St. Bonaventure vs Gannon
- Saturday, January 28, 2023
- St. Bonaventure, N.Y.
- SCY (25 yards)
- Results
- Team Scores
- Women: St. Bonaventure 195, Gannon 103
- Men: St. Bonaventure 181, Gannon 119
Courtesy: St. Bonaventure Athletics
ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y.— The St. Bonaventure University women’s swimming and diving team celebrated their four seniors on Saturday afternoon in the Reilly Center Pool and the Bonnies sent their senior class out with a win in their final home meet by topping Gannon, 195-103. The day kicked off with Kylie McKee sweeping the diving events. The junior posted scores of 226.35 and 227.63 in the 1 and 3-meter dive respectively to earn the first two wins of the day for Bona’s. The Bonaventure quartet of Allison Lenda, Beth Thomas, Silvana Cabrera and Halle Myers were victorious in the 200-medley relay, their time of 1:44.35 securing a four second victory. Kathryn Beyer and Ellie Kraus finished took the top two spots in the 200-freestyle for the Bonnies. Beyer touched the wall in 1:51.62 to edge out her teammate by a little over three seconds. The Bona’s domination rolled over into the next event as well with Lenda, Daciana Colon and Eylul Alli sweeping the podium in the 100-backstroke. Lenda posted a time of 56.11, while Colon finished in 56.59 in her debut with the Bonnies. Thomas etched her second victory of the afternoon in the 100-breastroke touching the wall in 1:05.54. Teammate Kathryn Lyons was not too far behind as the runner-up with a time of 1:08.47. Silvana Cabrera (2:02.75) continued her strong season as she cruised to a nine-second triumph in the 200-butterfly. Myers, meanwhile, took the 50-freestyle with a time of 23.29. Nele Vetter earned runner-up in the 50-free for the Bonnies. A trio of Bona’s swimmers were in a photo finish for the win in the 100-freestyle. Amy O’Rourke narrowly beat Kraus by four-hundredths of a second with Beyer only 19-hundreths behind. O’Rourke touched the wall in 51.71. Colon continued her stellar debut earning her first victory as a Bonnie in the 200-backstroke. The freshman transfer clocked in at 2:04.13 with teammates Alli and Maggie Holst not far behind to sweep the top three for the Brown and White. Thomas and Lyons continued to match each other, this time in the 200-breaststroke. Thomas clocked in 2:26.02 for her third triumph of the day, while Lyons posted 2:29.75. Cabrera tacked on her second win of the day, this time in the 100-butterfly. The junior posted a time of 55.44, just barely squeaking past Myers who finished at 55.46 for second place. Thomas capped off her career-day with a fourth victory in the 200-IM with a time of 2:11.86 for the Brown and White, while in the day’s final event Myers, Beyer, O’Rourke and Kraus teamed up to win the 400-freestyle relay at 3:26.21.
Prior to the meet, Lenda, Thomas, Maria Mangini, and Mary Wilson were honored for their four years of hard work and dedication to the program.
The Bonnies will next travel to the Spire Institute in Geneva, Ohio to compete in the Atlantic 10 Championships. The four-day conference championship meet will begin Wednesday, Feb. 15 and conclude Saturday, Feb. 18.
BONNIES RESULTS
1-Meter Dive
1. Kylie McKee 226.35
3. Mary Wilson 205.43
3-Meter Dive
1. Kylie McKee 227.63
3. Mary Wilson 198.45
200-Meter Medley
1. SBU 1:44.35
2. SBU 1:48.35
4. SBU 1:51.59
1000-Freestyle
4. Maria Mangini 11:21.16
200-Freestyle
1. Kathryn Beyer 1:51.62
2. Ellie Kraus 1:54.95
5. Rylie Foley 2:01.93
100-Backstroke
1. Allison Lenda 56.11
2. Daciana Colon 56.59
3. Eylul Alli 57.83
100-Breaststroke
1. Beth Thomas 1:05.54
2. Kathryn Lyons 1:08.47
5. McKenna Shearing 1:13.03
200-Butterfly
1. Silvana Cabrera 2:02.75
2. Nele Vetter 2:11.77
4. Maggie Metcalf 2:12.85
100-Freestyle
1. Amy O’Rourke 51.71
2. Ellie Kraus 51.75
3.Kathryn Beyer 51.90
200-Backstroke
1. Daciana Colon 2:04.13
2. Eylul Alli 2:07.42
3. Maggie Holst 2:08.40
200-Breaststroke
1. Beth Thomas 2:26.02
2. Kathryn Lyons 2:29.75
500-Freestyle
4. Nele Vetter 5:24.69
5. Maria Mangini 5:31.90
100-Butterfly
1. Silvana Cabrera 55.44
2. Halle Myers 55.46
4. Maggie Metcalf 59.90
200-IM
1. Beth Thomas 2:11.86
4. Kathryn Lyons 2:15.79
400-Freestyle Relay
1. SBU 3:26.21
3. SBU 3:37.69
5. SBU 3:40.26
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ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. – Along with honoring five seniors in the Reilly Center Pool, the St. Bonaventure University men’s swimming and diving team recorded a pair of records set by freshman Ben Giera and junior Maxwell Murray as part of a victory Saturday afternoon against Gannon.
