Courtesy: Binghamton Athletics
HAMILTON, N.Y. – Three weeks into their truncated season, the Binghamton swimming & diving teams are both unbeaten at 4-0.
On Saturday against Colgate, the Bearcat men defeated the Raiders 241-45 while the women were victorious by a score of 156-142. Binghamton posted five double-event winners but it was their depth in places 2-4 that made the difference, especially in the women’s meet.
“Today was another good meet on both sides,” head coach Jerry Cummiskey said. “We had some very good times on both sides compared to when we started the season. The men were in a good position during the whole meet and the women had a lot of top-four places that gave them a cushion at the end of the meet.”
In the men’s meet, senior David Walters swept both the men’s one- and three-meter diving competitions with scores of 258.67 and 267.97 respectively. The current America East Men’s Diver of the Week has now won five individual events so far this year and is unbeaten in the one-meter event this season.
Junior Ryan Board won the 100 breast (56.18) and the 200 breast (1:56.77), freshman Jake Vecchio captured the 100 fly (50.51) and 200 fly (1:53.51) while fellow freshman Christopher Ghim won the 200 back (1:58.83) and tied sophomore Matthew Palguta for first in the 200 free (1:44.96).
In the women’s meet, freshman Courtney Moane swept both the 100 breast (1:07.27) and the 200 breast (2:26.42). She has now won seven events in her rookie season and is unbeaten in both breaststroke events.
Other individual winners in the men’s meet included freshman Zachary Ciriaco in the 1000 free (9:46.75), sophomore Justin Meyn in the 100 free (47.38), sophomore Xiaoyu Lin in the 200 breast (2:06.85) freshman Liam Murphy in the 500 free (4:43.74) and junior Benjamin Beldner in the 50 free (21.36).
Board and Vecchio also joined senior Shane Morris and freshman Travis Phillips to win the 200 medley relay (1:33.33). Murphy and Beldner teamed up with freshmen Robert Reining and George Kipshidze to take the 200 free relay (1:26.10).
Also on the women’s side, senior Sophia Howard was victorious in the women’s one-meter diving competition (248.24). The current America East Women’s Diver of the Week has now won five events so far this season and remains undefeated in the one-meter event.
Other women’s individual winners against the Raiders included freshman Mel Carousso in the 1000 free (10:50.30), sophomore Manuela Matkovic in the 50 free (25.60) and senior Kaitlyn Smolar in 500 free (5:19.41).
Binghamton returns home for its final regular-season meet of the year next Saturday against St. Bonaventure. Start time is scheduled for 11 a.m.
Courtesy: Colgate Athletics
Men’s Recap
HAMILTON – The men’s swimming and diving team hosted its second meet of the season as the Raiders fell to Binghamton 241-45 on Senior Day.
Highlighting the day for Colgate were three stellar second-place finishes. Senior Andrew Kelemen’s time of 10:28.27 was good for second in the 1,000-yard freestyle and first-year Neil Nejame placed second in the 200-yard backstroke with a time of 1:58.74.
In the men’s 200-yard freestyle relay, Colgate’s A team of junior Justin Song, junior Jack Van Meter, senior Camden Koch and junior Segundo Rienhardt finished second with a time of 1:30.64.
Placing third with a time of 5:07.76 in the 500-yard freestyle was junior Noah Zeigler and Song finished third in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 54.05.
In the 200-yard medley relay, Colgate’s A team of Nejame, Koch, Song and Van Meter placed fourth with a time of 1:40.19. Song also placed fourth in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1:48.04 and Nejame’s time of 54.04 was good for fourth in the 100-yard backstroke.
In the men’s diving meet, which was at Binghamton this morning at 9 a.m., sophomore Lucas Austin finished fourth in the 1-meter dive with a score of 130.43. He also placed fourth in the 3-meter dive with a final score of 134.77.
FROM THE SOURCE
On the men’s and women’s performances, head coach Ed Pretre said, “After a very hard week of training, the teams battled extremely hard. We’re looking forward to ending our season and being rested for three weeks.”
UP NEXT
The Raiders will compete in the Patriot League Championships, which are set for April 21-24 in Lewisburg, Pa.
FOLLOW THE RAIDERS
For more information on the Colgate women’s swimming and diving program, follow the Raiders on Twitter @ColgateSwimDive and instagram @colgateswimdive.
Women’s Recap
Kicking off the day for the Raiders was Colgate’s A team in the 200-yard medley relay. The team, consisting of senior Beth Caruana, first-year Brooke Garretson, first-year Jordan Hurt and senior Madison Sullivan, secured the victory with a time of 1:50.32.
In the 100-yard backstroke, Garretson took first in the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 59.97 and Caruana picked up her second individual win of the day in the 200-yard butterfly with a time of 2:13.24. She also finished second in the 200-yard backstroke with a time of 2:13.26.
First-year Zoe Stokes secured the win in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1:57.36 and first-year Jordan Hurt’s time of 53.52 was good for first in the 100-yard freestyle.
Hurt also finished second in the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 1:08.62 while Stokes clinched a second-place finish in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 25.69. Stokes improved on her already stellar day as her time of 5:25.02 was good second in the 500-yard freestyle.
Sophomore Katie Hand won the 200-yard individual medley with a time of 2:12.68. Her time of 2:13.74 in the 200-yard butterfly was good for second. First-year Alexandra Mehos clinched second in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 1:01.01.
In the 400-yard freestyle relay, Colgate’s A team of Sullivan, Stokes, Hurt and senior Emma Klein secured a first-place finish with a time of 3:41.41.
Senior Caroline LaPlante had a great day on the board as she won the 3-meter dive with a score of 243.97. In the 1-meter dive, her score of 242.17 was good for second.
Junior Lindsay Criqui finished third in the 100-yard backstroke as she swam a 1:01.63 and Hand placed third in the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 55.03. Sophomore Ana Mashek’s time of 2:17.10 was good for third in the 200-yard backstroke.
FROM THE SOURCE
On the men’s and women’s performances, head coach Ed Pretre said, “After a very hard week of training, the team battled extremely hard. We’re looking forward to ending our season and being rested for three weeks.”
UP NEXT
The Raiders will compete in the Patriot League Championships, which are set for April 21-24 in Lewisburg, Pa.
FOLLOW THE RAIDERS
For more information on the Colgate women’s swimming and diving program, follow the Raiders on Twitter @ColgateSwimDive and instagram @colgateswimdive.