Meet Results

NEWBURGH, N.Y. – The State University of New York at New Paltz men's swimming team won eight of 11 events en route to knocking off Mount Saint Mary, 127-69, Friday night at Kaplan Center Pool.

Senior Jack Spader (Larchmont, N.Y./Mamaroneck) and freshman Chad Plante (Naples, N.Y./Naples) each won two individual events. Spader touched first in the 200 freestyle (1:53.48) and the 200 backstroke (2:12.05), while Plante paced the field in the 400 individual medley (4:49.15) and the 200 breaststroke (2:29.00).

New Paltz rises to 3-2 with the victory and next hosts SUNY Oneonta tomorrow at 1 p.m. in its final home meet of the year. Mount Saint Mary falls to 6-5 with the loss and will spend the next week gearing up for the Skyline Conference Championships, which run from Friday-Saturday, Jan. 30-31.

The Hawks posted wins in each of the relay events. The 400 medley relay contingent of freshman Caleb Treadwell (Cortland, N.Y./Cortland), sophomore Matt Alfultis (Waterford, Conn./Waterford) and freshmen Colin Duell (Glens Falls, N.Y./Glens Falls) and Tyler Newman (New Hartford, N.Y./New Hartford) charted the winning time of 3:58.18, while the 400 freestyle relay team of junior Will Koenig (Highland, Calif./Redlands East Valley), sophomore Luke Zenir (Cherry Valley, N.Y./Cooperstown Central), Treadwell and junior Ryan Lindgren (Hurley, N.Y./Kingston) posted the top standard of 3:21.76 in the final event of the meet.

In addition to Spader and Plante, sophomore Rob Cahn (Bellmore, N.Y./John F. Kennedy) and Newman registered individual victories. Cahn led a 1-2 New Paltz finish in the 200 butterfly (2:10.65), while Newman also keyed a 1-2 result for the Hawks, doing so in the 100 freestyle (51.26).

Second-place finishes came from freshman Brett Pinsky (Plainview, N.Y./Plainview-Old Bethpage John F. Kennedy) in the 1,000 freestyle (11:51.45), junior Ethan Cooke (Middletown, Conn./Middletown) in the 50 freestyle (23.72) and the 100 freestyle (51.40), junior Rod Taskindoust (New City, N.Y./Clarkstown North) in the 200 butterfly (2:13.31), freshman Jay Czerwinski (Monroe, N.Y./Monroe-Woodbury) in the 500 freestyle (5:21.60) and junior Tom Anderson (West Islip, N.Y./West Islip) in the 200 breaststroke (2:29.81).