The Bonnies secured a 181-119 triumph over the Golden Knights in their final dual-meet of the season.
Giera kicked off the afternoon by setting a new school record in the 1-meter dive with a score of 342.98, surpassing Zyad Morsy’s score of 335.60 set last season at the A-10 Invitational.
The first-year diver delivered another win in the 3-meter dive (338.63), while fellow divers Lucas Dekaney and Ben O’Neill both finished second and third respectively in the 1- and 3-meter dives.
Murray was able set his own school and pool record in the 1000-freestyle with a time of 9:16.31, breaking the mark posted by George Eversmann when he swam a time of 9:28.08 in 1997.
The Penfield, N.Y. native scored another victory in the 500-freestyle (4:33.02) and finished second in the 100-backstroke (50.30).
Freshman Luigi Termine paced the Bonnies in the 100-backstroke, swimming a time of 49.98.
St. Bonaventure registered top two finishes in the 100-breaststroke with Nicholas Nakaya placing first (56.16) and teammate Knute Wargin finishing right behind him (57.20).
Nakaya’s event win marked a streak of three victories in a row for the Bonnies as Alexander Behr finished atop the 200-butterfly with a time of 1:48.47 and Kyle Gluck swam a time of 20.90 to win the 50-freestyle.
Behr notched his second victory of the day by touching the wall in a time of 48.13 in the 100-butterfly.
Freshman Henry Wilkes won the 200-backstroke with a time of 1:53.77, while Termine placed second in this event (1:53.97).
In the 200-freestyle senior Tomas Botero placed second with a time of 1:42.28, while junior Tommy White earned a runner-up finish in the 50-freestyle with a time of 21.39.
Teddy Murphey finished second with a time of 2:05.56 in the 200-breaststroke, while Patrick Heldreth deliver a runner-up finish in the 100-freestyle (46.97).
The Bonnies 200-medley relay team of Termine, Nakaya, Behr, and Gluck touched the wall in a time of 1:30.13 for the victory.
Prior to the meet, Nakaya, Botero, Nicholas Torre, Griffin Witte, and Joshua Bannon were honored for their four years of hard work and dedication to the program.
The Bonnies will travel to the Spire Institute in Geneva, Ohio to compete in the Atlantic 10 Championships. The four-day conference championship competition will begin Wednesday, Feb. 15 and conclude Saturday, Feb. 18.
