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Rebecca Villagracia

Men's Swimming & Diving

No. 13 Men's Swimming and Diving wins Don Richards Invitational

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – The RIT men's swimming and diving team won the team competition with 1,480 points at the Don Richards Invitational at Judson Pool this weekend.

The Tigers won all four events on Saturday. Ten pool records were broken between Friday and Saturday's events, including five broken by senior Drew Scheib, while sophomore Ben Sippel, senior Mike Atanasoff, junior Alex Pecze all set records in one event each. The 200 freestyle relay team and the 200 medley relay team also broke pool records this weekend.

TOP RIT FINISHERS
200 Freestyle Relay
1. Mike Atanasoff, Max Bennett, Jake Sapp, Drew Scheib – 1:21.76

500 Freestyle
2. Theo Heilman – 4:45.87

200 IM
1. Drew Scheib – 1:52.20

50 Freestyle
1. Mike Atanasoff – 20.51

400 Medley Relay
1. Drew Scheib, Ben Sippel, Mike Atanasoff, Jake Sapp – 3:21.60

3-Meter Dive
2. Neko Ferrara – 500.45

200 Medley Relay
1. Drew Scheib, Ben Sippel, Jake Sapp, Mike Atanasoff – 1:31.13 – POOL RECORD

400 IM
2. Edrick Nguyen – 4:17.89

100 Butterfly
1. Drew Scheib – 48.93 – POOL RECORD

200 Freestyle
1. Kai Louie – 1:42.16

100 Breaststroke
1. Ben Sippel – 56.25 – POOL RECORD
 
100 Backstroke
1. Jake Sapp – 51.37

1650 Freestyle
2. Theo Heilman – 16:44.01

1-Meter Dive
1. Gellert Kish – 533.85

200 Backstroke
1. Alex Pecze – 1:51.26 – POOL RECORD

100 Freestyle
1. Jake Sapp – 45.99

200 Breaststroke
1. Ben Sippel – 2:05.86

200 Butterfly
1. Drew Scheib – 1:50.33 – POOL RECORD

400 Freestyle Relay
1. Drew Scheib, Eric Noga, Kai Louie, Jake Sapp – 3:03.70
 
The Tigers now go on holiday break before returning to the pool Jan. 13 at Hamilton.
 
 
 
 

Players Mentioned

Mike Atanasoff

Mike Atanasoff

FREE/FLY
5' 10"
Junior
Max Bennett

Max Bennett

FREE
5' 11"
Senior
Neko Ferrara

Neko Ferrara

DIVE
5' 3"
Junior
Theo Heilman

Theo Heilman

FREE
6' 0"
Graduate Student
Gellert Kish

Gellert Kish

DIVE
5' 7"
Sophomore
Kai Louie

Kai Louie

FREE/FLY
5' 8"
Junior
Edrick Nguyen

Edrick Nguyen

FLY/IM
5' 9"
Sophomore
Alex Pecze

Alex Pecze

FREE/BK
5' 11"
Junior
Jake Sapp

Jake Sapp

FREE/FLY
6' 6"
Sophomore
Drew Scheib

Drew Scheib

FLY/FREE/BK
5' 8"
Junior

Players Mentioned

Mike Atanasoff

Mike Atanasoff

5' 10"
Junior
FREE/FLY
Max Bennett

Max Bennett

5' 11"
Senior
FREE
Neko Ferrara

Neko Ferrara

5' 3"
Junior
DIVE
Theo Heilman

Theo Heilman

6' 0"
Graduate Student
FREE
Gellert Kish

Gellert Kish

5' 7"
Sophomore
DIVE
Kai Louie

Kai Louie

5' 8"
Junior
FREE/FLY
Edrick Nguyen

Edrick Nguyen

5' 9"
Sophomore
FLY/IM
Alex Pecze

Alex Pecze

5' 11"
Junior
FREE/BK
Jake Sapp

Jake Sapp

6' 6"
Sophomore
FREE/FLY
Drew Scheib

Drew Scheib

5' 8"
Junior
FLY/FREE/BK