Ben Bruning-Smith (shown swimming the butterfly last season) won the 200-yard freestyle at Fredonia
FREDONIA, N.Y. and ALFRED, N.Y. - The Cortland men's swimming and diving team wrapped up its regular-season schedule with a 94-42 dual meet victory at Fredonia on Saturday, and the Red Dragons' divers competed Saturday at the Alfred University Diving Invitational.
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Cortland won nine individual races and both relays at Fredonia, with some of the wins officially exhibitions due to the team score.
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Ayden Baxter (Marlboro) won the 1,000-yard freestyle (10:27.27),
Ben Bruning-Smith (Lockport/Starpoint) won the 200-yard freestyle (1:54.54) and
Dylan Anselment (Glens Falls) took top honors in the 50-yard freestyle (21.99).
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Jack Pagel (Cortlandt Manor/Walter Panas) took top honors in the 200-yard IM (2:11.31),
Nick Dambra (Brockport) touched the wall first in the 100-yard butterfly (56.02) and
Dylan Monaco (Lynbrook) was the 100-yard freestyle winner (50.40). As exhibition entries,
Dom Fratto (Waterloo/Geneva) won the 100-yard backstroke (54.05),
Lucas Gannon (Schenectady/Mohonasen) was victorious in the 500-yard freestyle (5:10.37) and
Kellen Dickman (Montgomery/Valley Central) won the 100-yard breaststroke (59.11).
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Cortland opened the day with a win by Fratto,
Zack Kreiley (Dansville), Pagel and
Peter Brelesky (Monroe-Monroe-Woodbury) in the 200-yard medley relay (1:45.10). As an exhibition, the 200-yard freestyle relay of
Sean Zupko (Montgomery/Valley Central),
Michael Tomasino (Lake Grove/Sachem North), Monaco and
Hunter Sugrue-Neuendorf (Valley Cottage/Nyack) finished first in 1:33.05.
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At Alfred,
Calvin Eggleston (Antwerp/Indian River), returning from a two and a half month hiatus due to injury, won the 1-meter event with a score of 427.75 points. It's his first time this season meeting the NCAA regional qualifying standard; he'll need to do that a second time to qualify for regionals.
Alex Hilldale (Binghamton/Chenango Valley) finished second on both the 1-meter (417.90 points) and 3-meter (361.15 points) boards.
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Cortland will compete in a combined championship with schools from the SUNYAC and the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference Feb. 19-22 at the Flickinger Center at Erie Community College in Buffalo. The conferences are holding a joint championship meet for the first time this season.