Swimming and Diving to Host ECAC Championships at Kinney Natatorium

2026 Patriot ECAC Championships
When: Friday, February 27 – Sunday, March 1 | CHAMPIONSHIPS 
Time: Friday and Saturday – Prelims 10 a.m., Finals 6 p.m.; Sunday – Prelims 9 a.m., Finals 4 p.m.
Where: Kinney Natatorium | Lewisburg, Pa.
Streaming: ESPN+
Live Results: BucknellBison.com

About the Meet

• Bucknell is internet hosting the ECAC championships at Kiney Natatorium for the primary time in class historical past from February 27 by way of March 1. 
• Bucknell’s ladies gained the Championship final 12 months in Annapolis and are coming off of a third-place end within the Patriot League Championships final week.
• The males took fifth on the Patriot League Championships final week. Navy’s women and men dominated on the Patriot League Championships, successful the title on either side.

Bucknell Women by Event:

50 Freestyle

Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank): Tori Castro – 23.16 (eighth)

School Record: Sara Ketron 23.00 in 2025

Current Bison in Bucknell Top 10: Sara Ketron (23.00 – 1st); Castro (23.16 – 2nd)

100 Freestyle

Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank): Tori Castro 50.54 (eighth)

School Record: Maddie Hartigan 50.01 in 2021

Current Bison in Top 10: Castro (50.54 – third); Sara Ketron (50.69 – fifth); Bolden (50.69 – 4th); Kyla Kelly (50.95 – ninth)

200 Freestyle

Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank): Jennifer Bolden 1:48.99 (4th)

School Record: Hartigan 1:47.29 in 2022

Current Bison in Top 10: Virginia Hastings (1:48.06 – 2nd); Clara Renner (1:48.71 – 4th); Bolden (1:48.99 – fifth); Sydney Dettmann (1:50.09 – tenth)

500 Freestyle

Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank): Kelly Byrne 4:51.87 (4th)

School Record: Hartigan 4:45.85 in 2022

Current Bison in Top 10: Renner (4:48.48 – third); Byrne (4:51.87 – fifth)

1,650 Freestyle

Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank): Kelly Byrne 16:52.36 (third)

School Record: Kelly Pontecorvo 16:30.95 in 2013

Current Bison in Top 10: Clara Renner (16:31.54 – 2nd); Claire Kehley (16:52.20); Byrne (16.52.36 – eighth)

100 Backstroke

Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank): Natalia Gajecki 54.82 (eighth)

School Record: Emma Levendoski 53.53 in 2014

Current Bison in Top 10: Natalia Gajecki (54.82 – fifth); Sofia Burns (55.75 – eighth)

200 Backstroke

Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank): Alivia Wainwright 2:01.18 (twelfth)

School Record: Levendoski 1:54.48 in 2014

Current Bison in Top 10: Emma Feld (2:00.17 – seventh)

100 Breaststroke

Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank): Hanna Bingley 1:03.04 (thirteenth)

School Record: Kate Handley 1:02.03 in 2024

Current Bison in Top 10: Bingley (1:02.97 – 2nd); Sydney Jee (1:03.38 – eighth)

200 Breaststroke

Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank): Kelly Byrne 2:16.26 (seventh)

School Record: Abby Doss 2:13.44 in 2021

Current Bison in Top 10: Byrne (2:16.26 – fifth); Hanna Bingley (2:17.49 – ninth); Sydney Jee (2:18.01 – tenth)

100 Butterfly

Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank): Tori Castro 54.40 (tenth)

School Record: Tori Castro 54.40 in 2026

Current Bison in Top 10: Castro (54.40 – 1st); Megan Leyden (54.83 – 4th); Clara Renner (55.43 – seventh); Sara Ketron (55.55 – eighth); Samantha Benzija (55.64 – ninth)

200 Butterfly

Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank): Clara Renner 1:56.63 (1st)

School Record: Renner 1:58.21 in 2025

Current Bison in Top 10: Renner (1:58.21 – 1st); Sydney Dettmann (2:01.72 – 4th)

200 IM

Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank): Kyla Kelly 2:02.16 (seventh)

School Record: Maggie Wyngowski 2:00.15 in 2020

Current Bison in Top 10: Clara Renner (2:00.86 – 2nd); Virginia Hastings (2:01.05 – third); Kyla Kelly (1:02.16 – fifth)

400 IM

Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank): Kelly Byrne 4:16.24 (1st)

School Record: Wyngowski 4:15.26 in 2020

Current Bison in Top 10: Byrne (2:16.24 – 2nd); Clara Renner (4:16.85 – third); Virginia Hastings (4:18.63 – 4th)

1M Diving

Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank): Natalie Penman 247.43

School Record: Tara Boyle 276.90 in 2014

Current Bison in Top 10: N/A

3M Diving

Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank): Natalie Penman 249.68 (N/A)

School Record: Katie Hetherington 300.55 in 2013

Current Bison in Top 10: Penman (273.30 – 4th)

200 Free Relay

Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank): 1:32.09 (fifth)

School Record: 1:32.09 in 2026

400 Free Relay

Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank): 3:23.73 (sixth)

School Record: 3:22.02 in 2022

800 Free Relay

Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank): 7:19.33 (third)

