Men’s and Women’s Swimming and Diving ink prime 5 finishes at Patriot League Championships

Men’s and Women’s Swimming and Diving competed within the Patriot League Championships from Feb. 19-21.

The males’s group completed fifth on the convention championships. Jack Krug ’26 set a private file within the three-meter dive to kick it off, which now sits second on Bucknell’s all-time record.

Drew Davis ’29, James Lombardi ’27, Finn Russell ’27 and Colin Smith ’27 opened the meet up with a fourth-place end within the 200 medley relay with a time of 1:28.78. Krug went for fourth within the three-meter dive, and Jason Kellerman ’29, Damian Czartoryjski ’28, Dante Buonadonna ’28 and Riley Twiss ’27 capped off day one with a fifth-place end within the 800 freestyle relay.

On day two, Davis was the lone Bison to make an A Final, ending eighth within the 200 particular person medley with a time of 1:49.3 5. Davis later was part of Bucknell’s 400 medley relay, together with Lombardi, Russell and Smith. The group completed sixth in 3:16.56.

The Bison made a push to maneuver up from their present fifth-place standing, however remained placed on the ultimate day. William Shoemaker ’26 kicked it off with a time of 15:32.56 within the 1650 freestyle.

Davis and Braden Beagle ’26 positioned fifth and sixth within the B Final of the 200 backstroke. Bucknell capped off the ultimate day with a 2:58.33 time within the 400 freestyle relay with Smith, Kellerman, Davis and Drew Greene ’27. The group set the sixth-fastest time in class historical past.

The males’s group completed in fifth place.

As for the ladies, they kicked the Patriot League Championships off sizzling with a college file. Natalia Gajecki ’29, Hanna Bingley ’26, Samantha Benzija ’27 and Sara Ketron ’27 set the file within the 200 medley relay with a time of 1:41.08.

Clara Renner ’28, Jennifer Bolden ’26, Kyla Kelly ’26 and Sydney Dettmann ’27 adopted that up with a bronze medal within the 800 freestyle relay with a time of seven:19.33.

The girls’s group didn’t safe any medals on the second day, however nonetheless had a extremely profitable exhibiting. Kelly Byrne ’27 and Renner represented the Orange and Blue within the A Final of the five hundred freestyle. Byrne completed fourth with a time of 4:51.87, the fifth-best in class historical past.

Day three was particular for the Bison, as Byrne earned the gold medal within the 400 particular person medley and Tori Castro ’29 broke two college information.

Byrne got here in at 4:16.24, incomes the second-fastest time in class historical past and profitable the occasion by almost two seconds.

Castro first set a brand new college file within the 100 butterfly with a time of 54.40. She then broke the file within the 200 freestyle relay together with Ketron, Bolden and Kelly, which got here in with a time of 1:32.09.

The Orange and Blue stayed sizzling on the ultimate day of the convention championships, as Renner received gold within the 200 butterfly and Byrne earned the bronze medal within the 1,650 freestyle.

The girls’s group completed third within the convention, cementing a stellar weekend on the Patriot League Championships. 

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