UTICA, NY – The SUNYIT men's swimming team finished with a total of 507 points to take first place at the second annual Wildcat Invitational, which was held at the Campus Center Pool Saturday.  The women's team finished third with a total of 80 points.

The men's team won 11 of 14 events on the day to take home first place.  Leading the way was freshman Jacob Ammons (Spencerport, NY/Spencerport), who took first place in all four events that he participated in, including the 1650-yard freestyle, the 200-yard backstroke, the 500-yard freestyle and the 400-yard freestyle relay.  His final time of 18:59.53 in the 1650 free was a school record, and his time of 3:41.89 with the team of freshmen Kory Parsons (Rome, NY/Holland Patent), Gavin Craddock (New Paltz, NY/Holland Patent) and Chris Kassay (Lockport, NY/Starpoint) set the school record for the 400 freestyle relay.  The team of Craddock, Rawlings, Parsons and Kassay also took first place in the 200-yard Medley with a time of 1:55.80.

Individually, Kassay took first place in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 2:01.57 and the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 0:55.09, while Craddock won the 50-yard freestyle with a final time of 0:24.58.

On the women's side, junior Katie Schlagel (Baldwinsville, NY/Morrisville) finished first in the 200-yard freestyle, the 100-yard freestyle and the 100-yard butterfly, while setting the school record in the last mentioned competition with a time of 1:31.10.

Sophomore Shannon Tipton from the College of Saint Elizabeth set the pool record in the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 1:17.38 and won three events on the day to help her school win the meet with 391 points.  Bard College @ Simon's Rock came in second with 346 points, followed by SUNYIT.

The Wildcats will be back in action this Friday when they host NEAC rival Wells College at 6:00 pm.  The event will also mark the team's "Black Out" Day.