Men's Swimming Finishes Fourth at Delhi Invitational, Women Place Fourteenth

Men's Swimming Finishes Fourth at Delhi Invitational, Women Place Fourteenth
Posted: Dec 06, 2010

DELHI, NY – The SUNYIT men's swimming team registered a total of 144 points and finished in fourth place out of 14 teams at the SUNY Delhi Fall Invitational this past Saturday, while the women's team placed fourteenth.

 

Freshman Jacob Ammons (Spencerport, NY/Spencerport) had a strong outing, finishing second out of 11 swimmers in the 1650 Freestyle with a time of 19:08.38, while finishing eighth out of 26 swimmers in the 100-yard Backstroke (1:07.78) and tenth out of 18 swimmers in the 100-yard Butterfly (1:07.00).  Freshman Chris Kassay (Lockport, NY/Starpoint) placed second out of 25 swimmers in the 200-yard Freestyle with a time of 1:59.31 and fifth out 45 swimmers in the 100-yard Freestyle with a time of 0:54.26, while fellow classmate Gavin Craddock (New Paltz, NY/New Paltz) finished third out of 28 participants in the 100-yard Breaststroke (1:08.84) and seventh out of 43 participants in the 50-yard Freestyle (0:24.17).  Rounding out the top individual finishers for SUNYIT was freshman Kory Parsons (Rome, NY/Holland Patent), who placed third out of 26 participants in the 100-yard Backstroke (1:06.13), and sophomore Bryan Rawlings (Baldwinsville, NY/C. W. Baker), who placed sixth out of 14 swimmers in 500-yard Freestyle (6:04.50) and seventh out of 28 swimmers in the 100-yard Breaststroke (1:13.14).

 

Junior Bridget McMahon (Avoca, NY/Alfred State) was the top Lady Wildcat swimmer, finishing 17th out of 22 participants in the 100-yard Backstroke with a time of 1:39.39 and 24th out of 39 participants in the 50-yard Freestyle with a time of 0:35.20.  Junior Katie Schlegal (Baldwinsville, NY/Morrisville) finished 11th out of 20 swimmers in the 200-yard Freestyle with a time of 2:36.09.

 

Suffolk County Community College won the men's event with a final score of 231, while Fashion Institute of Technology won the women's event with a score of 196.

 

The Wildcats are off until the New Year, when they close out their regular season at the Herkimer County Community College Invitational on Saturday, January 15.  The event is scheduled to begin at 1:00 pm.