Men’s Swimming & Diving Finishes Runner-Up At The Ithaca Bomber Invitational

12/3/2023 2:54:00 PM

Hughes tallied several top-10 finished this weekend.

The Middlebury men's swimming and diving team wrapped up first-semester action with a second place finish during the three-day Ithaca Bomber Invitational. Ithaca won the team title with 1,592.5 points, while the Panthers accumulated 1,178 points and Hamilton rounded out the top-three teams with 1,108 points.

RELAY HIGHLIGHTS

During Friday's action, the 200-yard medley relay team of Jack Undercoffler, Paul Shen, Riley Griffis and Samuel Hughes recorded a runner-up time of 1:34.21.
On Saturday, the 800 freestyle relay quartet of Griffis, Jason Chiappinelli, Matthew Hensel and Pierce Bigelow recorded a victory, touching the wall in 6:56.62.
The 400 free relay squad of Griffis, Andrew Dou, Christopher Pedersen and Hughes were fourth with a time of 3:09.58 in the meet's final event.

INDIVIDUAL HIGHLIGHTS

During Friday's action, Griffis won the first event of the meet, leading the field to the wall with a winning time of 4:40.91 in the 500 free. Bigelow was third in the same event, with a clocking of 4:44.13.
Other top-eight efforts on the first day came from Chiappinelli who was fifth in the 50 free (21.36) and Hughes who tied for seventh in the 200 individual medley (1:57.50).
On Saturday, Griffis began the day with a runner-up swim in the 200 butterfly in 1:54.22. Also earning top-five efforts in the event were Luke McNamara, who finished in fourth place (1:54.57) and Jack Paul right behind in fifth (1:55.15).
Shen was second in the 100 breaststroke with a clocking of 56.77, while Hughes placed sixth in 100 backstroke in 52.00 and Undercoffler finished eighth at 52.34.
On Sunday, Dou was third in the 100 IM (53.89) and Griffis swam to sixth place in the 100 free (47.22).
In the final few events, Hughes touched in third place during the 200 back (1:55.70) while Hugh Hutchinson was fifth (1:57.22). Shen was second in the 200 breaststroke, touching the wall in 2:05.51.

Middlebury will be idle from competition until January 6 when it hosts Bowdoin at 11:00 a.m.

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