Men’s Swimming & Diving Closes Out A-10 Championship in Fifth

Full Results
 
Geneva, Ohio – (February 18, 2023) – The Atlantic 10 Swimming & Diving Championship has come to a close with the Fordham men's swimming & diving team finishing fifth out of eight teams.  It was the Rams' best team finish since 2017.
 
George Washington won the team competition with 783 points, followed by George Mason (507.5), Massachusetts (458), Davidson (456.5), Fordham (408.5), St. Bonaventure (357), La Salle (278), and Saint Louis (188.5).
 
The first final for the Rams was the 200 backstroke, where Christian Taylor scored 11^th overall in 1:47.74.
 
Fordham then had three finalists in the 100 freestyle event, led by Taras Zherebetskyy and Alex Wilhelm in the "A" final.  Zherebetskyy recorded a school record time of 43.79 seconds to earn the silver medal and Second Team All-Atlantic 10 honors, while Wilhelm was sixth in 44.64 seconds.  Taz Kanjanakaset also scored in 14^th place overall in 45.34 seconds.

 
The Rams' duo of Noah Althoff and Daniel Langlois were up next in the finals of the 200 breaststroke event.  Althoff had the top finish in sixth place, clocking in with a school record time of 1:59.07, while Langlois was 13^th overall in 2:02.01.
 
It was another trio of finalists for Fordham in the 200 butterfly event.  After setting the school record in the preliminaries with an NCAA "B" cut time of 1:45.00, Paris Raptis just missed the podium in fourth place at 1:45.71.  Ryan Davidoff joined the Fordham scoring in 12^th place at 1:51.86, while Ryan Staunch was 15^th in 1:55.08.
 
In the three-meter dive, Marco Petit scored 16^th overall with a finals score of 156.60.
 
The last event of the championship put an exclamation point on an eventful four days for the Rams.  The 400 freestyle relay team of Taylor, Wilhelm, Raptis, & Zherebetskyy won the event with a school record time of 2:55.63, more than three seconds better than the previous mark of 2:59.25 in 2018.
 
A-10 Championship Highlights
 
Atlantic 10 Champions & First Team All-Atlantic 10
100 Breaststroke – Paris Raptis
400 Medley Relay - Christian Taylor, Noah Althoff, Paris Raptis, Taras Zherebetskyy
400 Freestyle Relay - Christian Taylor, Alex Wilhelm, Paris Raptis, Taras Zherebetskyy
 
Atlantic 10 Silver Medalist & Second Team All-Atlantic 10
100 Freestyle – Taras Zherebetskyy
100 Butterfly – Paris Raptis
 
Atlantic 10 Bronze Medalists
50 Freestyle – Christian Taylor
200 Medley Relay – Christian Taylor, Paris Raptis, Taras Zherebetskyy, Nicholas Chao
 
School Records
100 Freestyle – Taras Zherebetskyy – 43.79
200 Freestyle – Alex Wilhelm – 1:37.44
100 Backstroke – Christian Taylor - 47.96
100 Breaststroke – Paris Raptis – 53.24
200 Breaststroke – Noah Althoff – 1:59.07
100 Butterfly – Paris Raptis – 46.53
200 Butterfly – Paris Raptis – 1:45.00
200 Medley Relay – Christian Taylor, Paris Raptis, Taras Zherebetskyy, Nicholas Chao – 1:28.28
400 Medley Relay - Christian Taylor, Noah Althoff, Paris Raptis, Taras Zherebetskyy – 3:13.19
400 Freestyle Relay - Christian Taylor, Alex Wilhelm, Paris Raptis, Taras Zherebetskyy – 2:55.63
800 Freestyle Relay – Taz Kanjanakaset, Alex Wilhelm, Vitalis Onu, Noah Althoff – 6:37.94
 
NCAA "B" Cut Times
100 Breaststroke – Paris Raptis – 53.24
200 Butterfly – Paris Raptis – 1:45.00