Oneonta, NY (Hartwick College) - In the opening weekend at the annual Hartwick Relays the men's swimming and diving squad began their season with a fifth place finish.  The Red Dragons competed against squads from Hartwick, Brandeis University, Le Moyne College, The College of St. Rose and SUNY Cobleskill.

A few notable finishes for the Red Dragons happened in the 850 yard freestyle relay when junior William Coddington (Highland Mills/Monroe-Woodbury), senior Harrison Abrams (Fort Plain/Fort Plain), junior Christopher Costanzo (Staten Island/Susan E. Wagner) and senior Scott Richardson (Canandaigua/Canandaigua Academy) made it a top four finish just under twenty seconds off the lead from the winners of Le Moyne with a time of 8:20.29.  In the 200 yard freestyle relay Abrams, Coddington, junior Ryan Meehan (Brooklyn/Telecommunications) and senior Devin Wunderlich (Kingston/Kingston) had a time of 1:32.25 which was also good enough for a top four finish just under two seconds behind the Brandeis leaders.  In the 200 yard medley relay another top four finish for Oneonta when sophomore Derek Luhrs (Cornwall/Cornwall Central), senior Kevin Colella (East Northport/Commack), senior Jared Ciccarelli (Staten Island/Tottenville) and Meehan with a time of 1:49.36 just under seven-seconds behind the Brandeis winners.

Another highlight for Oneonta occurred in the 400 yard freestyle relay finding a third place finish for Oneonta.  Costanzo, Meehan, Abrams and Coddington touched the wall at 3:26.26 just over five-seconds behind the winners from LeMoyne.

On Saturday October 26th the Red Dragons begin their SUNYAC campaign as the men swim against the SUNY Oswego Lakers.  The meet begins at 1 PM on the campus of SUNY Oswego.