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Connor Kann
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Kann was one of three double-winners for Rochester, and also helped set a pool record in the 200-freestyle relay

URochester Tops Alfred, Fredonia in Tri-Meet Sweep

11/7/2026 7:50:00 PM

ALFRED, NY – The University of Rochester men's swimming & diving team notched its second and third-straight wins, defeating host Alfred University, 166.5–128.5, and Fredonia, 235-44, on Saturday at Alfred's McLane Natatorium.
 
Three Yellowjackets were double winners: Sebastian Gans, Connor Kann and Michael Scholz. The trio, along with Hamzah Rauther, also set a pool record with their 200-freestyle relay time of 1:25.55, good for first place in the meet's final event.
 
Rochester's 'B' relay of Nate Attwell, Demo Hong, John Carr and Jayden Proctor also took second in the 200-freestyle relay, combining for a time of 1:32.31.
 
Gans earned his first win of the day in the 100 backstroke, tying for first place with a time of 53.77 seconds, while Matthew Spence came in third place, touching the wall in 59.01 seconds.
 
Kann won the 50 freestyle with a time of 21.31 seconds, finishing just ahead of Proctor in third place (22.54), while Scholz won the 100 freestyle, clocking in at 48.00 seconds, with Alejandro Chalfant in third place with a time of 49.67 seconds.
 
Five other Yellowjackets also earned wins in the tri-meet, as URochester piled up nine first-place finishes and 29 top-three finishes.
 
Spence topped the field in the 1,000 freestyle with a time of 10:09.30, with Tyler Yeung finishing right behind him in second place with a time of 10:26.94.
 
Patrick Li earned a first-place finish in the 200 freestyle, finishing with a time of 1:46.99, while Attwell came in second with a time of 1:47.52.
 
Will Erdtmann won the 200 butterfly, touching the wall in 1:58.97, while Attwell was one of three top-three finishers in the 500 freestyle, taking first place with a time of 5:00.32, while Yeung finished second (5:01.75) and Lucas Graham took third (5:08.58).
 
Liam Coffey scored Rochester's final event win of the day in the 100 butterfly, clocking in with a first-place time of 52.76 seconds, while Proctor finished third in 53.81 seconds.
 
Jackson Poulin and Max Wozinski were Rochester's top finishers in both diving events, with Poulin finishing second in the one meter (222.20) and third in the three meter (214.70), while Wozinski placed second in the three meter (224.65) and third in the one meter (218.65).
 
URochester's 200-medley relay squads got the 'Jackets' day started with second- and third-place finishes, as Rauther, Kann, Carr and Gans combined for a time of 1:37.86, while Li, Chalfant, Proctor and Hong clocked in at 1:43.73.
 
Li also led the Yellowjackets in the 200 IM with a time of 2:00.24, good for second, with Spence just a few seconds behind him in third place with a time of 2:02.62.
 
Rauther was Rochester's top finisher in the 100 breaststroke, touching the wall in 1:02.05, good for second place, while Erdtmann led the Yellowjackets in the 200 breaststroke with a third-place time of 2:27.20.
 
In the 200 backstroke, Gans and Rauther finished second and third with times of 2:00.69 and 2:01.73, respectively.
 
The Yellowjackets will next return home to the Speegle-Wilbraham Aquatics Center to host SUNY Brockport for a dual meet on Friday, Nov. 13 at 5:00 p.m.