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Red Dragons Set School Dual-Meet Victory Record With Three Wins at Fredonia

Dylan Scheemaker swam legs on Cortland's winning 200-yard medley relay team and runner-up 200-yard freestyle relay squad
FREDONIA, N.Y. – Senior Matt Young (Schoharie) won two races and led off a winnng relay team as Cortland posted three dual wins in a meet with Hartwick, Oneonta and host Fredonia.

The meet was conducted in an invitational style but was scored as separate duals between the schools. Cortland defeated Fredonia (154-89), Hartwick (129-114) and Oneonta (172-71) and finishes the dual season with a 15-2 record. The 15 dual wins are a new school record, eclipsing the mark of 14 wins set during a 14-0 season by the 1997-98 squad.

Young won the 50-yard freestyle in 22.06 seconds and the 100-yard freestyle in 49.32 seconds. He also swam an opening backstroke leg in 25.97 seconds in Cortland's winning 200-yard medley relay. Sophomore Daniel Salvatore (Clarence), sophomore Dylan Scheemaker (Fairport) and senior Dan Evans (Hamburg) swam the other legs of the relay, which finished in 1:40.14.

Evans placed second in the 200-yard freestyle (1:46.33) and senior Jeff Moessinger (Elma/Iroquois) was second in the 200-yard butterfly (2:02.99). Sophomore Dan Drew (Farmington/Victor) was second in the 200-yard backstroke (2:02.75) and freshman Justin Nelson (Jamestown/Frewsburg) finished second in the 500-yard freestyle (5:03.46). In addition, the combination of freshman Dan Carr (Stillwater, NJ/Kittatinny Regional), junior Luis Welch (Avon), senior Caleb VanSickle (Stanley/Marcus Whitman) and Scheemaker finished second in the 200-yard freestyle relay (1:33.16).

Cortland also earned third-place finishes in four individual events and one relay. Junior James McCabe (North Massapequa/Farmingdale) was third in both the 50-yard freestyle (22.58) and 100-yard freestyle (50.66). Nelson was third in the 200-yard backstroke (2:02.93), VanSickle finished third in the 1,000-yard freestyle (10:26.33) and the quartet of Drew, freshman Sean Iles (Theresa/Indian River), Moessinger and freshman Dan Maximowicz (Binghamton/Chenango Forks) was third in the 200-yard medley relay (1:42.40).

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