ITHACA, NY -- The RIT Men's Swimming & Diving Team won its second straight Liberty League Championship on Saturday in Ithaca. The Tigers scored 1782.5 points to hold off the host Bombers, who scored 1538.5 points. 

Team Scores (Final scores):
1. RIT 1782.5
2. Ithaca 1538.5
3. RPI 1369
4. Skidmore 805
5. Union 732
6. Clarkson 725
7. Vassar 658
8. St. Lawrence 213
9. Bard 138
10. Hobart 68

Saturday Highlights:

• Junior Alex Pecze won the 200 backstroke in a program record 1:49.41. Senior teammate Aidan Daudier (1:51.51) placed third.
• Senior Brendan Kapp won the 200 breaststroke with a time of 2:02.36.
• In diving, sophomore Gellert Kish (530.00) and junior Neko Ferrara (510.95) finished first and second, respectively. 
• Sophomore Jake Sapp tied for second in the 100 freestyle with a time of 45.70.
• Graduate Student Theo Heilman (16:20.53) placed third in the 1650 freestyle, setting a program record in both the 1000 and 1650 in the process. 
• The 400 freestyle team of junior Drew Scheib, Sapp, Daudier, and junior Mike Atanasoff finished second with a program record 3:02.61.

Friday Highlights:

• Junior Drew Scheib set a Liberty League and program record 1:47.93 as he won the 200 fly.  First-year teammate Miles Lim finished second (1:50.52).
• Sophomore Jake Sapp (50:17) and senior Brendan Kapp (55:85) finished second in the 100 backstroke and 100 breaststroke, respectively. 
• Senior Aidan Daudier, Lim, junior Alex Pecze, and first-year Stephen Graver finished second in the 800 freestyle relay with a program record 6:49.76.

Thursday Highlights:

• Junior Mike Atanasoff won the 100 fly with a Liberty League and program record 48.28. Junior Drew Scheib (48.77) and sophomore Jake Sapp (49.53) finished second and third, respectively, for the RIT podium sweep.
• Sophomores Gellert Kish (530.45) and Neko Ferrara (504.80) finished first and second, respectively in the one-meter diving competition.
• The team of Scheib, senior Brendan Kapp, Atanasoff, and Sapp won the 400 medley relay with a Liberty League and program record time of 3:18.16.
• The 200 freestyle team of Atanasoff, Sapp, first-year Bennett Grothusen, and Scheib finished second with a program record time of 1:21.57.
• First-year Miles Lim finished second in the 200 free with a program record time of 1:40.88.

Wednesday Highlights:

• Junior Mike Atanasoff won the 50 freestyle (20.13), tying the Liberty League and program record he set in the preliminaries.
• Graduate student Theo Heilman won the 500 freestyle in a program-record 4:34.12.
• Seniors Brendan Kapp (1:51.87) and Aidan Daudier (1:53.01) finished 1-2 in the 200 individual medley.
• Junior Drew Scheib, Kapp, Atanasoff, and sophomore Jake Sapp finished second in the 200 medley relay with a program-record 1:29.39.
• Senior Aidan Daudier finished third in the 400 IM with a time of 4:05.07.

Saturday, Feb. 18

Men's 1650 Freestyle Final
3. Theo Heilman 16:20.53 (PROGRAM RECORD IN BOTH 1000 AND 1650)
13. Max Bennett 17:07.87
-- Flynn Lundeen 16:34.34

Men's 100 Freestyle Final
T2. Jake Sapp 45.70
5. Mike Atanasoff 46.18
8. Stephen Graver 47.20
11. Bennett Grothusen 47.38

Men's 200 Backstroke Final
1. Alex Pecze 1:49.41 (PROGRAM RECORD)
3. Aidan Daudier 1:51.51
5. Bennett Vana 1:54.81
8. Connor Shriver 1:59.31

Men's 200 Breaststroke Final
1. Brendan Kapp 2:02.36
5. Ben Sippel 2:07.20
7. Mitch Gumbert 2:08.51

Men's 3-Meter Diving Final
1. Gellert Kish 530.00
2. Neko Ferrara 510.95
5. Alex Beekman 401.40

Men's 400 Freestyle Final
2. RIT A (Drew Scheib, Jake Sapp, Aidan Daudier, Mike Atanasoff) 3:02.61 (PROGRAM RECORD)
17. RIT B (Ryan Clancy, Stephen Graver, Bennett Grothusen, Miles Lim) 3:04.85
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Men's 100 Free Preliminaries
1. Mike Atanasoff 45.49 - Advances to Finals
5. Jake Sapp 46.30 - Advances to Finals
8. Stephen Graver 47.10 - Advances to Finals
11. Bennett Grothusen 47.51 - Advances to Consolation Finals
--  Will Brown 47.37
-- Matt Ciminelli 49.74

