Swimming and Diving Headverts to Annapolis to Tackle Navy, American and Lafayette in Quad Meet

Setting the Scene
What: Quad Meet vs. American, Lafayette and Navy
When: Saturday, Nov. 8, 12 p.m.
Where: Lejeune Hall, Annapolis, Md.
Live Results: NavySports activities.com
Live Stream: YouTube

The Bucknell males’s and girls’s swimming and diving groups are again in motion on Saturday at Lejeune Hall in Annapolis, Md. because the Bison tackle Navy, American and Lafayette in a quad-meet hosted by Navy.

Bucknell’s girls are 2-0 after beating Holy Cross and Boston U. two weeks in the past. Bucknell’s males are 1-1, defeating Holy Cross and falling to Boston U.

Bucknell is most not too long ago coming off of the Bucknell Fall Invitational because the Bison hosted Binghamton and Seton Hall. The girls collected seven wins and the boys posted two wins with no staff scoring within the occasion.

Bucknell Women on the Bucknell Fall Invitational

• The Bison captured each relays together with 5 particular person victories from 5 completely different swimmers. Two of these wins got here from freshmen, as Tessa Feld captured the 200-yard butterfly in 2:05.36 and Kennedy Deveaux gained the 200 freestyle in 1:52.47. Clara Renner, no stranger to the winner’s podium, claimed the 400 particular person medley (4;21.71), and Renner, Jennifer Bolden and Kelly Byrne all had huge afternoons with first and second-place finishes.
• Bolden gained the 100 free by greater than a second and a half, and her time of fifty.93 was simply two-tenths off her private finest, which ranks fourth in staff historical past. Bolden additionally positioned second within the 500 free. Byrne gained the 200 backstroke (2:02.16), took second within the within the 100 breast, and joined Talia Bugel, Samantha Benzija, and Sara Keton on the successful 200 medley relay (1:44.26). The Bison completed 1-2-3 within the medley relay after beginning the meet with a win within the 200 free relay. Virginia Hastings, Kyla Kelly, Ketron, and Victoria Castro gained that occasion in 1:34.06.
• Other runners-up included Castro within the 200 IM (2:07.81), Renner within the 200 breaststroke (2:20.24), Natalie Penmen within the 1-meter dive (230.35), and Dea Mielenz within the 3-meter dive (2:24.90).
• Kelly turned in a pair of third-place efforts within the 100 again and 50 free. Sydney Jee and Castro completed 3-4 behind Deveaux’s win within the 200 free, and Sydney Dettmann and Benzija went 3-5 within the 200 again behind Byrne’s win.

Bucknell Women at a Glance

• The Bucknell girls’s swimming and diving staff had a profitable opening weekend, defeating each Holy Cross and Boston U. final weekend for a 2-0 begin in twin meets. Bucknell beat Holy Cross 198-102 on Friday then took down Boston U. 160.5-139.5.
• The Bison gained 19 occasions between the 2 meets, led by reigning Patriot League Rookie of the Year Clara Renner successful all 5 of her particular person occasions.
• At Holy Cross, Renner gained the 200 Free (1:54.32) and the 100 Fly (65.75) to earn 18 factors for the Bison. At Boston U., she gained the 200 Fly (2:02.44), the five hundred Free (5:04.69) and the 1,000 Free (10:33.43) to earn 27 factors for the Bison.
• Kyla Kelly had an amazing opening weekend, successful three occasions. At Holy Cross, she gained the 100 Breast (1:06.35) and took third within the 100 Fly (58.61). Kelly was additionally the anchor on Bucknell’s successful staff within the 200 Free Relay. At Boston U., she gained the 200 Free (1:53.23) and the 200 IM (2:05.64). She additionally took second within the 100 Free (52.56), incomes 22 factors for the Bison in particular person occasions.
• Kelly Byrne and Sydney Jee every gained two occasions over the weekend. Byrne gained the five hundred Free (5:12.68) by six seconds and Jee gained the 200 Breast by almost 4.5 seconds in opposition to Holy Cross. Byrne then gained the 200 Breast (2:22.60) simply forward of Jee and Jee gained the 100 Breast (1:05.48) in opposition to Boston U. Both Byrne and Jee completed within the top-three of all 4 of their particular person occasions over the weekend.
• Sydney Dettmann and Virginia Hastings every gained an occasion. Dettmann gained the 200 Fly (2:06.91) and took second within the 200 Back (2:06.99) in opposition to Holy Cross. Dettmann took third in each of her particular person occasions in opposition to Boston U. Hastings gained the 200 IM (2:08.60) and took second within the 50 Free (24.51), dropping by three-hundredths of a second in opposition to Holy Cross. She completed within the top-five of all three of her occasions in opposition to Boston U.
• It was opening weekend for freshman on the squad. Tessa Feld, Alivia Wainwright and Natalia Gajecki all gained an occasion. Feld gained the 1,000 Free (10:31.34) by almost 14 seconds, and she or he completed fourth within the 200 Fly and third within the 200 IM in opposition to Holy Cross.
• Gajecki gained the 100 Back (57.52) in opposition to Holy Cross and took second within the 100 Back (57.22) in opposition to Boston U. Wainwright gained the 200 Back (2.06.72) in opposition to Holy Cross earlier than taking third within the 100 Back in opposition to Boston U.

