Swimming and Diving to Host Lehigh for Senior Day Saturday Morning

*Due to inclement climate this weekend, Bucknell’s meet in opposition to Lehigh on the Kinney Natatorium will start at 11:30 a.m.
 
*Bucknell will have fun Senior Day, with ceremonies starting at 11 a.m.
 
Bucknell vs. Lehigh (Senior Day)
When: Saturday, January 24
Where: Kinney Natatorium, Lewisburg, Pa.
Live Results: BucknellBison.com
Live Stream: YouTube
 
The Bucknell males’s and ladies’s swimming and diving groups are set for its ultimate dwelling meet of the season, internet hosting Lehigh at 11:30 a.m. The Bison will have fun 16 seniors earlier than the meet with ceremonies starting at 11 a.m.

The Bison most not too long ago traveled to Loyola final Friday, then returned dwelling on Saturday to host La Salle. On the ladies’s facet, the Bison went 2-0, taking down Loyola 214-85 and La Salle 188-112. The males went 1-1, falling to Loyola 172-128 earlier than beating La Salle 183-114 the next day.

Bucknell’s girls are 6-2 in twin meets and 5-2 within the Patriot League this season, they usually positioned third out of seven groups on the Bucknell Invitational again in November. Among the wins are Holy Cross (198-102), Boston University (160.5-139.5), American (200-97), Lafayette (217.5-81.5) and Loyola (214-85). The two losses have come to reigning PL champions Navy (177-112) and Army (157-143).

Bucknell’s males are 4-4 this season with a 3-4 mark within the Patriot League, they usually positioned seventh on the Bucknell Invitational again in November. The Bison have defeated Holy Cross (163-137), American (226-70) and Lafayette (217.5-81.5). The Bison have fallen to reigning PL champions Army (191-109), Navy (185-104), Loyola (172-128) and Boston University (172.5-127.5).

The Bison are heating up as each the boys’s and ladies’s sides mixed for 11 new top-10 instances on the Bucknell Invitational in late November and three extra at Army (see 2025 top-10 instances listed on the backside).

Bucknell additionally hosted the Bucknell Fall Invitational again in October, competing in opposition to Seton Hall and Binghamton with no crew scoring within the occasion.

Bucknell Women Last Time Out at La Salle

• The Bucknell girls’s swimming and diving crew gained 10 occasions on its method to defeating La Salle 188-112 on Saturday afternoon on the Kinney Natatorium. Kyla Kelly and Clara Renner  gained two occasions every as eight totally different Bison gained particular person occasions. Bucknell (6-2, 5-2 PL) had 5 1-2-3 finishes and 6 1-2 finishes in occasions.
• The Bison began the time without work by going 2-3 within the 200 medley relay. The Bison went 1-2-3 over the following two occasions, taking the vast majority of factors within the 1,000 free and the 200 free. Tessa Feld gained the 1,000 free in 10:45.31, adopted by Emma Briganti (10:46.72) in second and Hanna Klingensmith (10:54.21) in third.
• In the 200 free, Sydney Dettmann had the highest time at 1:53.51. Virginia Hastings took second within the occasion in 1:54.92 and Kennedy DeVeaux in third in 1:55.93.
• Natalia Gajecki and Alivia Wainwright went 1-2 within the 100 again. Gajecki gained with a time of 58.38 and Wainwright was proper behind her with a time of 58.83. Sofia Burns took fourth within the occasion in 59.37.
• Sydney Jee took second in 1:05.56 within the 100 breast, adopted by Hanna Bingley (1:05.60), Kelly (1:05.85) and Kelly Byrne (1:07.21).
• Renner’s first win of the day got here within the 200 fly by almost three seconds, swimming a time of two:05.94. Joslin Halsey (2:08.97) took fourth within the occasion and Emma Feld (2:15.35) took fifth.
• Hastings, Tori Castro and Jennifer Bolden went 2-3-4 within the 50 free. Hastings swam a time of 24.51 as Castro (24.53) and Bolden (24.65) have been shut behind.
• Ruby Olliffe was the very best scoring Bison within the one-meter dive with a rating of 234.00 to take third. Dea Mielenz took fourth within the occasion with a rating of 233.63. Mielenz later took second within the three-meter dive with a rating of 237.15. Natalie Penman scored a 234.38 within the three-meter to take fourth.
• Kelly picked up her first win of the day within the 100 free with a time of 52.57. Bolden took second in 53.00 and Castro adopted in third in 54.41. Wainwright gained the 200 again in 2:07.00 within the subsequent occasion. Hastings took fifth within the occasion to assist the Bison win on factors.
• Byrne gained the five hundred free in 5:07.24 because the Bison had the highest 4 instances. Dettmann (5:11.81) took second, Briganti (5:23.02) took third and Brooke Worth (5:28.95) took fourth.
• Renner’s second win of the day got here within the 100 fly, swimming a time of 57.02. Halsey took fourth with a time of 58.31.
• Kelly took her second win of the day within the 200 IM. She swam a time of two:06.50, adopted by Renner in second with a time of two:07.45. Emma Feld took fifth within the occasion in 2:14.04.
• The Bison ended the day with a win within the 400 free relay. Castro, Ketron, Bolden and Hastings gained the with a time of three:33.30. DeVeaux, Halsey, Gajecki and Keira Giles took third with a time of three:37.40.