School Record: 7:18.40 in 2019

200 Medley Relay

Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank): 1:41.08 (sixth)

School Record: 1:41.08 in 2026

400 Medley Relay

Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank): 3:43.80 (seventh)

School Record: 3:41.48 in 2018

Bucknell Men by Event:

50 Freestyle

Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank): Finn Russell and Colin Smith 20.32 (T-18th)

School Record: Leo Kuyl 19.75 in 2023

Current Bison in Top 10: Russell (20.14 – third); Colin Smith (20.32 – eighth)

100 Freestyle

Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank): Colin Smith 44.23 (14th)

School Record: Kuyl 43.92 in 2023

Current Bison in Top 10: Smith (44.23 – third); Drew Greene (44.78 –eighth); Dante Buonadonna (44.90 – ninth)

200 Freestyle

Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank): Damian Czartoryjski 1:37.89 (fifteenth)

School Record: Kopac 1:35.72 in 2024

Current Bison in Top 10: Czartoryjski (1:37.89 – 4th); Finn Franks (1:38.05 – fifth); Riley Twiss (1:38.33 – ninth)

500 Freestyle

Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank): William Shoemaker 4:28.92 (twentieth)

School Record: Louis Behnen 4:21.91 in 2016

Current Bison in Top 10: Riley Twiss (4:27.10 – 4th); Alex Crossing (4:27.47 – fifth); Franks (4:27 – sixth); Shoemaker (4:28.92 – eighth)

1,650 Freestyle

Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank): William Shoemaker 15:32.56 (seventh)

School Record: Luke Trafton 15:20.54 in 2009

Current Bison in Top 10: Shoemaker (15:30.58 – fifth); Riley Twiss (15:35.24 – sixth); Alex Crossing (15:38.82 – seventh); Finn Franks (15:43.34 – ninth)

100 Backstroke

Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank): Drew Davis 48.74 (seventeenth)

School Record: Chris Devlin 47.74 in 2017

Current Bison in Top 10: Davis (48.74 – 4th); Shane Wynne (49.34 – seventh); Caleb Hagadorn (49.38 – eighth)

200 Backstroke

Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank): Braden Beagle 1:47.47 (seventeenth)

School Record: Devlin 1:43.14 in 2016

Current Bison in Top 10: Braden Beagle (1:47.29 – third); Davis (1:47.78 – fifth); Caleb Hagadorn (1:48.36 – ninth)

100 Breaststroke

Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank): James Lombardi 54.11 (tenth)

School Record: James Lombardi 54.11 in 2026

Current Bison in Top 10: Lombardi (54.11 – 1st); Evan Hepburn (54.68 – fifth); Matt Raudabaugh (54.85 – seventh)

200 Breaststroke

Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank): James Lombardi 1:59.47 (14th)

School Record: Cummings 1:58.85 in 2019 and Hedges in 2024

Current Bison in Top 10: Lombardi (1:59.47 – fifth); Evan Hepburn (1:59.50 – sixth)

100 Butterfly

Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank): Finn Russell 48.66 (twenty third)

School Record: Chris Fabian 46.92 in 2024

Current Bison in Top 10: Finn Russell (47.97 – third); Damian Czartoryjski (48.76 – fifth); Shane Wynne (48.97 – eighth)

200 Butterfly

Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank): Jason Kellerman 1:47.01 (twelfth)

School Record: John Gehrig 1:45.13 in 2023

Current Bison in Top 10: Kellerman (1:47.01 – third); Shane Wynne (1:47.50 – fifth); Riley Twiss (1:49.16 – eighth)

200 IM

Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank): Shane Wynne 1:48.22 (ninth)

School Record: John Gehrig 1:46.21 in 2023

Current Bison in Top 10: Dante Buonadonna (1:48.21 – eighth); Shane Wynne (1:48.22 – ninth); Drew Davis (1:48.34 – tenth)

400 IM

Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank): Jason Kellerman 3:52.49 (eighth)

School Record: Chris Devlin 3:49.04 in 2016

Current Bison in Top 10: Kellerman (3:52.49 – sixth); Riley Twiss (3:54.87 – tenth)

1M Diving

Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank): Jack Krug 321.20

School Record: Jack Krug 321.30 in 2026

Current Bison in Top 10: Krug (321.30 – 1st); Jackson Vinarub (307.95 – 2nd); Jackson Hagler (282.38 – sixth)

3M Diving

Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank): Jackson Vinarub 321.15 (N/A)

School Record: David Magaro 343.55 in 2011

Current Bison in Top 10: Vinarub (321.15 – 2nd); Jack Krug (313.20 – third); Connor Thurston (300.55 – sixth); Jackson Hagler (298.50 – seventh)

200 Free Relay

Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank): 1:20.58 (sixth)

School Record: 1:19:46 in 2022

400 Free Relay

Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank): 2:58.33 (4th)

School Record: 2:56.34 in 2023

800 Free Relay

Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank): 6:33.50 (fifth)

School Record: 6:30.17 in 2024

200 Medley Relay

Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank): 1:28.78 (fifth)

School Record: 1:26.83 in 2023

400 Medley Relay

Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank): 3:16.56 (fifth)

School Record: 3:12.99 in 2024