Final Results (Day 3)
ANNAPOLIS, MD. (2/20/2010) – A school record set by Costas Hadjipateras (New Canaan, Conn.) and a top five finish by Tucker Gniewek (Mountain Lakes, N.J.) highlighted the day for the Colgate men’s swimming and diving team as the 2010 Patriot League Championships came to a close Saturday evening at Lejeune Hall.
Hadjipateras finished fifth overall in the 200 fly with a time of 1:50.62. That performance erased his former school mark of 1:51.14 set last year. Senior Robert Rutkowski (Lititz, Pa.) posted a 1:53.77, which was good enough for a 12th place effort in his final collegiate event.
Gniewek once again notched a top five finish in the 100 free. The junior tallied the third best time at Colgate with a 45.81 en route to a fourth-place effort. Freshman Dan Sweeney (New Canaan, Conn.) touched in 46.60, which placed him 11th.
Casey Powers (Chappaqua, N.Y.) and Devon Healy (New Canaan, Conn.) finished 10th and 11th respectively in the 1650 free. Powers’ time of 16:07.38 was the fourth best time at Colgate, while Healy was clocked at 16:07.81. That time is sixth best in the program’s archives.
The final individual top 15 finish came from Dan Pulitano (Mountain Lakes, N.J.). The sophomore finished with a 1:58.58, which placed him 13th overall.
In the final event of competition, the team of Sweeney, Gniewek, Hadjipateras, and Pat White (Stamford, Conn.) teamed to finish third in the 400 free relay with a final time of 3:03.05. That performance was the second best time at Colgate.
Navy ran away with the title with 1047 points, 401 points ahead of Bucknell, which placed second. Colgate accumulated 314 points in the three-day competition and finished fifth overall.
FINAL TEAM SCORES: 1. Navy 1,047, 2. Bucknell 646, 3. Army 529, 4. Lehigh 427, 5. Colgate 314, 6. American 209, 7. Lafayette 194, 8. Holy Cross 117.