Davis and Kellerman Set High-10 Instances as Males’s Swimming and Diving Falls 191-109 at Army

WEST POINT, N.Y. – The Bucknell males’s swimming and diving group competed effectively towards the reigning Patriot League champions in Army, falling 191-109 at Crandall Pool on Saturday afternoon. Freshman Drew Davis picked up proper the place he left off, breaking his personal top-10 time within the 200 backstroke.

Davis took second within the 200 backstroke with a time of 1:48.95, beating his time of 1:49.04 set on the Bucknell Invitational. Davis sits tenth on the checklist and owns three top-10 occasions. Fellow freshman Jason Kellerman additionally made his manner into the top-10 checklist, swimming the ninth-fastest time within the 200 butterfly in 1:49.07. Kellerman gained the occasion to take 9 factors.

Davis and Kellerman have been two of Bucknell’s prime performers within the meet. Davis had two prime 5 finishes in particular person occasions, additionally taking fourth within the 100 backstroke. He additionally had a hand in Bucknell’s third-place end within the 200 medley relay.

On prime of Kellerman’s win within the 200 butterfly, the primary yr took second within the 400 IM in 4:00.98 and took third within the 200 backstroke in 1:51.41. Altogether, he was the top-scoring Bison with 16 factors in particular person occasions.

Drew Greene obtained his first win of the season, swimming the 100 freestyle in 45.84. William Shoemaker gained the five hundred freestyle in 4:35.57.  

Bucknell and Army kicked off the meet with diving occasions within the morning, the place Army obtained out to an early benefit. The Bison earned seven factors within the one-meter dive. Jack Krug took second within the occasion with a rating of 284.03. Jake Hagler and Connor Thurston took fourth and fifth within the occasion. Krug additionally scored within the three-meter dive with a rating of 280.05, however Army took 4 of the top-five spots to take 16 factors within the occasion.

Shoemaker kicked off the swimming occasions with a second-place end within the 1,000 freestyle, swimming a time of 9:27.78. Finn Franks took third in 9:41.75 and Alex Crossing completed in fifth. Army started to drag away early, nonetheless, taking first in every of the primary 5 swimming occasions.

Riley Twiss swam a time of 1:40.63 within the 200 freestyle to take second within the occasion. He later posted one other second-place end within the 500 freestyle, swimming a time of 4:33.98.

Evan Hepburn took third within the 100 breaststroke in 56.77 and took fourth within the 100 breaststroke. Shane Wynne posted a second-place end within the 200 butterfly in 1:49.52. Wynne was much less that half of a second off of the profitable time within the occasion. Wynne later took fourth within the 400 IM in 4:07.01.

Finn Russell took third in each the 50 freestyle and the 100 butterfly. He posted a time of 20.63 within the dash and 49.17 within the butterfly.

Dante Buonadonna took second within the 100 freestyle in 46.19. Franks posted two third place finishes within the 1,000 freestyle and the five hundred freestyle. He swam the 1,000 freestyle in 9:41.75 and swam the five hundred freestyle in 4:36.68

Bucknell is again in motion this Friday at Loyola, kicking off the meet at 1 p.m. on the Mangione Aquatic Center.