Men's Swimming & Diving Place First at RPI Kumpf Invitational

TROY, N.Y. – The Ithaca College men’s swimming and diving team was back in action on Saturday afternoon as the Bombers competed in the Henry Kumpf Invitational against the host institution RPI as well as SUNY Cortland, Skidmore and Hobart. Ithaca ended up putting together an outstanding performance collecting 554 points on the day to take first-place.
 
The teams competed in mixed relays, the Ithaca 200-yard medley “A” relay squad of Samantha Bender, Sydney Koehler, Matthew Mitros and Spencer Alderson took second with a time of 1:43.64. That time set an Ithaca program record within the event. A program record would also be reset in the 200-yard mixed freestyle relay with Matthew Mitros, Spencer Carroll, Elke Beaumont and Spencer Alderson with a time of 1:33.52, which was also good for a second-place finish.
 
Individually, senior Matthew Stevens continued his strong season by topping the field in the 1000-yard freestyle. He crossed the finish line in 10:04.34, which was over two seconds faster than Samuel Ciegler from RPI. In the other distance event, Ryan Cooke would swim to a first-place finish in the 500-yard freestyle as he touched the final wall with a time of 4:46.72. Cooke also would win the 200-yard freestyle by less than a second over RPI’s Jason Weller with a time of 1:44.67.
 
In diving action, Kian Long came up with a second-place finish on the 3-meter boards with a finals score of 268.50 as he was just nipped in first by Hobart’s Daniel Barrientos who scored a 271.15. On the 1-meter boards, Long would also finish second, this time behind Kevin Kohlhoff (Cortland) with scores of 268.60 and 298.15, respectively.
 
Up next, the Bombers are back in action on Saturday, January 25 with the program celebrating Senior Day in a home dual against Gannon University with a 1 p.m. start time.
 
200-yard Mixed Medley Relay:
2. Samantha Bender, Sydney Koehler, Matthew Mitros and Spencer Alderson – 1:43.64
 
1000-yard freestyle:
1. Matthew Stevens – 10:04.34
4. James Kissel – 10:20.21
 
200-yard freestyle:
1. Ryan Cooke – 1:44.67
3. Esteban Baltodano – 1:47.88
4. Will Stanczewski – 1:48.42
 
50-yard freestyle:
3. Matthew Mitros – 21.89
5. Alec Kutsner – 22.44
 
100-yard IM:
5. Santiago Ludwig – 56.34
 
3-meter diving:
2. Kian Long – 268.50
3. Samuel Smith – 243.35
 
200-yard butterfly:
2. Santiago Ludwig – 1:58.08
3. James Moore – 1:59.17
 
100-yard freestyle:
2. Spencer Alderson – 48.01
4. Alec Kutsner – 48.81
 
200-yard backstroke:
2. Marshall Adams – 1:59.52
3. Evan Wardrop – 2:00.56
 
500-yard freestyle:
1. Ryan Cooke – 4:46.72
3. James Kissel – 4:59.07
 
1-meter diving:
2. Kian Long – 268.60
4. Samuel Smith – 223.80
 
200-yard breaststroke:
2. Matthew Janssen – 2:13.57
4. Will Stanczewski – 2:16.45
 
200-yard Mixed Freestyle Relay:
2. Matthew Mitros, Spencer Carroll, Elke Beaumont and Spencer Alderson – 1:33.52