ROCHESTER, N.Y. – The Ithaca College men's swimming & diving team was back in action for the first time in 2025 with the Bombers on the road against No. 20 RIT and Hamilton College in a tri-meet at RIT's Judson Pool on Saturday afternoon. The Bombers defeated Hamilton, 166-132 and it was a tight battle with RIT as the Tigers came out on top, 183-117.
Sophomore
Alec Kutsner captured first place in the 100-yard backstroke (53.53 seconds) and he would also swim the opening leg of the Bombers 200-yard medley relay team that was third with a recorded time of 1:36.69.
Ryan Cooke was the other winner for the Bombers as he topped the field in the 500-yard freestyle. He touched the final wall with a recorded time of 4:46.01 as he had a solid all-around meet also finishing second in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1:43.69, which was over a second slower than Hamilton's Nathaniel Taft (1:42.53).
Matthew Janssen finished second in the 200-yard individual medley with a time of 2:01.58.
In diving action,
Ethan Godfrey won the 3-meter with a finals score of 295.15, which bested RIT's Luke Albanese. Godfrey would finish in second place in the 1-meter competition behind Albanese with a score of 286.90 compared to 323.00.
Ithaca College will compete at the Henry Kumpf Invitational on the campus of RPI on Saturday, January 18 at 12 p.m.
200-yard medley relay:
3.
Alec Kutsner,
Will Stanczewski,
Matthew Mitros and
Spencer Alderson – 1:36.69
1000-yard freestyle:
3.
Matthew Stevens – 10:13.09
200-yard freestyle:
2.
Ryan Cooke – 1:43.69
100-yard backstroke:
1.
Alec Kutsner – 53.53
4.
Marshall Adams – 55.69
100-yard breaststroke:
6.
Will Stanczewski – 1:00.86
200-yard butterfly:
4.
Santiago Ludwig – 2:01.21
50-yard freestyle:
3.
Matthew Mitros- 21.74
3-meter diving:
1.
Ethan Godfrey – 295.15
3.
Kian Long – 270.45
100-yard freestyle:
6.
Spencer Alderson – 49.51
200-yard backstroke:
2.
Marshall Adams – 1:59.50
4.
Alec Kutsner – 2:00.17
200-yard breaststroke:
3.
Matthew Janssen – 2:14.54
500-yard freestyle:
1.
Ryan Cooke – 4:46.01
4.
Matthew Stevens – 4:56.89
100-yard butterfly:
6.
Santiago Ludwig – 54.45
1-meter diving:
2.
Ethan Godfrey – 286.90
3.
Kian Long – 282.15
200-yard IM:
2.
Matthew Janssen- 2:01.58
200-yard Freestyle Relay:
3.
Spencer Alderson,
Alec Kutsner,
Ryan Cooke and
Matthew Mitros – 1:26.95