Bucknell Women at a Glance

• The reigning Patriot League Rookie of the Meet Clara Renner has been dominant to begin the yr, profitable 15 particular person occasions this season. She has posted 5 wins within the 200 fly, three wins within the 500 free and the 100 fly, two wins within the 1,000 free. She additionally has wins within the 200 free and the 400 IM. Renner is inching in direction of her instances on the top-10s listing, and she or he already owns eight totally different instances in particular person occasions. Her time of 1:58.21 within the 200 fly final season is the all-time document within the occasion.
• Kelly Byrne has 5 wins this season. Most not too long ago, she gained the five hundred free (5:07.24) in opposition to La Salle. She gained the 400 IM at Army on Saturday (4:23.01). She took the five hundred free (5:12.68) in opposition to Holy Cross, the 200 breast (2:22.60) in opposition to Boston U., and the 200 again (2:02.16) on the BU Fall Invite. Byrne owns top-10 instances in three occasions.
• Kyla Kelly has 5 wins. She gained two occasions in opposition to La Salle, profitable the 100 free (52.75) and the 200 IM (2:06.50). She gained the 100 breast (1:06.35) in opposition to Holy Cross, and had an enormous day in opposition to Boston U. with wins within the 200 free (1:53.23) and 200 IM (2:05.64).
• Jennifer Bolden has 5 wins wins, selecting up two wins in opposition to Loyola this previous weekend. At Loyola, she gained the 200 free (1:51.28) and the 100 free (51.88). Bolden took the 200 free (1:49.31) and 100 Free (51.33) in opposition to Army. Her time within the 200 free is the sixth-fastest time on the top-10 lists. 
• Sydney Jee has three wins this season, profitable the 200 breast (2:20.44) in opposition to Loyola. She additionally took the 200 breast (2:24.25) at Holy Cross and the 100 breast (1:05.48) at Boston U.
• Freshman Tori Castro has had an amazing debut season, setting two top-10 instances this season. She gained the primary two occasions of her profession in opposition to Loyola, profitable the 50 free (23.61) and 100 fly (55.43). Her time of 23.27 within the 50 free on the primary leg of the 200 free relay within the Bucknell Invitational is the fourth-fastest time on the listing. Her time of 55.43 within the 100 fly is tied for sixth on the top-10 listing, breaking her personal mark which she set in opposition to Army.
• Freshmen Tessa Feld, Natalia Gajecki, Alivia Wainwright and Kennedy DeVeaux have all collected wins this season. Gajecki leads the pack with three wins, most not too long ago taking the 100 again (56.71) in opposition to Loyola and the 100 again (58.38) in opposition to La Salle. Feld has two wins, taking the 1,000 free (10:31.34) at Holy Cross and the 200 fly (2:05.36) on the BU Fall Invite. Wainwright additionally has two wins, most not too long ago profitable the 200 again (2:07.00 in opposition to La Salle.
• Hanna Bingley picked up her first win of the yr in opposition to Loyola, swimming a time of 1:04.86 in opposition to Loyola.
• Virginia Hastings has two wins this season, most not too long ago profitable the 200 IM (2:05.20) in opposition to Loyola. Sydney Dettmann has two wins, coming off of a win within the 200 free (1:53.51) in opposition to La Salle. Tessa Feld picked up her first win in opposition to La Salle, taking the 1,000 free in 10:45.31.

