LIBERTY LEAGUE – MEN AND WOMEN
- Dates: Wednesday, February 19-Saturday, February 22, 2020
- Location: Ithaca College – Ithaca, NY
- Defending Champion: Ithaca women; Rensselaer men (4x)
- Live Results: Available here
- Live Video: Available here
- FINAL RESULTS (COMPLETE)
Courtesy: Liberty League Athletics
ITHACA, N.Y. – The 2020 Liberty League Swimming and Diving Championships finished up on Saturday at the Kelsey Partridge Bird Natatorium on the campus of Ithaca College with the final 11 events – five for the men and six for the women in the fourth and final day of the championship. The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) men’s swimming and diving team won its fifth straight Liberty League Championship as the Engineers accumulated 1,616 points, edging second place Ithaca College by 94 points (1,522). On the women’s side, the Bombers won their second consecutive title with 1513.5 points as they ran away with the title finishing over 200 points ahead of second place Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT, 1285.5).
FINAL TEAM SCORES:
- MEN: 1. RPI – 1616; 2. Ithaca – 1522; 3. RIT – 1448; 4. Vassar – 932; 5. Clarkson – 926.5; 6. Union – 549; 7. Skidmore – 430; 8. St. Lawrence – 238.5; 9. Bard – 139
- WOMEN: 1. Ithaca – 1513.5; 2. RIT – 1285.5; 3. RPI – 1,199; 4. Vassar – 1145; 5. Union – 769; 6. Skidmore – 623; 7. St. Lawrence – 554; 8. Clarkson – 514; 9. William Smith – 426; 10. Bard – 206
MEET AWARDS
MEN
- Swimmer of the Year: Stanley Zaneski, Ithaca College
- Diver of the Year: Justin Moczynski, Ithaca College
- Rookie of the Year: Aleksey Markarov, RPI
- Coaching Staff of the Year: RIT
WOMEN
- Swimmer of the Year: Jesse Ecklund, Vassar College
- Diver of the Year: Jessica Kugelman, RPI
- Rookie of the Year: Khavy Sangasy, RIT
- Co-Coaching Staff of the Year: Vassar College
- Co-Coaching Staff of the Year: Ithaca College
Highlights from Saturday championship action:
MEN
- Vassar first-year Robbie Perot won the 1,650 yard freestyle with a time of 16:10.81, which was an NCAA B-cut and meet record time. He trailed the leader until the final 50 yards to beat out defending champion RPI’s Trevor Maxfield (16:13.95).
- In the 100-yard freestyle, the Men’s Rookie of the Meet, Ithaca’s Stanley Zaneski posted an NCAA B-cut time of 45.24 seconds to win the event.
- RPI’s Harrison Bass won the 200-yard backstroke with a meet record time of 1:50.51. Bass broke the previous record time of 1:53.32 set in 2013.
- In the 200-yard breaststroke, Ithaca’s Andrew Mikhailichenko also posted a meet record time, clocking in a time of 2:03.14.
- RIT captured the 400-yard freestyle relay with the quartet of Cameron Ling, Maxwell Bennett, Eric Moss and Will Brown. They produced a time of 3:05.41 for the victory.
WOMEN
- Ithaca’s Morgan Hoffman-Smith won the 1,650-yard freestyle with a time of 17:47.11.
- In the 100-yard freestyle Paige Fronczak of Clarkson University won the event, touching the wall in a time of 52.66 seconds.
- Vassar sophomore Jesse Ecklund (Swimmer of the Meet) claimed first in the 200-yard backstroke with a meet record and NCAA B-cut time of 2:00.68. RPI’s Megan Beaulieu (2:03.02) also recorded a NCAA B-cut time in the race with her second place finish.
- RIT first-year Khavy Sangasy, who was recognized as Rookie of the Meet, won the 200-yard breaststroke with an association record time of 2:18.56. It was also an NCAA B-cut time. She shattered meet (2:19.55) and association marks (2:18.79) held by William Smith’s Caroline Conboy.
- Vassar College was the victor in the women’s 400-yard freestyle relay (Lillian Lowenthal, Violt Witchel, Brynn Lautenbacher and Jesse Ecklund) combined for a time of 3:30.71.
- In the final diving event of the championship, Ithaca’s Ava Lowell came out on top in the 11-dive event with a final score of 474.85. RPI’s Jessica Kugelman was second (465.80) after winning the 1-meter dive earlier in the week; her combined score from the two dives earned her Diver of the Meet honors.