BONNIES RESULTS
1-Meter Dive
1.) Ben Giera 342.98 (School Record)
2.) Lucas Dekaney 319.80
3.) Ben O’Neill 292.50
4.) Davis Hutchinson 281.50
3-Meter Dive
1.) Ben Giera 338.63
2.) Lucas Dekaney 295.28
3.) Ben O’Neill 288.75
4.) Davis Hutchinson 265.60
200-Medley Relay
1.) Luigi Termine, Nicholas Nakaya, Alexander Behr, Kyle Gluck 1:30.13
3.) Henry Wilkes, Michael Pietrucha, Tommy White, Griffin Witte 1:33.50
5.) Zachary Titus, Teddy Murphey, Jaxon Kaster, Nicholas Torre 1:36.00
1000-Freestyle
1.) Maxwell Murray 9:16.31 (School/Pool Record)
4.) Joshua Bannon 9:52.40
5.) Will Foggin 10:05.03
200-Freestyle
2.) Tomas Botero 1:42.28
3.) Mikolaj Synowiec 1:43.80
6.) Jaxon Kaster 1:49.17
100-Backstroke
1.) Luigi Termine 49.98
2.) Maxwell Murray 50.30
3.) Henry Wilkes 50.95
100-Breaststroke
1.) Nicholas Nakaya 56.16
2.) Knute Wargin 57.20
4.) Teddy Murphey 58.04
200-Butterfly
1.) Alexander Behr 1:48.47
5.) Boray Goren 1:57.10
6.) Will Foggin 1:58.01
50-Freestyle
1.) Kyle Gluck 20.90
2.) Tommy White 21.39
4.) Patrick Heldreth 21.47
100-Freestyle
2.) Patrick Heldreth 46.97
3.) Kyle Gluck 47.07
4.) Griffin Witte 47.67
200-Backstroke
1.) Henry Wilkes 1:53.77
2.) Luigi Termine 1:53.97
200-Breaststroke
2.) Teddy Murphey 2:05.56
3.) Nicholas Nakaya 2:05.81
6.) Michael Pietrucha 2:12.81
500-Freestyle
1.) Maxwell Murray 4:33.02
3.) Mikolaj Synowiec 4:38.41
5.) Tomas Botero 4:52.12
100-Butterfly
1.) Alexander Behr 48.13
4.) Tommy White 51.26
5.) Zachary Titus 51.65
200-IM
3.) Boray Goren 1:58.63
4.) Michael Pietrucha 1:58.91
400-Freestyle Relay
3.) Nicholas Torre, Tommy White, Zachary Titus, Joshua Bannon 3:13.42
4.) Boray Goren, Tomas Botero, Henry Wilkes, Griffin Witte 3:13.97
Courtesy: Gannon Athletics
ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. – The Gannon University women’s swimming and diving team won three events—Kyla Miller (Wilbraham, Mass./Minnechaug Regional) in three-meter diving as well as Madalyn Myers (Murrysville, Pa./Franklin Regional) in the 500 and 1000 free —and notched a pair of runner-up finishes in the 200 IM and 400 freestyle relay but could not overcome Division I St. Bonaventure in Saturday’s dual meet, 195-103.
The meet began early in the morning with both one-meter and three-meter diving events. Gannon’s Kyla Miller (Wilbraham, Mass./Minnechaug Regional) claimed victory in the three-meter portion with a total of 208.43. Alexandra Briggs (Newark, N.Y./Newark Senior High) (172.50, third place) and Nicole Spiegel (East Amherst, N.Y./Clarence) (143.63, fourth) were Gannon’s other finishers on the three-meter boards. Miller finished in second place in the one-meter event with a score of 210.98, not too far behind St. Bonaventure’s Kylie McKee (first place, 226.35.) Briggs (153.68, fourth) and Spiegel (142.88, fifth) again rounded out the event.
The Knights were dominant in the distance events on the day, beginning in the 1000 freestyle with a 1-2 finish by Madalyn Myers (Murrysville, Pa./Franklin Regional) (time of 10:44.05) and Sterre van de Goor (Oss, Netherlands/Sint-Joriscollege) (10:46.86.) Myers added another victory in the 500 free in 5:12.49, leading two other Golden Knights (Chenay Date Line’s (Johannesburg, South Africa/Crawford College Sandton) 5:16.47 and van de Goor’s 5:20.56) in a sweep of the top three positions.
Freshman Isabella Dietz (Pittsburgh, Pa.) swam an incredible race in the 200 IM (2:11.92), finishing in second place—just six hundredths of a second behind the Bonnies’ Beth Thomas and her time of 2:11.86.
The relay team of Lily Cunningham (Lavista, Neb./Papillion-La Vista), Nomvula Mjimba (Harare, Zimbabwe/The Wykeham Collegiate), Irati Arzalluz (Lasarte-Oria, Spain/Santo Tomas Lizeoa), and Date Line also claimed a second-place finish in the 400 free relay with a time of 3:36.43.
The Golden Knights now begin to ramp up preparations for the PSAC Championships, taking place from Feb. 15-18 at the Graham Aquatic Center in York, Pa. The Knights’ diving contingent is scheduled to compete at the Rich Sentner Diving Invitational at Westminster College (Pa.) on Saturday, Feb. 4.
View a complete list of Gannon’s top times in each event below.
