BUFFALO, N.Y. – Cortland set a conference record in the 200-yard medley relay and established school and meet records in the 800-yard freestyle relay during the second full day of competition at the 2015 SUNYAC Men's Swimming and Diving Championships. The event will conclude Saturday at Erie Community College's Burt Flickinger Center.

Cortland maintained its second-place team standing with 380 points, 99 ahead of third-place Oneonta. Geneseo holds the lead with 536 points.

The 200-yard medley relay of sophomore Dylan Burns (Cornwall), junior Jack Jakubek (Monroe/Monroe-Woodbury), senior Brandon McManus (Pittsford/Pittsford Mendon) and senior Mark Hanifin (Fort Plain) initially broke the SUNYAC record in prelims with a 1:32.36, then bettered that mark with its winning time of 1:31.81. The previous league and meet record was 1:33.05 by Geneseo in 2013, and the previous school record was 1:33.27 by Judd Simon, Ben Strickland, McManus and Dan Maximowicz, also in 2013.

The 800-yard freestyle relay unit of senior Alex Spatzer (Buffalo/Kenmore West), Hanifin, senior Luke Strothenke (New Paltz) and junior Reeve Callen (Oswego) won the league crown with a time of 6:52.50. The previous meet record was 6:53.75 by Geneseo in 2009 and the previous school record was 6:55.77 by Simon, Hanifin, Andrew Cremer and Callen in 2013.

Callen captured the SUNYAC title in the 200-yard freestyle in a school-record time of 1:41.07, missing the NCAA "B" cut time by just three hundredths of a second. The previous school record was 1:41.29 by Dan Evans in 2009.

Jakubek hit an NCAA "B" cut with his prelim time of 56.85 seconds in the 100-yard breaststroke. He finished second in the finals in 57.30 seconds.

Burns finished third in the 100-yard backstroke in 51.51 seconds. He narrowly missed his own school record of 51.38 seconds, which he set during the leadoff leg of Thursday's 400-yard medley relay. Hanifin finished third in the 200-yard freestyle in 1:42.23 (1:42.11 in prelims) and freshman Brendin Thompson (Pine Bush) was third in the 100-yard breaststroke in 58.26 (57.84 in prelims).

McManus posted a seventh-place finish in the 400-yard individual medley in 4:21.31 (4:21.27 in prelims). Five other Red Dragons scored points after qualifying for "B" finals. Spatzer was 10th in the 100-yard butterfly (53.13), Strothenke finished 10th in the 100-yard backstroke (54.37), junior Nick Dischiavo (New Hartford) was 13th in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:01.80), freshman Brian Cremer (Blue Point/Bayport-Blue Point) placed 14th in the 200-yard freestyle (1:50.19; 1:49.95 in prelims), and freshman Luke Rutigliano (Haworth, NJ/Northern Valley Demarest) finished 14th in the 100-yard backstroke (56.22).

Live Results Page


2015 SUNYAC Men's Swimming and Diving Championships

STANDINGS AFTER DAY 2  (Feb. 20)

1) Geneseo – 536
2) Cortland – 380
3) Oneonta – 281
4) New Paltz – 264
5) Oswego – 186
6) Fredonia – 162
7) Buffalo St. – 143
8) Brockport – 139
9) Potsdam - 135