Men's 200 Back Preliminaries
1. Aidan Daudier 1:51.65 - Advances to Finals
4. Bennett Vana 1:54.60 - Advances to Finals
5. Alex Pecze 1:54.66 - Advances to Finals
7. Connor Shriver 1:56.87 - Advances to Finals
-- Ryan Sweet 2:00.34

Men's 200 Breast Preliminaries
1. Brendan Kapp 2:01.24  - Advances to Finals
4. Ben Sippel 2:07.71 - Advances to Finals
6. Mitch Gumbert 2:08.16 - Advances to Finals

Men's 400 Free Relay Preliminaries
5. RIT A (Edrick Nguyen, Drew Scheib, Theo Heilman, Stephen Graver) 3:13.51 - Advances to Finals
7. RIT B (Ryan Clancy, Miles Lim, Aidan Daudier, Bennett Vana) 3:11.27  - Advance to Consolation Finals

Men's 3-Meter Diving (Seed Scores)
3. Gellert Kish 460.25
5. Neko Ferrara 436.75
7. Alex Beekman 332.65

Men's 1,650 Free (Seed Times)
2. Theo Heilman 9:56.76
12. Flynn Lundeen 10:25.13
14. Max Bennett 10:30.81
18. Sam Sokalzuk 10:38.87
 
Wednesday, Feb. 15 Men's 500 Free Finals

Men's 200 IM Finals
1. Brendan Kapp 1:51.87
2. Aidan Daudier 1:53.01
5. Ben Sippel 1:54.66
10. Edrick Nguyen 1:56.74

Men's 50 Free Finals
1. Mike Atanasoff 20.13 (TIES PROGRAM AND LIBERTY LEAGUE RECORD)
4. Drew Scheib 20.61
9. Ryan Clancy 21.30
11. Bennett Grothusen 21.55
19. Bennett Vana 22.03

Men's 200 Medley Relay
2. RIT A (Drew Scheib, Brendan Kapp, Mike Atanasoff, Jake Sapp) 1:29.39 (PROGRAM RECORD)
9. RIT B (Aidan Daudier, Ben Sippel, Ryan Clancy, Bennett Grothusen) 1:33.23

Men's 500 Free Preliminaries
1. Theo Heilman 4:36.97 - Advances to Final
14. Miles Lim 4:46.86 - Advances to Consolation Final
15. Max Bennett 4:52.18 - Advances to Consolation Final
-- Flynn Lundeen 4:44.2

Men's 200 IM Preliminaries
1. Aidan Daudier 1:53.12 - Advances to Final
2. Ben Sippel 1:54.55 - Advances to Final
4. Brendan Kapp 1:54.97 - Advances to Final
9. Edrick Nguyen 1:57.22 - Advances to Consolation Final

Men's 50 Free Preliminaries
1. Mike Atanasoff 20.13 (LIBERTY LEAGUE AND PROGRAM RECORD) - Advances to Final
T4. Drew Scheib 20.69 - Advances to Final
10. Ryan Clancy 21.40 - Advances to Consolation Final
11. Bennett Grothusen 21.56 - Advances to Consolation Final
21. Bennett Vana 22.20
-- Will Brown 21.16
-- Matt Ciminelli 22.23
 
Men's 200 Medley Relay Preliminaries
1. RIT A (Drew Scheib, Mitch Gumbert, Mike Atanasoff, Bennett Grothusen) 1:31.18 - Advances to Final
3. RIT B (Jake Sapp, Ben Sippel, Ryan Clancy, Bennett Vana) 1:33.12 - Advances to Consolation Final

Thursday, Feb. 16

Men's 200 Freestyle Relay Final
2. RIT A (Mike Atanasoff, Jake Sapp, Bennett Grothusen, Drew Scheib) 1:21.57 (PROGRAM RECORD)
17. RIT B (Ryan Clancy, Ben Sippel, Max Bennett, Stephen Graver) 1:24.72

Men's 400 IM Final
3. Aidan Daudier 4:05.07
11. Edrick Nguyen 4:14.98
12. Mitch Gumbert 4:17.29

Men's 100 Fly Final
1. Mike Atanasoff 48.28 (LIBERTY LEAGUE AND PROGRAM RECORD)
2. Drew Scheib 48.77
3. Jake Sapp 49.53
5. Ryan Clancy 50.14

Men's 200 Freestyle Final
2. Miles Lim 1:40.88 (PROGRAM RECORD)
5. Alex Pecze 1:41.84
7. Stephen Graver 1:43.42
10. Theo Heilman 1:44.05
11. Connor Shriver 1:45.04
15. Max Bennett 1:47.86