Bucknell Men Last Time Out vs. La Salle

• Finn Franks led the Bucknell males’s swimming and diving crew with two wins because the Bison defeated La Salle 183-114 on the Kinney Natatorium on Saturday afternoon. The Bison gathered 9 occasion wins and had six 1-2 finishes and 31 top-three finishes among the many occasions.
• The Bison obtained off to an amazing begin within the 200 medley relay with the top-two spots. Drew Davis, Matt Raudabaugh, Finn Russell and Drew Greene gained the occasion with a time of 1:31.69. Caleb Hagadorn, James Lombardi, Jason Kellerman and Colin Smith adopted with a second-place end in 1:33.27.
• William Shoemaker gained the 1,000 free, and Alex Crossing took second. Shoemaker gained by greater than 12 seconds with a time of 9:56.71. Crossing swam a time of 10:08.88 within the occasion.
• Franks gained his first occasion within the 200 free in 1:42.23. Dante Buonadonna (1:42.43) adopted in second and Damian Czartoryjski (1:42.49) took third.
• Davis gained the 100 again with a time of fifty.49. Kellerman took fifth within the occasion, posting a time of 51.84. The Bison went 1-2-3 within the 100 breast. Lombardi was the winner with a time of 57.27. Raudabaugh (57.49) was shut behind in second and Evan Hepburn (59.05) claimed third.
• La Salle gained the 200 fly, however the Bison went 2-3-4-5 within the occasion. Riley Twiss (1:55.44) completed in second, adopted by Shane Wynne (1:56.45), Braden Beagle (1:59.36) and Nikita Bityutski (2:02.11).
• Russell took second within the 50 free in 20.96. Smith took third with a time of 21.06 and Greene positioned third in 21.43.
• Jack Krug gained the one-meter dive with a rating of 296.40. Krug was simply three factors of his private greatest which sits third on Bucknell’s top-10 lists. Krug later took fourth within the three-meter with a rating of 263.55. Jackson Vinarub took fourth within the one-meter (256.65) and took fifth within the three-meter (262.58).
• Smith had one other top-three end with a second-place end within the 100 free in 46.03. Greene adopted in third with a time of 46.55. In the 200 again, Kellerman posted a second-place end with a time of 1:52.78. Hagadorn took fourth and Beagle took fifth within the occasion.
• Raudabaugh gained the 200 breast because the Bison went 1-2-3. He gained the occasion in 2:09.25, adopted by Hepburn (2:11.04) in second and Buonadonna (2:11.33) in third.
• The Bison took the top-four spots within the 500 free. Franks gained his second occasion of the day, swimming a time of 4:40.75, adopted by Crossing (4:41.85), Twiss (4:47.82), and Shoemaker (4:51.34).
• Davis posted one other top-two end within the 100 fly. He took second with a time of fifty.54. Russell adopted with a third-place end in 51.17 and Wynne took fourth in 52.52.
• Kellerman gained the 200 IM in 1:53.32. Caleb Kubiak took third (1:55.81), Buonadonna took fourth (1:58.07) and Avery Kuhn took fifth (1:58.39).

