Ladies’s Swimming & Diving Falls in Shut Contest with Army 157-143

WEST POINT, N.Y. — The Bucknell girls’s swimming & diving crew closed the hole to 5 factors after outscoring the Black Knights 12-7 within the 400-yard particular person medley, however finally fell within the closing occasion of the afternoon as Army secured the win with a prime end within the 200-yard freestyle relay. In the loss, the Bison notched three Top-10 data and gained six of the occasions.

Clara Renner and Jennifer Bolden every gained two occasions apiece. Renner gained the 200-yard butterfly and 500-yard freestyle and Bolden took the 100 and 200-yard freestyle occasions.

Sofia Burns gained the 100-yard backstroke with a 56.21 time and Kelly Byrne took the 400-yard particular person medley with a time of 4:23.01.

Byrne cracked the Bison’s top-10 record within the 1,000-yard freestyle occasion (10:16.59), the place she now holds the tenth place slot. Bolden improved her 200-yard freestyle mark (1:49.31), which moved her from eighth to sixth within the document guide. Tori Castro broke into the top-10 within the 100-yard butterfly (55.68), the place she now holds ninth.

Bucknell captured three or extra of the top-five instances in additional than half of the swimming occasions together with the 100-yard breaststroke the place the Bison completed 2-3-4-5. 

Army opened the meet with a 27-11 lead after outsourcing the Bison within the diving occasions. Despite Renner and Byrne inserting second and third within the 1,000 yard freestyle occasion, the Black Knights prolonged their lead with 12 factors to take a 39-18 benefit heading into the 200-yard medley relay. Two of Bucknell’s medley squads earned factors as they positioned second (4 factors) and third (two factors) within the occasion, however Army’s crew took first place and maintained its lead. 

Bucknell took the following two occasions and closed the hole to simply six factors. The Bison closed the hole by incomes 14 factors within the 200-yard freestyle occasion as Bolden took first, Kyla Kelly grabbed third and Virginia Hastings completed fourth and adopted that up with Sofia Burns and Alivia Wainwright ending 1-2 within the 100-yard backstroke and Talia Bugel ending fourth. 

Army had the primary place winner of the 100-yard breaststroke, nonetheless Hanna Bingley positioned second (1:03.35), Sam Benzija positioned third (1:05.43), Sydnee Jee positioned fourth (1:05.61) and Anne Kennedy Deveaux positioned fifth (1:05:87) to have the Bison really outscore the event-winning Black Knights 10-9.

Bucknell then tied the meet 75-75 scoreline after Renner claimed first within the 200-yard butterfly (2:00.51) and Sydney Dettmann took third (2:01.98) to earn 12 factors.

The Black Knights got here out swinging within the 50-yard freestyle taking 15 factors to Bucknell’s 4, extending their result in 11 as Castro was the lone Bison to earn factors within the occasion. The Bison instantly tied the meet for the second time as they outscored the Black Knights 15-4 within the 100-yard freestyle. Bolden gained the occasion (51.33) adopted by Castro who took second (51.78) and Kelly who positioned fourth (51.99). 

Army outscored Bucknell within the subsequent occasion, the 200-yard backstroke by two-points extending its result in 104-103. In the occasion, Wainwright completed second (2:01.99), Bugle completed third (2:05.24) and Burns completed fourth (2:05.28). The subsequent occasion went the very same means as Bucknell completed second, third and fourth within the 200-yard breaststroke and Army took first and fifth to outscore the Bison 10-9 within the occasion and take a two level lead with 5 occasions remaining. 

Renner and Dettman helped lead the Bison to its first lead over the Black Knights (124-121) with a 12 level occasion as Renner earned a primary place end within the 500-yard freestyle (4:52.46) and Dettman completed third (4:57.35). 

Army then pulled away with a 1-2-3 end within the 100-yard butterfly incomes it 16 factors. Castro and Benzija completed fourth and fifth respectively and earned three factors for the Bison, however Army used that hole to increase its result in 10 with simply two occasions remaining. 

Byrne gained the 400-yard particular person medley (4:23.01) and Hastings completed third (4:26.55) which closed the rating hole again to 5 factors and compelled the meet to return all the way down to the ultimate occasion, the 200-yard freestyle relay the place Army took first place and due to this fact took the meet with a 157-143 closing rating.

Bucknell girls’s swimming & diving will likely be again in motion on Friday, Jan. 16 at 1 p.m. The Bison will face Loyola in Baltimore for its Patriot League contest.