Swimming & Diving Competes at Magnus Cup

CLEVELAND, Ohio – The Binghamton swimming & diving groups took half within the three-day Magnus Cup Invitational, which was hosted by Cleveland State University. The occasion wrapped up on Saturday night.

In the ultimate crew standings, the Bearcat males had been third out of six groups whereas the ladies had been seventh out of 9 squads. Binghamton got here away from the meet with three-first-place finishes, one meet document, 4 faculty data and one freshman document. In addition, the Bearcats had their fourth diver of the season meet the NCAA Zone normal.

“Overall, it was a pretty good weekend for both teams,” head coach Jerry Cummiskey stated. “We saw a lot of great swimming and diving as well as plenty of things we will work to correct for February. We have a great young core and we expect that they will continue to improve throughout the season.”

Sophomore Evan Peters broke the meet document within the males’s 200 free and was additionally a part of the first-place 800 free relay crew. His 200 free time of 1:37.86 eclipsed the 2021 mark of 1:36.78 which was set by Andrew Martin of Xavier.

Joining Peters on the profitable 800 free relay crew had been sophomore William Deutmeyer, junior Harrison Lambert and senior Liam Preston. The Bearcat quartet clocked a time of 6:36.48. Preston additionally completed second to Peters within the 200 free with a time of 1:37.86.

Binghamton’s different first-place efficiency was turned in by freshman Isaih Francis within the 50 again (22.50). He additionally positioned third within the 200 again (1:48.50), simply behind Peters in second place (1:48.05). 

In the diving occasions, freshman Samuel Pikofsky-Christiansen was the runner up in each the one-meter occasion (308.00) and three-meter competitors (308.00). In the method, he met the NCAA Zone Standard within the one-meter occasion (300). Pikofsky-Christiansen is the fourth Binghamton diver to satisfy a NCAA Zone Standard this season, becoming a member of senior Elizabeth Tirado, junior Dylan Norby and sophomore Jacob Koclanis.

On the ladies’s aspect, freshman Julia Iwanow continued her stellar season with a runner-up end within the 200 breast (2:13.53). In the method, she broke her personal faculty and freshman data of two:14.07, which she set earlier this season. 

Senior Maria Pignatelli was part of two faculty data throughout the Magnus Cup. In the 100 IM prelims, her time of 57.71 broke her personal mark of 57.84 from final season. She additionally joined freshmen Lauren Maierle and Elle Gerbes in addition to junior Ava Olsian to clock a 200 free relay time of 1:33.35. That mark, which was set throughout a time trial on the meet, broke this system’s 2024 document of 1:33.83.

Binghamton’s ultimate faculty document on the Magnus Cup was set by junior Haley Nowak within the 50 fly. Her Eleventh-place time of 25.37 topped Brooke Pettis’ 2018 mark of 25.49.

The Bearcats’ proceed their season on Jan. 24 at Marist.