Men’s Swimming & Diving Dominates at RPI Kumpf Invitational, Claiming Top Spot!

TROY, N.Y. – The Ithaca College men’s swimming and diving squad returned to competition on Saturday afternoon, participating in the Henry Kumpf Invitational against the host team RPI, along with SUNY Cortland, Skidmore, and Hobart. Ithaca put forth an exceptional effort amassing 554 points to secure first place.
 
The teams engaged in mixed relays, with the Ithaca 200-yard medley “A” relay team comprising Samantha Bender, Sydney Koehler, Matthew Mitros, and Spencer Alderson finishing in second place with a time of 1:43.64. This time established a new Ithaca program record for the event. A program record was also broken in the 200-yard mixed freestyle relay, featuring Matthew Mitros, Spencer Carroll, Elke Beaumont, and Spencer Alderson with a finishing time of 1:33.52, which earned them a second-place result.
 
Individually, senior Matthew Stevens maintained his impressive season by winning the 1000-yard freestyle event. He finished in 10:04.34, which was over two seconds quicker than Samuel Ciegler from RPI. In the other distance race, Ryan Cooke claimed first place in the 500-yard freestyle, touching the wall with a time of 4:46.72. Cooke also triumphed in the 200-yard freestyle by less than a second over RPI’s Jason Weller, recording a time of 1:44.67.
 
In diving news, Kian Long secured a second-place position on the 3-meter boards with a final score of 268.50, narrowly missing first place to Hobart’s Daniel Barrientos, who scored 271.15. On the 1-meter boards, Long again finished in second place, this time behind Kevin Kohlhoff (Cortland) with scores of 268.60 and 298.15, respectively.
 
Next up, the Bombers will return to action on Saturday, January 25, celebrating Senior Day during a home dual meet against Gannon University, with the competition commencing at 1 p.m.
 
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