ONEONTA, N.Y. – Oneonta barely edged Cortland for second place in the 200-yard freestyle relay, the meet's final event, and the hosts held on for a 122-121 dual-meet victory over the visiting Red Dragons.

Oneonta entered the relay leading 118-108, leaving Cortland a chance to win the meet if it could earn both the 11 points for first place and four points for second place (third place in a relay earns two points). Cortland won the race in an Oneonta pool record time of 1:30.90 behind senior Dylan Scheemaker (Fairport), junior Greg Griffin (Dallas, TX/J.F. Kimball), sophomore Luke Strothenke (New Paltz) and sophomore Matt Latorre (Bethlehem). Cortland almost pulled out the team victory, but its other relay unit finished just 11 hundredths of a second behind Oneonta's top entry.

Cortland (1-3) earned five individual victories. Junior Dan Maximowicz (Binghamton/Chenango Forks) won the 50-yard freestyle (22.22), senior Judd Simon (Oneida) won the 100-yard freestyle (50.38) and sophomore Matt Distler (Glens Falls) captured the 500-yard freestyle (5:06.12). Senior Danny Salvatore (Clarence) won the 100-yard breaststroke (1:03.10) and senior Travis Burke (Massapequa) captured top honors in one-meter diving (246.85 pts.).

The Red Dragons also posted numerous runner-up finishes, including Simon in the 200-yard freestyle (1:52.34), Distler in the 200-yard individual medley (2:07.03), Scheemaker in the 100-yard butterfly (55.72), Maximowicz in the 100-yard freestyle (50.74) and Burke in three-meter diving (154.00 pts.).

Also, junior Justin Nelson (Jamestown/Frewsburg) was second in the 100-yard backstroke (55.14), junior Ben Strickland (Stanfordville/HomeSchool) placed second in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:03.74), and Strothenke and sophomore Gregory MacDonald (Monroe Township, NJ/St. Joseph's) tied for second in the 50-yard freestyle (23.60). Senior Dan Drew (Farmington/Victor), Simon, Scheemaker and Maximowicz opened the meet with a second-place time of 1:42.05 in the 200-yard medley relay.

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