Niagara Women, St. Bonaventure Men Victorious In A-10 Showdown

Niagara vs St. Bonaventure

• October 13, 2023
• Lewiston, N.Y.
• SCY (25 yards)
• Results

Courtesy: Niagara Athletics

NIAGARA UNIVERSITY, NY – The Niagara University men’s and women’s swim teams officially opened the season with a dual meet against A-10 rival St. Bonaventure on Friday evening. The women defeated Bona 110-95, while the men fell 116.5-87.5.

Women’s Recap
Freshman Natalie Killion had a memorable collegiate debut with wins in the 200 free and 100 back. In the 200 free, Killion posted a time of 1:53.31, nearly three seconds ahead of the St. Bonaventure runner-up.

Killion set a program record in the 100 back with a time of 56.55, beating the St. Bonaventure swimmer by 1.15 seconds.

Junior Maggie Marody won the Purple Eagles’ first event of the evening, posting a time of 10:51.15 in the 1,000 free. Sophomore Avery King was close behind, with a time of 10:52.50 in second place.

Marody also took home a fifth-place finish in the 500 free, an event won by freshman teammate Mary Carl with a time of 5:12.35.

First-year Purple Eagles continued to shine in NU’s first meet of the season as Alaina Pitton won the 100 breast with a time of 1:04.29. Junior Megan Smith placed second in the event with a time of 1:07.15. Pitton also placed second in the 50 free with a time of 24.65, followed by Paige South in third with a time of 24.67.

NU capped off the night with a win in the 200 free relay as South, Lila Maddux, Megan Jackson, and Claire Gorton teamed up to post a time of 1:36.85.

Men’s Recap
The Purple and White picked up two relay wins and three individual wins in its loss to Little Three rival Friday afternoon. Junior Sean Finley won two individual events and was a member of both relay wins.

Finley was second off the block in NU’s first relay win, the 200 medley relay, as he, Reid Tichy, Will Manolistas, and Levi Morgan won the first event of the day with a time of 1:33.12. The junior later won the 100 IM with a program record time of 52.67 and the 100 breast with a mark of 57.39.

Morgan won the 50 free with a time of 21.08, edging his teammate Nathan Dragon by two-tenths of a second.

NU capped off the night with a win in the 200 free relay as Dragon, Tichy, Jake Wade, and Morgan beat the Bonnie’s relay team by less than three-tenths of a second.

Manolistas added to his relay win with a second-place finish in the 100 fly, finishing with a time of 52.80.

Tichy, a member of both relays, finished third in his lone individual event of the night, posting a time of 1:43.51 in the 200 free.

Freshman Nate Eaton finished third in the 1,000 free.

Up Next
The Niagara men will be back in action on Oct. 21 when it travels to Cornell before rejoining the women on Oct. 29 for a trip to Youngstown State. The women will also compete against Saint Francis (Pa.) in Youngstown.

Courtesy: St. Bonaventure Athletics

LEWISTON, N.Y. — Senior Maxwell Murray set two new top marks at Oxy Aquatics Center on Friday evening as the St. Bonaventure men’s swimming and diving team took down Little Three rival Niagara on the road, 116.5-87.5.

Murray put up new pool best times in the 200- and 500-freestyle. In the 200-free, Murray touched the wall in 1:41.60. He also broke the pool 500-free record with a time of 4:36.38. Murray already holds the Bona’s program record in the 500-freestyle set at the Atlantic 10 Championships last season with a time of 4:22.92.

In the 100-backstroke, Luigi Termine earned the win with teammate Alexander Behr following right behind. Termine also earned second-place in the 100-IM while Behr logged the top time in the 100-butterfly.

Junior Mikolaj Synowiec finished first in the 1000-freestyle, besting his previous best time from this season by over six seconds.

Grad student Sam Matthews put up a time of 47.57 in the 100-freestyle which was good for a tie for first place.

The Bonnies take the pool again on Oct. 28 as they host Le Moyne.

BONNIES RESULTS 

200-Medley Relay
2. Henry Wilkes, Knute Wargin, Alexander Behr, Tanner Falls 1:33.17
3. Luigi Termine, Nicholas Nakaya, Boray Goren, Zachary Titus 1:35.36

1000-Free
1. Mikolaj Synowiec 9:56.57
2. Joshua Bannon 10:01.91
4. Andrew Ketler 10:22.05

200-Free
1. Maxwell Murray 1:41.60
2. Sam Matthews 1:43.12
6. Johnny Edwards 1:48.65

50-Free
3. Jerrell Sackett 21.35
4. Carlos Hidalgo 21.83
6. Tommy White 22.20

100-IM
2. Luigi Termine 54.18
3. Michael Pietrucha 54.98
5. Boray Goren 55.37

100-Fly
1. Alexander Behr 49.26
3. Tommy White 53.49
4. Jaxon Kaster 53.94

100-Free
1. Sam Matthews 46.57*
3. Tanner Falls 46.85
4. Jerrell Sackett 47.55
5. Zachary Titus 49.36

100-Back
1. Luigi Termine 50.68
2. Alexander Behr 51.52
3. Henry Wilkes 51.84

500-Free
1. Maxwell Murray 4:36.38
2. Mikolaj Synowiec 4:49.80
3. Aiden Hall 4:50.24

100-Breast
2. Nicholas Nakaya 58.35
3. Knute Wargin 58.62
5. Mark Polos 59.00

200-Free Relay
2. Sam Matthews, Tanner Falls, Carlos Hidalgo, Jerrell Sackett 1:23.88
4. Tommy White, Henry Wilkes, Zachary Titus, Paul Wissel 1:27.78