Binghamton vs Wagner
- January 20, 2024
- Vestal, N.Y.
- SCY (25 yards)
- Results
Courtesy: Binghamton Athletics
VESTAL, N.Y. – The Binghamton swimming & diving teams sent their 21 seniors out in style, setting six pool records and sweeping Wagner in its annual Senior Day Meet on Saturday afternoon at the Saunders Aquatic Center. The Bearcat men defeated the Seahawks 203-92 while the women took a 192-105 decision.
Binghamton had nine women and 12 men honored before the meet during the program’s annual Senior Day ceremony. From there, the Bearcats posted four double winners in addition to their six pool records.
“It was a great meet,” head coach Jerry Cummiskey said. “This is a special group of seniors. It was the first group my staff and I recruited and we have seen them grow all the way through their careers. Today showed that we can do great things because we came off a tough week of training in Florida but still had a lot of fast swims.”
On the women’s side, junior Lauren Kuzma swept the 200 breast (2:17.25) as well as the 200 IM (2:09.71). Her 200 breast time smashed the previous pool record of 2:19.98, which was set by Anneli Johnson of St. Bonaventure back in 2006.
The other pool record on the women’s side was turned in by senior Courtney Moane, who broke her own record in the 100 breast. Her time of 1:03.71 edged her old mark of 1:03.88, which she set at the Green-White intra-squad meet back in October.
Other double winners on the women’s side included freshman Haley Nowak, who swept the 200 fly (2:09.63) and 100 fly (59.00), senior Maddie Hoover in the 200 free (1:53.29) and the 500 free (5:18.54) as well as freshman Ava Lee in both the one-meter and three-meter diving events (226.88 and 199.35 respectively).
Also winning an individual event on the women’s team was senior Skylar Ward in the 1000 free (10:44.14).
In the women’s 400 medley relay, Moane, Nowak, Hoover and sophomore Olivia Philbrick turned a first-place time of 3:53.49.
In the men’s meet, junior Elijah Lanfear played a role in three pool records. He won the 100 free with a time of 45.30, which broke the previous mark of 45.47, set by Chris Szelky of Army back in 2015.
Lanfear also joined seniors Eric Kroon, Mark Crocker and Henry Shemet to win the 400 medley with a time of 3:19.75. The previous mark of 3:20.64 was set by the Bearcats in 2022.
In the 200 free relay, Lanfear, sophomore Liam Preston as well as seniors Sandon Karinsky and Liam Murphy clocked a winning time of 1:23.38. The previous pool record of 1:23.66 was set by Binghamton three years ago.
Shemet, meanwhile, broke the pool record in the 200 IM with a time of 1:51.97. The previous record of 1:52.77 was established by Paige DaCosta of Cornell in 2022.
Kroon was the lone Binghamton men’s double winner, sweeping the 100 breast (56.59) and the 200 breast (2:05.49).
Other individual winners on the men’s side for the Bearcats included Murphy in the 200 free (1:40.49), senior Jake Vecchio in the 200 fly (1:51.38), freshman Cullin Cole in the 50 free (21.56), senior Will Maurer in the one-meter diving event (249.88) and freshman Dylan Norby in the three-meter diving competition (235.58).
Binghamton wraps up its regular season next Saturday with a 1 p.m. dual meet at Marist.
Courtesy: Wagner Athletics
Vestal, NY – The Wagner swimming & diving program competed in a dual meet at Binghamton on Saturday in its return to competition. The women dropped their matchup against the Bearcats, 192-105, while the men fell by a score of 203-92.
The Seahawks picked up ten wins out of 32 events on the day.
Sophomore Ruben Van Gool got the winning ways started with another first place finish in the 1000-yard freestyle. Van Gool’s time of 9:47.56 earned the top spot on the podium.
Sophomore Aura Vilarrasa secured first place in the 100-yard backstroke event with a time 58.40. Junior Shamiya Guirre clocked in at 59.91 to earn second place in the event.
In addition to her first place victory in the 100-yard backstroke, Vilarrasa also earned first place in the 200-yard backstroke (2:07.51) and 200-yard freestyle relay (24.62) — which was won alongside freshman Rebekka Luoto (24.87), senior Allie D’Allegro (24.66) and fifth year Olivia Bishop (23.70).
Bishop garnered two individual victories at Binghamton as well, taking first in the 50-yard (24.60) and 100-yard freestyle (52.53). She also earned second in the 200-yard freestyle (1:56.91).
Freshman Jasu Ovaskainen, after a strong opening half to his collegiate career, picked up another individual victory in the 100-yard backstroke event (49.62). Junior Robert Wagner came in second place, clocking in at 52.33.
Ovaskainen also secured first place in the 100-yard butterfly (48.46).
Rounding out the first place finishes is sophomore Kaan Nalçaci. The reigning Northeast Conference (NEC) swimmer of the week finished first in the 200-yard backstroke, clocking in at 1:50.45. Wagner also recorded another second place finish in the event, recording a time of 1:55.43.
The Green & White will look to get back into the win column when they take part in a home-away series against LIU. The Seahawks will honor their seniors on Friday, February 2, before taking the trip to Long Island the following day to complete the dual meet.
