NEW YORK, N.Y. – Senior Travis Burke (Massapequa) finished first and second in two diving events and junior Matt Blaszak (West Seneca/West Seneca East) turned in two top-five individual finishes as Cortland opened the season at the three-team NYU Invitational Men's Swimming and Diving Fall Invitational.

Stevens Institute of Technology finished first in the team scoring with 1,069 points, followed by NYU with 759.5 and Cortland with 420.5.

Burke posted a score of 300.30 points to win three-meter diving and scored 274.88 points for a second-place showing on the one-meter board. Blaszak finished fourth in the 200-yard freestyle (1:50.58) and fifth in the 100-yard freestyle (50.15).

Junior Ben Strickland (Stanfordville/HomeSchool) earned a fourth-place finish in the 100-yard backstroke (56.44). Junior Dan Maximowicz (Binghamton/Chenango Forks) placed fifth in the 50-yard freestyle (22.41) and junior Justin Nelson (Jamestown/Frewsburg) finished fifth in the 200-yard backstroke (2:05.08).

The team of senior Judd Simon (Oneida), Maximowicz, freshman Antrico Forbes (Brooklyn/Ralph R. McKee) and sophomore Luke Strothenke (New Paltz) was fourth in the 200-yard freestyle relay (1:29.76). Stricland, junior Dan MacQuarrie (Vestal), senior Dylan Scheemaker (Fairport) and Simon placed fourth in the 200-yard medley relay (1:40.91), while Strothenke, Blaszak, Simon and Maximowicz finished fourth in the 400-yard freestyle relay (3:21.13).

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