
Alec Kutsner,
Michael Paulos,
Matthew Mitros and
James Collishaw teamed up for a 1:31.44 finish which was bested the group from Geneseo who swam a 1:31.85.
James Collishaw would go on to win a pair of races in the 50-yard freestyle (20.36) and the 100-yard freestyle (45.06). Also turning in strong individual performances were both
Ryan Cooke and
Michael Paulos. Cooke would first win the 200-yard free with a time of 1:41.74, which was over two seconds faster than a pair of Knights swimmers and he would also win the 500-yard freestyle touching the final wall in 4:42.75, which bested teammate
Matthew Stevens (4:45.95).
Paulos showed out in the 100-yard breaststroke finishing first with a recorded time of 58.26. He also came up with a second-place result in the 100-yard butterfly finishing in 51.10 as just ahead of him was teammate
Matthew Mitros. In diving action,
Ethan Godfrey finished third on both the 1-meter and 3-meter boards. Godfrey first recorded a finals score of 284.30 in 3-meter action and then produced a 300.75 on the 1-meter boards.
Top Performances
200 medley relay
1st place (
Alec Kutsner,
Michael Paulos,
Matthew Mitros and
James Collishaw), 1:31.44
1,000 free
Matthew Stevens, 1st place, 9:48.97
James Kissel, 3
rd place, 10:00.85
200 free
Ryan Cooke, 1st place, 1:41.74
100 back
Evan Wardrop, 2nd place, 52.48
Alec Kutsner, 3rd place, 52.87
100 breaststroke
Michael Paulos, 1st place, 58.26
Joe Pezzini, 2nd place, 58.83
200 butterfly
Santiago Ludwig, 2nd place, 1:55.31
James Kissel, 3rd place, 1:58.28
50 free
James Collishaw, 1st place, 20.36
Matthew Mitros, 3rd place, 20.91
3-meter dive
Ethan Godfrey, 3rd place, 284.30 points
100 free
James Collishaw, 1st place, 45.06
200 back
Marshall Adams, 3rd place, 1:56.24
200 breast
Matthew Janssen, 2nd place, 2:07.97
500 free
Ryan Cooke, 1st place, 4:42.75
Matthew Stevens, 2nd place, 4:45.95
Santiago Ludwig, 3rd place, 4:46.37
100 fly
Matthew Mitros, 1st place 51.00
Michael Paulos, 2nd place, 51.10
1-meter dive
Ethan Godfrey, 3rd place, 300.75 points
400 IM
Matthew Janssen, 2nd place, 4:10.73
200 freestyle relays
Alec Kutsner,
James Collishaw,
Michael Paulos and
Matthew Mitros, 2nd place, 1:22.48
Divers will return to action next Saturday traveling to SUNY Geneseo for the Genaca Diving Invitational at 12:00 p.m. and the entire program will take part in the four-day Liberty League Championships beginning on Wednesday, February 21.
