Men's Swimming & Diving | 1/28/2012 4:59:00 PM

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ROCHESTER, NY – The RIT men's swimming and diving team (4-4) was defeated by the University of Rochester (5-5) 173.5-119.5 on Saturday afternoon at the Judson Pool.  The Tigers had four individual winners and one relay victory.
 
Kevin Christiansen (Penfield, NY/Penfield) picked up RIT's first win of the meet in the 50-yard freestyle, completing the sprint in 21.43 seconds.  Cory Deacon (Scottsville, NY/Wheatland-Chili) was right behind, finishing in third with a time of 21.91 seconds.
 
Matt DePalo (Franklin, MA/Xaverian Brothers) won the 1-meter diving competition with a score of 232.95, while teammates JJ Bero IV (Canandaigua, NY/Marcus Whitman) and John Tellgren (Anoka, MN/Anoka) finished in second and third with 227.95 and 213.20 points respectively.
 
Julius Jeong (Salisbury, MD/Wicomico) took the victory in the 200-yard IM with a time of 2:11.28, while Matthew Partacz (Buffalo, NY/West Seneca) finished second in 2:13.08.
 
The 200-yard freestyle relay squad of Ryan Brannan (Rochester, NY/Greece Athena), Scott Farrell (Buffalo, NY/North Tonawanda), Deacon and Christiansen took the win with a time of 1:27.60.
 
RIT had several second place finishes as well.  The team of Kyle Wilson (Buffalo, NY/Canisius), Peter Coutts (Statsburg, NY/F.D. Roosevelt High School), Brannan and Christiansen took second in the 200-yard medley relay in 1:39.25.  Wilson also took second in the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 56.52.  Joe Meiman (Milford, NH/Milford) placed second in the 200-yard breaststroke at 2:23.17.

The Tigers return to action on Saturday, as they host Nazareth at 1 p.m.