ROCHESTER, N.Y.—The Hobart College swimming & diving team traveled to Rochester to take on RIT in its final tune-up before Liberty League Swimming & Diving Championships on Feb. 15-18. The Statesmen fell to the Tigers 189-10 in Judson Pool this afternoon to move to 1-9 on the season.

Senior Avi Rajkarnikar led the Statesmen, competing in three events for Hobart this afternoon. Rajkarnikar took fourth place in the men's 50-yard freestyle with a time of 26.61. He finished in fifth-place in both the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 1:19.78, and the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 58.63.

First-year Tillman Washington represented the Statesmen from the diving boards, posting two fourth-place finishes on the day. From the 1-meter diving board he posted a score of 131.80 while posting a score of 151.80 from the 3-meter board.

COACHES CORNER
"This was a great meet for a final tune-up for Liberty Leagues," Head Coach R.C. Weston said. "Any time you go up against a program like RIT as you're building, you're going to have to find the positives in the little things. Overall, we're extremely pleased with how we performed because those little things we have been working on all season are starting to pay off. Our walls and underwater were great, and the teams mindset and energy got stronger as the meet went on. We saw so many good splits for athletes that are not fully rested. On the boards our divers' hard work learning new dives has shown with their execution and we are looking forward to the final push to finish things off."

UP NEXT
The Statesmen will be back in action on Feb 15-18, as it heads to Ithaca, New York, to participate in the Liberty League Swimming & Diving Championships hosted by the Bombers. The Championship meet is set to start with the Preliminaries at 10 a.m. on Wednesday the 15.