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.
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