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Pittsford swimmers and divers took first place in eight of 12 events overall, first in every event for “Class A,” and set a new meet record in the 200 medley relay as the Panthers won their third straight “Fab 4 Invitational” at Bath-Haverling High School January 8-9. 

200 medley relay:  Alan Chuang, Matt Tanchick, Brandon McManus and Tyler McCrobie came out of the box with a new meet record, 1:41.80, for first overall.  It was 7/100th of a second faster than the record set by another Pittsford relay team two years ago at Bath. 200 freestyle:  Emmett Jacobi followed with a win in the 200 free, a state cut time of 1:48.06.  Also scoring points in Class A were Alex Branch (2), Stephen Thomas (4) and Josh Kapilivsky (5). 200 IM:  Tanchick won the 200 IM with another state cut time, 2:00.85.  Pittsford took most of the top spots for Class A with Chaung (2), Will Dawson (3) and Shea Ransford (4). 50 free:  Morgan Marin was third overall and first in Class A with a time of 22.84.  Also scoring for Pittsford in their division were Tyler McCrobie (2), Owen Drinkwater (3) and Kevin Maier (5). 100 fly:  M. Marin was first overall with 54.92.  Also scoring for Pittsford in Class A were McManus (2), Ryan Horey (3) and Lee Silverstein (4). 100 free:  Tyler McCrobie was second overall and first in Class A with a time of 50.17.  Also scoring in Class A for the Panthers were Maier (2), Drinkwater (3) and Branch (4). 500 free:  Jacobi won the 500 free overall with a state cut time of 4:46.09.  Tanchick was second in Class A with another state cut, 4:48.23.  Also scoring points were Thomas (3) and Shea Ransford (5). 200 free relay:  First overall for the sprint relay team of M. Marin, Drinkwater, Tyler McCrobie and Jacobi with a time of 1:32.42. 100 backstroke:  McManus was first overall with 56.87.  Also scoring points were Chuang (3), Trevor McCrobie (4) and PJ Ransford (5). 100 breast:  Will Dawson, third overall, first in Class A, with a time of 1:05.51.  Also scoring points for Pittsford in the event were Silverstein (2), Vincent Criscuolo (4) and Charlie Harrington (5). 400 free relay:  M. Marin, Tanchick, McManus and Jacobi won the 400 free relay with a state cut time of 3:20.49. Diving Competition:  Sam Randall was first in Class A with 287.55 points.  Also scoring for Pittsford were Dylan Marin (2), Ryan Stern (3) and Brad Kwarta (4). 

The Fab 4 Invitational marks the halfway point for the Pittsford season, with Sectionals about five weeks away.  After the meet, head coach Mark Morris said his team was just where he wanted them to be. 

“We worked hard through the holiday break and now we’re looking forward to meets against our traditional Section 5 rivals like Fairport.  Then it’s on to Sectionals,” Morris said.

Pittsford is 4-1 in dual meets and 2-0 in tournaments this season.