BUFFALO, N.Y. – Cortland set a conference record in the 200-yard medley relay and senior Danny Salvatore (Clarence) broke the school record with a runner-up finish in the 100-yard breaststroke during the second day of competition at the State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) Swimming and Diving Championships at Erie Community College's Burt Flickinger Center.

Geneseo and Cortland are in a tight battle for the team title with one day remaining. Geneseo, which has won the last 13 SUNYAC titles, leads with 479 points. The Red Dragons are second with 470 points, followed by Oneonta with 286 and New Paltz with 248. Nine teams are competing.

The quartet of junior Ben Strickland (Stanfordville/HomeSchool), Salvatore, senior Dylan Scheemaker (Fairport) and junior Dan Maximowicz (Binghamton/Chenango Forks) won the 200-yard medley relay in 1:33.98 to establish new conference, meet and school records. Former Red Dragons Matt Young, Brett Poffenbarger, Drew Hilker and Dan Evans held those records with their time of 1:34.13 in 2009.

Salvatore finished second in the 100-yard breaststroke in 57.86 seconds. His preliminary time of 57.72 seconds is a new school record, eclipsing Brett Humphreys' performance of 57.89 seconds in 2006. Junior Matt Blaszak (West Seneca/West Seneca East) and sophomore Matt Distler (Glens Falls) finished second and third, respectively, in the 200-yard freestyle. Blaszak was clocked at 1:44.44 and Distler at 1:45.51.

All individual champions at the meet earn first-team All-SUNYAC honors. Second-place and third-place individual finishers are awarded second-team all-league status.

The 800-yard freestyle relay team of Blaszak, freshman Alex Spatzer (Kenmore/Kenmore West), senior Judd Simon (Oneida) and Distler finished third in 7:03.05.

Strickland was fourth in the 100-yard butterfly in 52.25 seconds (51.71 in prelims) and fifth in the 100-yard backstroke in 52.99 seconds (52.84 in prelims). Simon placed fifth in the 400-yard individual medley in 4:16.42 (4:15.92 in prelims) and Scheemaker finished fifth in the 100-yard butterfly in 52.64 seconds (52.37 in prelims).

Freshman Mike Sutz (Orchard Park) earned a sixth-place finish in the 400-yard individual medley (4:18.37) and senior Dan Drew (Farmington/Victor) was sixth in the 100-yard backstroke (53.04). Spatzer finished seventh in the 200-yard freestyle (1:47.57, 1:47.06 in prelims).

Junior Justin Nelson (Jamestown/Frewsburg) won the “B” final and finished ninth overall with his time of 53.56 seconds in the 100-yard backstroke. Sophomore Luke Strothenke (New Paltz) won the “B final in the 200-yard freestyle in 1:46.76.

Drew also placed 11th in the 400-yard individual medley (4:23.38). Junior Dan MacQuarrie (Vestal), sophomore Gregory MacDonald (Monroe Township, NJ/St. Joseph's) and freshman Antrico Forbes (Brooklyn/Ralph R. McKee) each scored points in two events. MacQuarrie finished 11th in both the 100-yard breaststroke (1:00.97) and 100-yard butterfly (53.81). MacDonald was 13th in the 100-yard butterfly (54.41) and 15th in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:02.33), while Forbes placed 14th in the 100-yard butterfly (54.74) and 15th in the 100-yard backstroke (55.51, 55.05 in prelims). Also, senior Mike Sorrentino (Glens Falls) finished 14th in the 400-yard individual medley (4:24.57).

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2012 SUNYAC Men's Swimming and Diving Championships

STANDINGS AFTER DAY 2

1) Geneseo – 479
2) Cortland – 470
3) Oneonta - 286
4) New Paltz - 248
5) Fredonia - 245
6) Oswego – 217
7) Potsdam - 163
8) Buffalo St. - 156
9) Brockport - 144