Gannon Women’s Swimming Top Times
Women’s 200 Medley Relay – Beck, Dietz, Jacobs, Arzalluz (3rd place – 1:48.48)
Women’s 1000 Free – Myers (1st place – 10:44.05)
Women’s 200 Free – Date Line (3rd place – 1:56.99)
Women’s 100 Backstroke – Beck (4th place – 58.94)
Women’s 100 Breaststroke – Dietz (3rd place – 1:08.63)
Women’s 200 Butterfly – Nemetz (3rd place – 2:12.78)
Women’s 50 Free – Pannemann (3rd place – 24.67)
Women’s 100 Free – Mjimba (4th place – 53.98)
Women’s 200 Backstroke – Kunf (4th place – 2:08.89)
Women’s 200 Breaststroke – Dietz (3rd place – 2:30.64)
Women’s 500 Freestyle – Myers (1st place – 5:12.49)
Women’s 100 Butterfly – Jacobs (3rd place – 59.12)
Women’s 200 IM – Dietz (2nd place – 2:11.92)
Women’s 400 Freestyle Relay –Cunningham, Mjimba, Arzalluz, Date Line (2nd place – 3:36.43)
ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. – The No. 24-ranked Gannon University men’s swimming and diving team claimed victory in five events and runner-up finishes in five other events but dropped Saturday’s dual meet to Division I St. Bonaventure, 181-119. Stephen McCallum (Cape Town, South Africa/Wynberg Boys’) notched a pair of first-place finishes in the 200 free (time of 1:41.38) and the 100 free (46.22) to pace the Golden Knights, with Aidar Sataev (Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan/Forest Hill) picking up a win in the 200 breaststroke (2:05.45) and Will Retsch (Allison Park, Pa./Hampton) taking first in the 200 IM in 1:54.50.
Sataev’s swim in the 200 breast was extremely close, with St. Bonaventure’s Teddy Murphey finishing just 11 hundredths of a second behind. Retsch was joined by teammate Hiyan Kubagawa (Sao Paulo, Brazil/) in the 200 IM to secure the 1-2 finish, with Kubagawa touching the wall about a second behind in 1:55.62.
The Knights also went 1-2 in the 400 freestyle relay event, with Will Moses (Avon Lake, Ohio/Avon Lake), Justin Decheck (Plum, Pa./Plum), Joey Decheck (Plum, Pa./Plum), and McCallum earning the win in 3:08.31. The quartet of Alex Deemer (Connoquenessing, Pa./Butler Area), Connor Hebert (Damascus, Md./Damascus), Ben Williams (Findlay, Ohio/Findlay), and Andy Beyer were over three seconds behind (3:11.96) to claim second place.
Another impressive race for Gannon was the 200 fly, with David Gallion (Arlington, Va./Homeschooled) (second place, 1:54.01), Kubagawa (third, 1:54.99), and Kaleb Lombard (Graaff-Reinet, South Africa/Grey College) (fourth, 1:56.93) all logging quality swims.
The meet began early in the morning with both one-meter and three-meter diving events. Gannon’s Kollin Schwab (Erie, Pa./McDowell) finished fourth in both events (with a total of 227.18 on the one-meter boards and 223.58 in three-meter diving) while Max Campbell (Erie, Pa./Cathedral Preparatory) was right behind in fifth place with a 198.15 in one-meter and 189.15 in three-meter.
The Golden Knights now begin to ramp up preparations for the PSAC Championships, taking place from Feb. 15-18 at the Graham Aquatic Center in York, Pa. The Knights’ diving contingent is scheduled to compete at the Rich Sentner Diving Invitational at Westminster College (Pa.) on Saturday, Feb. 4.
View a complete list of Gannon’s top times in each event below.
Gannon Men’s Swimming Top Times vs. St. Bonaventure
Men’s 200 Medley Relay – Ju. Decheck, Nel, Gallion, McCallum (2nd place – 1:33.07)
Men’s 1000 Free – Boyle (2nd place – 9:38.55)
Men’s 200 Free – McCallum (1st place – 1:41.38)
Men’s 100 Backstroke – Retsch (4th place – 53.09)
Men’s 100 Breaststroke – Sataev (3rd place – 57.58)
Men’s 200 Butterfly – Gallion (2nd place – 1:54.01)
Men’s 50 Free – Jo. Decheck (3rd place – 21.42)
Men’s 100 Free – McCallum (1st place – 46.22)
Men’s 200 Backstroke – Butler (3rd place – 1:54.67)
Men’s 200 Breaststroke – Sataev (1st place – 2:05.45)
Men’s 500 Freestyle – Boyle (2nd place – 4:37.43)
Men’s 100 Butterfly – Gallion (2nd place – 49.94)
Men’s 200 IM – Retsch (1st place – 1:54.50)
Men’s 400 Freestyle Relay – Moses, Ju. Decheck, Jo. Decheck, McCallum (1st place – 3:08.31)