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Red Dragons Set 400 Medley Relay School Record at Day 1 of SUNYAC Championships

Jack Jakubek swam the breaststroke leg of Cortland's school record-setting 400-yard medley relay
BUFFALO, N.Y. – The 400-yard medley relay team of freshman Dylan Burns (Cornwall), sophomore Jack Jakubek (Monroe/Monroe-Woodbury), sophomore Mathew Hasbrouck (New Paltz) and sophomore Reeve Callen (Oswego) set a school record with its second-place time of 3:26.57 during the first complete day of competition at the 2014 State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) Men's Swimming and Diving Championships.

Cortland is in the third place in the team standings. Geneseo leads with 226 points, followed by Fredonia (195), Cortland (143), Oneonta (127) and Oswego (102) in the top five of the nine-team field. The competition continues on Friday and Saturday at the Burt Flickinger Center at Erie Community College.

The 400-yard medley relay team broke the school record of 3:28.43 set by Ben Strickland, Dan MacQuarrie, Hasbrouck and Callen last year. Geneseo won the race in 3:25.77, eight tenths of a second ahead of the Red Dragons. Burns swam the opening backstroke 100 yards in 53.46 seconds. Jakubek recorded a time of 56.29 seconds in the breaststroke, followed by Hasbrouck's time of 51.45 seconds in the butterfly and Callen's 45.37 seconds in the freestyle.

Senior Mark Hanifin (Fort Plain) finished second in the 500-yard freestyle in 4:41.86. 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 200-yard freestyle relay team of freshman Adam Opsahl (East Lyme, CT), Callen, Burns and Hanifin finished third in 1:25.47. Callen was fifth in the 500-yard freestyle (4:43.78, 4:40.35 in prelims), Opsahl placed sixth in the 200-yard individual medley (1:59.25, 1:58.54 in prelims), and Hasbrouck was seventh in the 200-yard individual medley (2:00.60, 1:58.64 in prelims).

Other scorers for Cortland during the first day included: Burns in 10th place in the 50-yard freestyle (21.66); sophomore Lee Wade (Holtsville/Sachem East) in 11th place in 1-meter diving (392.75 points); junior Alex Spatzer (Buffalo/Kenmore West) in 13th place in the 500-yard freestyle (4:54.55); and Jakubek in 13th place in the 200-yard individual medley (1:59.56).

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2014 SUNYAC Men's Swimming and Diving Championships

STANDINGS AFTER DAY 1  (Feb. 20)

1) Geneseo – 226
2) Fredonia – 195
3) Cortland – 143
4) Oneonta – 127
5) Oswego – 102
6) Potsdam – 94
7) New Paltz – 90
8) Brockport – 88
9) Buffalo St. – 45
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