Men's 1-Meter Diving Final
1. Gellert Kish 530.45
2. Neko Ferrara 504.80
5. Alex Beekman 403.00

Men's 400 Medley Relay Final
1. RIT A (Drew Scheib, Brendan Kapp, Mike Atanasoff, Jake Sapp) 3:18.16 (LIBERTY LEAGUE AND PROGRAM RECORD)
9. RIT B (Bennett Grothusen, Ben Sippel, Ryan Clancy, Stephen Graver) 3:25.16

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Men's 200 Free Relay Preliminaries
3. RIT A (Connor Shriver, Alex Pecze, Bennett Grothusen, Aidan Daudier) 1:26.10 - Advances to Finals
11. RIT B (Ben Sippel, Theo Heilman, Miles Lim, Stephen Graver) 1:26.45 - Advances to Consolation Finals
 
Men's 400 IM Preliminaries
4. Aidan Daudier 4:12.30 - Advances to Finals
10. Edrick Nguyen 4:14.91 - Advances to Consolation Finals
12. Mitch Gumbert 4:16.23 - Advances to Consolation Finals

Men's 100 Fly Preliminaries
1. Mike Atanasoff 48.47 (LIBERTY LEAGUE AND PROGRAM RECORD) - Advances to Finals
2. Drew Scheib 48.85 - Advances to Finals
3. Jake Sapp 49.97 - Advances to Finals
5. Ryan Clancy 50.23 - Advances to Finals
-- Ryan Sweet 51.74

Men's 200 Free Preliminaries
2. Miles Lim 1:41.20 (PROGRAM RECORD) - Advances to Finals
5. Alex Pecze 1:42.53 - Advances to Finals
6. Stephen Graver 1:42.78 - Advances to Finals
9. Theo Heilman 1:43:49 - Advances to Consolation Finals
13. Connor Shriver 1:45:54 - Advances to Consolation Finals
14. Max Bennett 1:46.99 - Advances to Consolation Finals
--  Flynn Lundeen 1:45.08

Men's 1-Meter Diving Preliminaries
1. Gellert Kish 519.60 - Advances to Finals
2. Neko Ferrara 488.50 - Advances to Finals
7. Alex Beekman 378.70 - Advances to Finals
 
Men's 400 Medley Relay Preliminaries
1. RIT A (Alex Pecze, Mitch Gumbert, Edrick Nguyen, Bennett Vana) 3:28.59 - Advances to Finals
9. RIT B (Connor Shriver, Ben Sippel, Max Bennett, Stephen Graver) 3:29.38 - Advances to Consolation Finals

Friday, Feb. 17

Men's 200 Fly Finals
1. Drew Scheib 1:47.93 (LIBERTY LEAGUE AND PROGRAM RECORD)
2. Miles Lim 1:50.52
6. Ryan Clancy 1:53.51
8. Edrick Nguyen 1:57.17

Men's 100 Backstroke Finals
2. Jake Sapp 50:17
4. Alex Pecze 51.37
5. Bennett Grothusen 52.42
7. Connor Shriver 53.04
9. Bennett Vana 53:80

Men's 100 Breaststroke Finals
2. Brendan Kapp 55.85
5. Ben Sippel 57.20
8. Mitch Gumbert 57.84
12. Stephen Graver 59.32

Men's 800 Freestyle Relay Finals
2. RIT A (Aidan Daudier, Miles Lim, Alex Pecze, Stephen Graver) 6:49.76 (PROGRAM RECORD)
17. RIT B (Theo Heilman, Connor Shriver, Max Bennett, Bennett Vana) 6:59.95

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Men's 200 Fly Preliminaries
2. Drew Scheib 1:51.57 - Advances to Finals
3. Miles Lim 1:51.92 - Advances to Finals
6. Ryan Clancy 1:54.89 - Advances to Finals
8. Edrick Nguyen 1:56.21 - Advances to Finals
-- Ryan Sweet 1:58.86

Men's 100 Back Preliminaries
2. Jake Sapp 51.52 - Advances to Finals
3. Alex Pecze 51.76 - Advances to Finals
5. Connor Shriver 52.17 - Advances to Finals
7. Bennett Grothusen 52.54 - Advances to Finals
9. Bennett Vana 53.76 - Advances to Consolation Finals

Men's 100 Breast Preliminaries
3. Brendan Kapp 56.09 - Advances to Finals
5. Mitch Gumbert 57.36 - Advances to Finals
6. Ben Sippel 57.58 - Advances to Finals
11. Stephen Graver 58.86 - Advances to Consolation Finals
-- Matt Ciminelli 1:00.13

Men's 800 Free Relay Preliminaries
1. RIT B (Theo Heilman, Connor Shriver, Max Bennett, Bennett Vana) 6:59.95