Men’s Swimming & Diving defeats Gannon, 156-138
RIT Athletics / Sophia Buonpane
Men's Swimming & Diving
ERIE, Pa. – The RIT men's Swimming & Diving remain undefeated to start the season by defeating Gannon 156-138, Friday evening.
The top performer for the Tigers was distance swimmer Josh Berty. The first-year won both the 1000 Yard Freestyle (9:59.24) and the 500 Yard Freestyle (4:52.22).
Senior Drew Scheib won the 200 Yard Butterfly (1:57.20) and helped the 400 Yard Medley Relay team pick up a win.
TOP RIT FINISHERS
400 Yard Medley Relay:
1st - Drew Scheib, Ben Sippel, Mike Atanasoff, and Eric Noga 3:30.28
1000 Yard Freestyle:
1st - Josh Berty 9:59.24
100 Yard Breaststroke:
1st - Ben Sippel 58.83
200 Yard Butterfly:
1st - Drew Scheib 1:57.20
50 Freestyle
1. Mike Atanasoff 20.62
3 mtr Diving:
1st - Luke Albanese 345.90
500 Yard Freestyle:
1st - Josh Berty 4:52.22
100 Yard Backstroke:
4th - Eric Noga 54.61
200 Yard Freestyle:
2nd - Kamden Keyes 1:46.39
100 Yard Butterfly:
2nd - Mike Atanasoff 51.81
100 Yard Freestyle:
2nd - Scheib 47.47
400 Yard Individual Medley:
2nd - Edrick Nguyen 4:23.30
WHAT'S NEXT
The Tigers will participate in the D3 Shootout, hosted by the University of Chicago (Nov. 8-9).
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