Males’s Swimming & Diving Downs Holy Cross 163-137 in Season Debut

RESULTS

WORCESTER, Mass. –

Senior Alex Crossing and freshman Drew Davis received two occasions apiece, main the Bucknell males’s swimming and diving crew to a 163-137 victory over Holy Cross in Friday’s season opener on the Hart Center Pool. The Bison received eight occasions on the evening and posted 1-2 finishes in 4 of them to achieve some separation.

The meet received off to a energetic begin, as Holy Cross edged Bucknell by a mere eight-hundredths of a second within the 200-yard medley relay. William Shoemaker received the Bison on the board with a win within the 1,000 freestyle, and two occasions later, Davis and Caleb Hagadorn went 1-2 within the 100 backstroke.

The Crusaders picked up wins within the 200 free and 100 breaststroke, and Bucknell’s lead was solely 48-45 till back-to-back 1-2 finishes within the 200 fly (Crossing and Shane Wynne in a photograph end) and 50 free (Finn Russell and Dante Buonadonna) bumped the margin as much as 19 factors.

Freshman Jason Kellerman, who earlier completed second within the 200 free, picked up his first collegiate win within the 200 backstroke. After classmate Evan Hepburn took second within the 200 breaststroke, Crossing and Finn Franks went 1-2 within the 500 free, Davis received the 100 fly, and Buonadonna captured the 200 IM to clinch the win.

Kellerman, Drew Greene, Russell, and Davis completed out the meet with an in depth second-place end within the 200 free relay.

The Crusaders received each diving occasions, however the Bison went 2-3-4 in each. Connor Thurston, Jake Hagler, and Jackson Vinarub scored on the 3-meter board, and Thurston, Jack Krug, and Vinarub took the subsequent three spots within the 1-meter occasion.

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