Bucknell Men at a Glance

• Freshmen Drew Davis leads the Bison with six occasion wins to this point. He posted two wins in opposition to each Holy Cross and Boston U. in Bucknell’s opening weekend. He most not too long ago gained the 200 IM (1:50.95) in opposition to Loyola and the 100 again (50.49) in opposition to La Salle. At Holy Cross, he gained the 100 again (50.75) and the 100 fly (50.72). At Boston U., he gained the 100 again (49.88) and 200 IM (1:53.44).
• Davis earned the Patriot League Rookie of the Week honor after the Bucknell Invitational, setting two top-10 instances. He set the sixth-fastest time within the 100 again on the Bucknell Invitational as he led off of Bucknell’s 400 Medley Relay crew, swimming the 100 again in 49.33. Davis owns the Tenth-fastest time within the 200 again, swimming a time of 1:48.95 at Army. He broke his earlier time of 1:49.04 set on the Bucknell Invitational.
• Freshmen Jason Kellerman is off to an amazing begin, and matched Davis at 5 wins this season after selecting up wins in opposition to Loyola and La Salle. At Loyola, Kellerman swam the fourth-fastest time within the 200 fly (1:47.26), beating his time of 1:48.82 which he set on the Bucknell Invitational. Kellerman is that this week’s PL Rookie of the Week after his two wins, two second-place finishes and two extra top-five finishes this previous weekend.
• Against Army, Kellerman swam a time of 1:49.07. He took the 200 again (1:52.82) in opposition to Holy Cross and the 100 fly (50.84) in opposition to Boston U. At the Bucknell Invitational, Kellerman set the eighth-fastest time within the 200 fly with 1:48.82.
• Alex Crossing has two wins, taking the 200 fly (1:54.03) and the five hundred free (4:48.33) in opposition to Holy Cross.
• Finn Russell has gained the 50 free twice, taking the occasion in opposition to Holy Cross (21.64) and Boston U. (20.97).
• William Shoemaker has three wins within the 1,000 free, most not too long ago profitable the occasion in opposition to Loyola (9:27.78) and La Salle (9:56.71) this previous weekend. Shoemaker has additionally gained the five hundred free (4:33.57).
• Finn Franks earned his first two wins of the season, each coming in opposition to La Salle. He gained the 200 free in 1:42.23 and gained the five hundred free in 4:40.75.
• Dante Buonadonna gained the 200 IM (1:55.41) in opposition to Holy Cross and is coming off of a win within the 200 free (1:40.67) in opposition to Loyola.
• James Lombardi is coming off of a win within the 100 breast (57.27) in opposition to La Salle. Lombardi gained the 100 breast (57.15) and Shane Wynne gained the 200 fly (1:52.13) in opposition to Boston U.
• Riley Twiss gained the 200 fly (1:50.97) and Jackson Vinarub gained the one-meter dive (291.65) on the BU Fall Invite.
• Drew Greene picked up his first win of the yr at Army, swimming the 100 free in 45.84. ­­­­
• Jack Krug picked up his first win of the season with a 290.55 within the one-meter dive in opposition to Loyola. Krug then put up a rating of 296.40 the next day in opposition to La Salle to win the one-meter dive once more.
• Jackson Vinarub gained the one-meter dive on the BU Fall Invite. He most not too long ago gained the three-meter dive (321.15) at Loyola.
• Matt Raudabaugh gained his first occasion of the season, taking the 200 breast (2:09.25) in opposition to La Salle.

2025-26 Top-10 Times

• 200 Free Relay: Victoria Castro, Sara Ketron, Jennifer Bolden, Kyla Kelly (1:33.02 – 4th)
• 50 Freestyle: Victoria Castro (23.27 – 4th)
• 200 Medley Relay: Natalia Gajecki, Hanna Bingley, Victoria Castro, Sara Ketron (1:42.87 – ninth)
• 400 IM: Kelly Byrne (4:17.67 – third)
• 200 Freestyle: Jennifer Bolden (1:49.31 – sixth)
• 100 Butterfly: Tori Castro (55.43 – sixth)
• 800 Free Relay: Clara Renner, Sydney Dettmann, Virginia Hastings, Jennifer Bolden (7:24.73 – eighth)
• 400 Free Relay: Tori Castro, Kyla Kelly, Sara Ketron, Jennifer Bolden (3:23.73 – seventh)
• 100 Backstroke: Drew Davis (49.33 – sixth)
• 200 Backstroke: Drew Davis (1:48.95 – Tenth)
• 200 Butterfly: Jason Kellerman (1:47.26 – 4th)
• 400 Free Relay: Drew Davis, Colin Smith, Drew Greene, Finn Russell (3:00.41 – Tenth)

A Look Ahead

• The Bison are again in motion another time earlier than the Patriot League Championships. The Bison head to the championship website on Saturday, January 31 for the Navy Invitational.
• The Patriot League Championships will likely be held from February 18-21 in Annapolis, Md.
• Bucknell will host the ECAC Championships from February 27-March 1 on the Kinney Natatorium.