Men's Swimming & Diving | 12/5/2014 8:59:00 PM
Complete Team Scores ---- Complete Results
ROCHESTER, NY -- The RIT men's swimming and diving team placed third out of nine teams at the 2014 Liberty League Swimming and Diving Championships hosted by the University of Rochester on Dec. 5-6. The Tigers finished with a team score of 907.5 points, while host Rochester was victorious with 1,926 team points, besting Rensselaer by 171. Senior diver
John Tellgren (Anoka, MN/Anoka), who finished second on both the 1-meter and 3-meter boards, was named Male Diver of the Year.
Tellgren posted a score of 480.70 in the 1-meter event, placing second, and had a score of 495.10 in the 3-meter board, placing second. He was second to Sam Hoyt of Union in the 1-meter, five points back, while RIT teammate
Matt DePalo (Franklin, MA/Xaverian Brothers) was third with a score of 475.85. All three broke the previous University of Rochester pool mark. In the 3-meter, Tellgren was second to Rensselaer's Miguel Hummel who won with a score of 513.70. DePalo was fourth in that event with a score of 463.65.
RIT opened the competition on Friday with a fifth place finish in the 200-yard individual medley. The team of
Steven Paine (York, PA/Dallastown Area),
Ryan Leeson (Elma, NY/Iroquois),
Ryan Facchine (Fairview, PA/Fairview) and
Derek Brown (Canisteo, NY/Canisteo-Greenwood) came home in a time of 1:28.69, earning 50 points for the Tigers.
Facchine and Brown were fifth and seventh, respectively in the 50-yard freestyle. Facchine came home fifth in a time of 21.98, while Brown was seventh in a time of 22.13. The team of Paine, Matt Butler,
Justin Morris (Holliston, MA/Advanced Math and Science Academy Charter School) and Facchine placed seventh in the 400-yard medley relay, finishing in a time of 3:40.77.
Matt Berus (East Amherst, NY/Williamsville North) placed eighth in the 500-yard freestyle, finishing in a time of 5:02.71.
Austin Hayes (Aurora, OH/Aurora) was 14th (5:05.54),
John O'Gorman (Yarmouth, ME/Yarmouth) placed 17th (5:09.74), Paine was 18th (5:11.13) and Sam Shpuntoff finished 21st in the event with a time of 5:18.24. The five men earned 55 points for RIT.
Saturday began with a fifth place finish for the Tigers in the 200-yard meldey relay. The team of Paine, Butler, Morris and Facchine came home in a time of 1:40.50, earning the Tigers 50 points.
John Stelmack (Toccoa, GA/Stephens County) was seventh in the 400-yard individual medley, finishing in a time of 4:25.85. Morris was 14th in the same event, coming home in a time of 4:36.04.
Morris was one of five Tigers to pick up points in the 200-yard freestyle, placing ninth in a time of 1:50.33. Paine and Hayes finished in a tie for 13th (1:52.01), Sam Shpuntoff was 16th (1:52.71 and Facchine was 19th (1:53.28). Matt Butler was fifth in the 100-yard breaststroke finishing in a time of 1:01.40.
Hayes and Shpuntoff were seventh and 10th, respectively, in the 1,650-yard freestyle. Hayes finished in a time of 18:08.19, while Shpuntoff finishied in a time of 18:20.85.
Stelmack was eighth in the 200-yard breaststroke finishing in a time of 2:18.08. Morris was seventh in the 200-yard butterfly finishing in a time of 2:05.08. The Tigers wrapped up the day with a fifth place finish in the 400-yard freestyle realy. The team of Paine, Brown, Facchine and Morris came home in a time of 3:20.12.
The Tigers defeated Liberty League rival Union for the first time in program history this weekend.
RIT is off until Jan. 10, 2015 when the Tigers face SUNY Geneseo at 1 p.m. in Geneseo, N.Y.
