Meet Results

NEW PALTZ, N.Y. – Junior Jack Spader (Larchmont, N.Y./Mamaroneck) won two individual events, but the State University of New York at New Paltz men's swimming team wound up losing by a 153-104 final to Ramapo College in its 2013-14 home opener Saturday at Elting Pool.

Spader registered the top time in the 1,000 freestyle (10:40.97) and the 500 freestyle (5:10.64).

Spader was the lone Hawk to register a first-place finish. Freshman Rob Cahn (Bellmore, N.Y./Bellmore JFK) scored first-place points in the 200 individual medley with a time of 2:20.48, but Ramapo had tagged its entries in that event as exhibition. New Paltz's 400 freestyle relay foursome of senior Matt Distler (Glens Falls, N.Y./Glens Falls), sophomore Rod Taskindoust (New City, N.Y./Clarkstown North), freshman Luke Zenir (Cherry Valley, N.Y./Cooperstown Central) and sophomore Ethan Cooke (Middletown, Conn./Middletown) also collected first-place points for the Hawks with a time of 3:26.76, but the Roadrunners filed all three of its entries as exhibition in that event as well. In each of those events, Ramapo had an exhibition entry that posted the top time.

New Paltz drops to 0-1 for the season and competes at the NYU Invitational from Friday-Saturday, Nov. 8-9, at New York University. Friday's session begins at 5 p.m., while Saturday features a prelim/final format with start times of each session at 9 a.m. and 3 p.m., respectively. Ramapo rises to 2-1 and hosts the New Jersey Institute of Technology next on Saturday at 2 p.m.

Distler picked up a pair of second-place finishes for the Hawks, going 22.89 in the 50 freestyle and 51.08 in the 100 freestyle. Freshman Vitaut Gurskiy (Lindenhurst, N.Y./Lindenhurst) finished as runner-up in the 100 breaststroke (1:06.77), while Taskindoust touched second in the 200 freestyle (1:52.08).