St. Bonaventure Males Chosen Second in Atlantic 10 Swimming and Diving Preseason Ballot

By: Owen Albright, Athletics Communications Graduate Assistant

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The St. Bonaventure males’s swimming and diving crew was chosen as one of many Atlantic 10 favorites getting into the brand new season, slotting second within the preseason ballot launched Wednesday. 

While defending champion George Washington was a unanimous favourite with 49 voters’ factors, the Bonnies have been the subsequent up within the polling with 38 factors. George Mason (32), Davidson (31), La Salle (22), Fordham (15) and Saint Louis (9) full the preseason ranks. 

 

The Bonnies return A-10 medalist Ben O’Neill, who collected silver within the 1-meter dive for the second straight season eventually 12 months’s convention championships with a rating of 309.35. He additionally claimed bronze within the 3-meter.

 

Returning together with O’Neill is senior Luigi Termine, who earned bronze within the 100-backstroke on the 2024 A-10 Championships and helped set a program file within the 400-medley relay eventually 12 months’s convention championships, contributing to a time of three:11.86.

 

The crew as a complete completed as final 12 months’s runner-up with a rating of 517.5 factors, the most effective end for this system since 2016. 

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