BUFFALO, N.Y. – Cortland's 400-yard freestyle relay team established a new conference record to close the final day of competition at the 2015 SUNYAC Men's Swimming and Diving Championships. The Red Dragons finished second of nine schools in the final team standings and have placed second or higher in the league nine of the last 10 years, while head coach Brian Tobin was named the SUNYAC Men's Swimming and Diving Coach of the Year for the fourth time.
 
Geneseo repeated as league champion with 881 points. Cortland finished with 520 points, followed by Oneonta with 418. New Paltz (395), Fredonia (388), Oswego (320), Brockport (224), Buffalo St. (215) and Potsdam (197) rounded out the field.
 
The 400-yard freestyle relay unit of sophomore Dylan Burns (Cornwall), junior Reeve Callen (Oswego), senior Mark Hanifin (Fort Plain) and senior Luke Strothenke (New Paltz) won in a time of 3:05.80. The previous SUNYAC and meet record was 3:06.14 by Geneseo last year, and the prior school record was 3:06.24 by Mark Schoenherr, Ben Strickland, Dan Maximowicz and Judd Simon in 2013.
 
Callen finished second in the 100-yard freestyle in 46.27 seconds. Hanifin placed third in the 100-yard freestyle (46.39) and junior Jack Jakubek (Monroe/Monroe-Woodbury) finished third in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:08.41, 2:07.29 in prelims). 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.
 
Freshman Brendin Thompson (Pine Bush) finished fifth in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:12.11; 2:11.63 in prelims). Senior Alex Spatzer (Buffalo/Kenmore West) was seventh in the 200-yard butterfly (1:58.85; 1:58.14 in prelims), while Strothenke finished eighth in the 100-yard freestyle (48.67; 47.53 in prelims).
 
Cortland's other scorers during the final day included: Burns 11th in the 100-yard freestyle (47.88); freshman Luke Rutigliano (Haworth, NJ/Northern Valley Demarest) 13th in the 200-yard backstroke (2:03.60); and junior Nick Dischiavo (New Hartford) 13th in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:19.02).
 
COMPLETE RESULTS (All Days)
 
2015 SUNYAC MEN'S SWIMMING AND DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS
 
FINAL STANDINGS
 
1) Geneseo – 881
2) Cortland – 520
3) Oneonta – 418
4) New Paltz – 395
5) Fredonia – 388
6) Oswego – 320
7) Brockport – 224
8) Buffalo St. – 215
9) Potsdam - 197