Bucknell Men on the Bucknell Fall Invitational

• Riley Twiss and Jackson Vinarub earned first-place finishes for the boys’s swimming and diving staff on Saturday on the Bucknell Fall Invitational. In addition to the 2 wins, the Bison secured eight top-three finishes within the non-scored meet in opposition to Seton Hall and Binghamton. The early season competitors featured an prolonged slate of occasions and gave the Bison an opportunity to compete in occasions they won’t ordinarily swim.
• Twiss posted Bucknell’s first win of the day within the 200-yard butterfly, with a time of 1:50.97. Finn Franks completed third in that occasion. Twiss got here again later to complete second within the 200 freestyle (1:41.22).
• Vinarub posted a successful rating of 291.65 within the 1-meter dive, with teammate Jack Krug an in depth third with a mark of 288.10. Vinarub later completed fifth on the 3-meter board (274.95).
• Bucknell began the day with a strong second-place end behind Seton Hall within the 200 freestyle relay. The Bison quartet of Finn Russell, William Harpster, Dante Buonadonna, and Drew Greene completed in 1:23.43. In the afternoon’s first particular person occasion, Avery Kuhn was runner-up within the 200 particular person medley in 1:53.03.
• Also putting second have been freshman Drew Davis within the 100 free (45.35) and Jason Kellerman within the 100 butterfly (50.12). Kellerman was additionally fourth within the 100 free, and Davis added a fifth-place end within the 200 free.
• Matt Raudabaugh completed third within the 200 breaststroke (2:07.02), and Alex Crossing and Shane Wynne went 3-4 within the 400 IM.
• Bucknell’s all-freshman 200 medley relay completed a strong fourth in a time of 1:34.29. The relay featured Davis, Finn Lukens, Kellerman, and CJ Meier.

Bucknell Men at a Glance

• The Bucknell males’s swimming and diving staff went 1-1 final weekend, defeating Holy Cross 163-137 earlier than falling to Boston U. 172.5-127.5.
• Bucknell gained 14 occasions led by an amazing debut displaying from freshman Drew Davis, who gained 4 occasions to start out his profession.
• Davis gained the 100 Back (50.75) by almost three seconds earlier than successful the 100 Fly (50.72) in opposition to Holy Cross. Against Boston U., he gained the 100 Back (49.88) and the 200 IM (1:53.44). He additionally took second within the 200 Back (1:49.11) to earn 22 factors for the Bison.
• Jason Kellerman was one other freshman with an amazing opening weekend, successful an occasion in every of the 2 meets. He gained the 200 Back (1:52.82) and took second within the 200 Free (1:43.55) in opposition to Holy Cross. He then tied for first within the 100 Fly (50.84) and took second in each the 200 IM (1:54.85) and the 200 Free (1:42.30) in opposition to Boston U.
• Senior Alex Crossing and junior Finn Russell every gained two occasions. Crossing gained each of his two occasions in opposition to Holy Cross, taking first within the 200 Fly (1:54.03) by two-tenths of a second and first within the 500 Free (4:48.33). At Holy Cross, Russell gained the 50 Free (21.64) by three-hundredths of a second. He then gained the 50 Free (20.97) once more in opposition to Boston U, this time by one one-hundredth of a second.
• Seniors Shane Wynne and William Shoemaker every gained an occasion. Wynne wone the 200 Fly (1:52.13) in opposition to Boston U. and took third within the 100 Fly (51.13). He scored in each of his particular person occasions at Holy Cross, taking second within the 200 Fly (1:54.23) and fourth within the 200 IM. Shoemaker gained the 1,000 Free (9:49.80) in opposition to Holy Cross.
• Sophomores James Lombardi and Dante Buonadonna every gained an occasion. Buonadonna gained the 200 IM (1:55.41) and took second within the 50 Free (51.67), dropping by three-hundredths of a second to Russell. He then took third within the 200 and 100 Free in opposition to Boston U. Lombardi gained the 100 Back (57.15) in opposition to Boston U. and took second within the 200 Breast (2:08.16). Against Holy Cross, he took second within the 100 Breast (58.61).

A Look Ahead

• The Bison are again in on the Kinney Natatorium in Lewisburg on Friday, November 21 by means of Sunday, November 23 because the Bison host the Bucknell Invitational for a three-day occasion.