Girls’s Swimming & Diving Wins 12 Occasions in Season-Opening 198-102 Win over Holy Cross

RESULTS

WORCESTER, Mass. –

The Bucknell ladies’s swimming and diving crew received 12 occasions, with 10 completely different Bison claiming first-place finishes in particular person occasions, in a season-opening 198-102 victory over Holy Cross on Friday night on the Hart Center Pool.

Massachusetts native Clara Renner, the reigning Patriot League Rookie of the Year, picked proper up the place she left off final season with wins in each of her occasions, the 200-yard freestyle and the 100 butterfly.

Freshman Natalia Gajecki was first within the pool to swim the backstroke leg of the successful 200 medley relay, and he or she got here again three occasions later to win the 100 again. Hanna Bingley, Samatha Benzija, and Sara Ketron rounded out the victorious medley relay. Ketron had a giant day, as she additionally positioned second to Renner within the 200 free and swam the lead leg on the successful 200 free relay to shut out the meet.

Freshmen Tessa Feld and Alivia Wainwright additionally received occasions of their collegiate debuts. Feld received the 1,000 free, with classmate Keira Giles ending third. Wainwright captured the 200 backstroke as a part of a 1-2 end with Sydney Dettmann. The Bison pair completed solely two-tenths of a second aside.

Earlier within the meet, Dettmann received the 200 fly by greater than 4 seconds. Kyla Kelly received the 100 breaststroke in a 1-2 end with Kelly Byrne, and Kelly additionally anchored the successful 200 free relay. Byrne received the five hundred free, six seconds forward of freshman Emma Briganti in second place.

Sydney Jee and Benzija went 1-2 within the 200 breaststroke, and the Bison swept the highest three locations within the 200 IM with Virginia Hastings and freshmen Kennedy DeVeaux and Feld main the pack.

Bucknell went 1-2 in each relays to rack up a 30-4 factors benefit in these two occasions.

Holy Cross’ solely two swimming wins got here from Devin Brindle within the 50 and 100 freestyle sprints. But the Bison went 2-3-4 in each to restrict the Crusaders to only a one-point benefit in every race. Hastings was runner-up within the 50 by solely three-hundredths of a second, and Jennifer Bolden took second within the 100 by solely four-tenths of a second. Freshman Victoria Castro was third in each sprints, and he or she and Bolden additionally dealt with legs on the successful 200 free relay.

Holy Cross had the higher of the 2 diving occasions. Natalie Penman took fourth on the 1-meter board, whereas freshman Dea Mielenz was third within the 3-meter occasion.

The Bison are proper again in motion on Saturday at Boston University at 1:30 p.m.