The men's swimming and diving team ended the 2000-01 campaign in strong fashion last weekend as they finished fourth in the 13-team New York State Swimming and Diving Championships that were held at Nottingham High School in Syracuse. The Dutchmen, who compiled 939 points, brought home four state championships and had several of the team's members qualify for the prestigious NCAA championships.
Sophomore Ridgley Harrison (Hackettstown, NJ/Morristown High) won state titles in the 50 and 100 freestyle events while finishing second in the 200 freestyle. His times of 21.05 in the 50 and 47.50 in the 100 freestyle races qualified him for the NCAA's “B” cut. Harrison also swam the opening leg on the 800 freestyle relay team, which won the state title and qualified for the NCAA “B” cut with a time of 6:57.89. Joining Harrison on that team were sophomore Steve Eberlein (Troy, MI/Brother Rice), freshman Adam Retersdorf (Mayflield, NY/Gloversville) and senior Nathaniel Martin (Kensington, CT/Avon).
Retersdorf brought back a state championship in the 1650 freestyle race and set a Union College record with his time of 16:37.18. He finished fourth in the 500 freestyle in 4:46.41 and sixth in the 200 freestyle with a time of 1:46.07.
Martin finished second to Harrison in the 100 freestyle with a 47.58 and was eighth in the 100 backstroke with a 55.94.
Eberlein, meanwhile, took sixth in the 200n IM in 2:01.00 and seventh in the 200 backstroke in 2:00.96.
Sophomore Aaron D'Addario (Manlius, NY/Manlius Fayetteville) placed sixth in the one meter diving with 324.50 points and was fifth on the three meter board with 369.55 points. Junior Kyle Schack (Huntington Woods, MI/Kingswood) was eighth in the 100 butterfly with a time of 53.51 and fourth in the 200 fly in 2:00.95. Freshman Steve LaPlante (Easthampton, MA/Williston) finished eighth in the 200 freestyle in 1:48.98.