Visiting Division I team Canisius College used a late rally to get past the University of Rochester men's swimming and diving team by just seven points, winning 152.5-145.5 on Saturday afternoon at UR's Speegle-Wilbraham Aquatics Center.
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The Yellowjackets finished with a total of seven wins on the day, led by
David Robinson,
Jeremy Mah and
Alexander Cho who all were double-winners.
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Robinson won two individual events, capturing titles on both diving boards. On the 1-meter board, the sophomore earned an NCAA Zone qualifying score of 276.44 points in his win. On the 3-meter board, he again led the field with a score of 247.87.
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Cho's individual win came in the 100 breaststroke in a time of 1:00.18. Mah captured first in the 200 IM, earning a late meet victory for UR, touching in 2:01.74. Both were also on the winning 200 medley relay to open the meet. The pair, along with
Edward Domanico and
Trevor Hoch earned a time of 1:37.11.
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UR's other wins came from
Nate Pollitt in the 1000 freestyle and
Chris Bushnell in the 100 backstroke.
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Pollitt touched in 10:02.24 and led a 1-2-3 UR finish.
Jose Corredor Alvarez was runner-up in 10:13.09 and
Sean Finnerty was third in 10:26.92. Corredor Alvarez also was runner-up in the 500 free event later in the meet, posting a time of 4:52.64.
Bryce Berkhof was third in the 500 (4:53.24) and Pollitt touched fourth (4:54.35).
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Bushnell captured his win with a time of 54.71, edging out second place teammate
Sidney Miller by .21 seconds.
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In the diving events, senior
Adam Hopson ended in second place on both boards, earning a score of 240.15 on the 1-meter and 244.28 on the 3-meter.
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Rochester's 200 freestyle relay team to close the meet earned a runner-up finish in 1:29.23, one of ten second place results on the day. The group consisted of Berkhof,
Grant Yap, Miller and
Trevor Hoch.
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Hoch, Mah,
Matt Kiel and
Frank Li also had individual second place results. Hoch's came in the 50 free where he swam the sprint in 21.86 seconds. Mah earned his in the 200 back in 2:00.63. Kiel was second in the 200 breaststroke with a time of 2:16.59, while Li ended runner-up in the 200 IM at 2:02.40.
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Rochester's next meet is a road matchup with UAA conference rival Case Western Reserve University on November 7.
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