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Cortland Men Win at Fredonia, 179-117, to Complete Regular-Season Schedule

Zach Healy won the 50-yard and 100-yard freestyle races and swam a leg on the winning 200-yard freestyle relay team
FREDONIA, N.Y. - Zach Healy (Orchard Park), Dylan Cornelia (Deer Park) and Nick Galeto (West Islip) each won two events to lead the Cortland men's swimming and diving team past host Fredonia, 179-117, in dual action to conclude the 2017-18 regular season.

Healy won the 50-yard freestyle in 23.11 seconds and the 100-yard freestyle in 49.81 seconds. Cornelia touched the wall first in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:03.18) and 200-yard breaststroke (2:21.51), and Galeto won the 100-yard backstroke (54.28) and 200-yard backstroke (2:02.03).

Billy Donlevy (Bayside/Holy Cross) won the 400-yard individual medley (4:28.94) and finished second in the 100-yard butterfly (54.39). Cortland also won both relays at the meet. Galeto, Cornelia, Donlevy and Eric Kohlhoff (West Islip) captured the 200-yard medley relay (1:41.25), and Tim Rokos (Duanesburg), Healy, Kohlhoff and Bailey Eigbrett (Avon) won the 200-yard freestyle relay (1:30.17).

Anthony McGorisk (East Hampton) lost two close battles with Healy in the freestyle sprints. He was second by just one hundredth of a second in the 50-yard freestyle (23.12), and lost by 0.24 seconds in the 100-yard freestyle (50.05). Kohlhoff finished third in the 100 free (50.99) to complete a sweep of the top three spots in that race.

Three Red Dragons picked up a pair of runner-up finishes each. Rokos was second in the 200-yard freestyle (1:48.95) and 200-yard breaststroke (2:24.67), Ian Killane (Clifton Park/Shenendehowa) placed second in both 1-meter diving (255.45 points) and 3-meter diving (248.10 points), and Brady Stein (Portville) was second in the 1,000-yard freestyle (10:40.36) and 500-yard freestyle (5:09.46), the latter as an exhibition entry.

Cortland took the top three spots in the 400-yard IM as Donlevy was followed by Jason Boyko (Poughkeepsie/Our Lady of Lourdes) (4:33.33) and Noah Farmer (New Hartford) (4:35.16). The Red Dragons also swept the 200-yard backstroke Farmer (2:08.46) and Alex Fisher (Smithtown/Hauppauge) (2:09.31) finished second and third behind Galeto.

Also for Cortland, Thomas Ryan (Long Beach) was second in the 100-yard backstroke (55.47), John Eforo (Scarsdale) placed second in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:06.18), and Adam Kirchgessner (West Irondequoit) finished second in the 200-yard butterfly (2:06.30).

Cortland will compete at the SUNYAC Championships at Erie Community in Buffalo Feb. 21-24. Men's diving (3-meter), along with the finals of the men's and women's 800-yard freestyle relay, starts on the 21st, with the full competition starting on the 22nd.

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