Minutemen Post 207-86 Win Over Fordham On Senior Day Saturday

AMHERST, Mass. – The University of Massachusetts men's swimming and diving team picked up a 207-86 win over Fordham on Senior Day Saturday behind 14 wins at the Joseph R. Rogers, Jr. Pool. The Minutemen swept the top-three spots in the 100 Free to finish the day with 10 runner-up showings and nine third-place finishes.

The Minuteman relays claimed both races on the afternoon, opening up the meet with a 200 Medley Relay time of 1:31.90 set by Michael Tartakovsky, Al Madden, Will Munstermann and Ryan Pedrick as UMass went one-two. Tartakovsky, Munstermann and Pedrick combined with Charlie Rothenberger to close out the day with a time of 1:25.02 to win the 200 Free Relay. Tartakovsky went on to win the 100 Back with a time of 51.40 followed by Brandon Musaku in third with a time of 51.74.

Four different UMass seniors claimed individual event wins on the afternoon, starting with Harry Ortof's winning time of 9:38.11 in the 1000 Free as Emerson Kiefer finished in second. Madden followed up by leading a one-two finish in the 100 Breast, clocking in a time of 56.02 to touch first with Owen Churchwell behind in second. Ryan Pedrick's time of 20.75 in the 50 Free led the way for the Minutemen while Panagiotis Androulidakis took the 500 Free win with a swim of 4:36.51 with Tyler Pidde in second.

Dias Konysbayev picked up a pair of wins, first leading the UMass sweep of the 100 Free with a mark of 47.73 while Rothenberger and Colin Baker rounded out the top-three finishers. Konysbayev closed out the individual events with his second win, clocking in a time of 1;55.19 in the 200 IM.

A pair of freshmen in Noah Witt and Ethan Davey recorded wins on the afternoon, beginning with Witt's winning swim of 1:52.61 in the 200 Back before Davey led a one-two finish with Munstermann in the 100 Fly with a swim of 51.34.

Casey Ransford took the top-spot with a time of 1:55.71 in the 200 Fly with Luther Gordon finishing in third. Gordon added another top-three finish in the 200 Breast, finishing third just behind Ben Gryski in second as Gryski posted a time of 2:09.57.

Robert Katz won both the 1-Meter and 3-Meter Dives on the afternoon, first scoring 269.57 to win the 1-Meter followed by Tommy Cotner before scoring 298.88 to lead another one-two finish with Cotner on the 3-Meter board.

The Minutemen will resume action on Feb. 19 when they head to the SPIRE Institute in Geneva, Ohio for the Atlantic 10 Championships on Feb. 19-22.

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Minutemen Post 207-86 Win Over Fordham On Senior Day Saturday

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Panagiotis Androulidakis

Colin Baker

Tommy Cotner

Ethan Davey

Luther Gordon

Ben Gryski

Robert Katz

Emerson Kiefer

Dias Konysbayev

Al Madden

Brandon Musaku

Harry Ortof

Ryan Pedrick

Tyler Pidde

Casey Ransford

Michael Tartakovsky

Noah Witt

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