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Men's swimming and diving wraps up regular season with win at Hamilton

Tigers to compete at Liberty League Championships in three weeks

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Kelsie Redburn

Men's Swimming & Diving | 1/28/2018 7:06:00 PM

CLINTON, NY -- The RIT (5-4) men's swimming and diving team won its final dual meet of the 2017-18 regular season season with a 191-107 victory at Hamilton College on Sunday afternoon. The meet was originally scheduled for Jan. 13, but was rescheduled due to inclement weather.

RIT swept both relays on Sunday with the team of Nicholas Genovese (Lincoln, MA/Lincoln-Sudbury), John Stelmack (Toccoa, GA/Stephens County), Eric Moss (Irvington, NY/Irvington) and Ryan Facchine (Fairview, PA/Fairview) winning the 200-yard medley relay in a time of 1:40.0. Genovese, Tyler Allen (Newark, NY/Newark), Jason Cook (Henrietta, NY/Rush-Henrietta) and Facchine won the 200-yard freestyle relay in a time of 1:29.03.

Moss was a winner in the 200-yard freestyle (1:48.56) and the 500-yard freestyle (4:59.48). Stelmack took home wins in a pair of breaststroke events. He won the 100-yard breaststroke in a time of 1:02.06, and the 200-yard breaststroke in a time of 2:18.27.

Other winners included Joe Wang (Framingham, MA/Framingham) in the 1,000-yard freestyle (10:23.74), Zack Ward in the 50-yard freestyle (22.67) and Facchine in the 100-yard freestyle (50.19).

Ben Hamilton (Addison, NY/Addison) was the winner in the 3-meter diving competition (249.30) and Alex Dieroff (Syracuse, NY/Jamesville-Dewitt) won the 1-meter event (243.20).

RIT is off until Wednesday, Feb. 21 when the Tigers begin competition at the 2018 Liberty League Championship hosted by Ithaca College.

Players Mentioned

Tyler Allen

Tyler Allen

Sprints
6' 2"
Sophomore
Jason Cook

Jason Cook

Freestyle
5' 7"
Senior
Alex Dieroff

Alex Dieroff

Diving
5' 10"
Junior
Nicholas Genovese

Nicholas Genovese

Backstroke
6' 0"
Sophomore
Ben Hamilton

Ben Hamilton

Diving
5' 7"
Senior
John Stelmack

John Stelmack

Breaststroke/Individual Medley
5' 10"
Senior
Joe  Wang

Joe Wang

Butterfly/Freestyle
5' 8"
Junior
Eric Moss

Eric Moss

Freestyle
5' 11"
First Year
Ryan  Facchine

Ryan Facchine

Sprint Freestyle
6' 0"
Senior

Players Mentioned

Tyler Allen

Tyler Allen

6' 2"
Sophomore
Sprints
Jason Cook

Jason Cook

5' 7"
Senior
Freestyle
Alex Dieroff

Alex Dieroff

5' 10"
Junior
Diving
Nicholas Genovese

Nicholas Genovese

6' 0"
Sophomore
Backstroke
Ben Hamilton

Ben Hamilton

5' 7"
Senior
Diving
John Stelmack

John Stelmack

5' 10"
Senior
Breaststroke/Individual Medley
Joe  Wang

Joe Wang

5' 8"
Junior
Butterfly/Freestyle
Eric Moss

Eric Moss

5' 11"
First Year
Freestyle
Ryan  Facchine

Ryan Facchine

6' 0"
Senior
Sprint Freestyle