University of Massachusets Athletics

Friday, October 11
West Point, N.Y.
3:15 PM

University of Massachusetts

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Army West Point

Will Munstermann

Men’s Swimming And Diving Falls Short On The Road At Army

October 11, 2019 | Men's Swimming & Diving

The Minutemen had five individuals post runner-up finishes on Friday afternoon at Crandall Pool.

WEST POINT, N.Y. The University of Massachusetts men's swimming and diving team completed their first of two meets of the weekend on the road at Army West Point Friday afternoon as the Black Knights came away with a 191-104 win over the Minutemen at Crandall Pool.
 
UMass opened the day with a runner-up finish for four points in the 200 Medley Relay with a time of 1:33.20 put together by Seamus Trzewik-Quinn, Al Madden, William Munstermann, and Michael Tartakovsky.
 
Munstermann and Trzewik-Quinn helped the Minutemen grab nine points in the 100 Back, finishing second and third respectively led by Munstermann's time of 51.34. Trzewik-Quinn went on to pace UMass again, this time in the 200 Back with a time 1:53.90 to finish second while Noah Witt and Brandon Musaku finished in fourth and fifth for seven points.
 
Jamie MacDonald added a pair of runner-up finishes on the day, first in the 200 Fly with a swim of 1:51.63 as the Minutemen grabbed seven points with Casey Ransford touching the wall right behind in third. MacDonald went on to record his second runner-up finish with a time of 1:55.48 in the 200 IM. Ransford led the duo in the 100 Fly with a time of 50.91 to take third with MacDonald in fourth.
 
Freshman diver Tommy Cotner led the way on the boards for the Minutemen, scoring 221.25 to take second in the 3-Meter Dive to go along with a third-place finish in the 1-Meter.
 
Al Madden paced the Minutemen in the 100 Breaststroke with a runner-up swim of 56.99 while Luther Gordon rounded out the top-five finishers. Gordon also added a fourth-place finish with a time of 2:09.48 in the 200 Breast while Ben Gryski finished in fifth.
 
Emerson Kiefer nearly rallied to finish second in the 1000 Freestyle, missing out on the runner-up spot by .53 seconds as he posted a time of 9:47.65 to take third with Harry Ortof finishing in fourth.
 
Ryan Pedrick picked up a third-place finish in the 50 Free with a time of 21.28 while Tartakovsky rounded out the top-five.
 
UMass continues their road trip tomorrow afternoon at 1 p.m. against Fairfield.
 
For continued coverage of UMass swimming and diving, visit Twitter and Instagram @UMassMSwimDive.
 

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