ARMY VS BUCKNELL
- January 10, 2026
- West Point, N.Y.
- SCY (25 yards)
- Results
Courtesy: Army Athletics
WEST POINT, N.Y. – Army West Point swimming & diving celebrated Firstie Day for their Class of 2026 on Saturday with a sweep over Patriot League foe Bucknell at Crandall Pool.
Army kept a hot pace from the first buzzer as the men went 191-109 against the Bison while the women earned a 157-143 victory of their own. The Black Knights totaled 23 first place finishes across the 32 events with 13 for the men and 10 for the women.
Men: Army 191, Bucknell 109
Army’s men dominated the meet today, claiming 13 of 16 first place finishes available to them over the course of the meet. Jack McDaniel and Alex Zhang kicked things off with first place finishes on the one-meter board (307.50) and the three-meter board (305.85) respectively.
Firsties Brice Barrieault and Max Jordan picked up a pair of individual first place finishes each with wins for Barrieault in the men’s 1000 free (9:25.74) and the men’s 200 free (1:39.27) and wins for Jordan in the men’s 100 back (48.51) and the men’s 100 fly (47.76).
Army showed the depth of its roster as five other Black Knights claimed first place finishes for Army. Kohen Rankin won the men’s 100 breast with a 52.11, Johnny Crush won the men’s 50 free with a 19.59, Thomas Hadji won the men’s 200 back with a 1:48.83, Joey Kling won the men’s 200 breast with a 1:58.66, and Kalvin Hahn won the men’s 400 IM with a 3:47.10.
The Black Knights capped off the meet in dramatic fashion as two of Army’s men’s 200 free relay teams earned a tie for the final event of the meet as the quartets of Johnny Crush, Zac Leith, Thomas Hadji, and Brice Barrieault and Ben Vorthmann, Maxwell Jordan, Joey Kling, and Kohen Rankin both clocked a 1:20.55 in the final event of the day.
Women: Army 157, Bucknell 143
Army’s women battled from the get-go to claim 10 first place finishes against the Bison.
Army swept the boards on the women’s side. Marianne Orr won 1-meter for the women with a 244.58 on the one-meter board, while firstie Emma Marsh won 3-meter with a score of 254.50.a and a 247.05 on the three-meter board.
Firstie Catriona Gilmore and yearling Angie McKane both earned a pair of wins for the women as Gilmore earned wins in the 100 breast (1:02.51) and the 200 breast (2:16.57) while McKane earned 50 free (23.37) and the 100 fly (52.58).
Molly Webber and Layne Peterson brought home the other individual wins for the Army women as Webber clocked a 9:59.80 in the women’s 1000 free and Peterson logged a 2:00.96 in the women’s 200 back.
The Black Knights claimed wins in both of the day’s relays as Angie McKane, Catriona Gilmore, Sydney Braeger, and Molly Webber put up a 1:42.14 in the women’s 200 medley relay to open the meet and Tiana Mescher, Hadley King, Jenna Hart, and Angie McKane clocked a 1:32.07 in the women’s 200 free relay to close out the meet with a win for Army.
UP NEXT
The Black Knights will hit the road for a Patriot League dual meet at Loyola Maryland on Friday, January 23 at 1 p.m. ET.
FULL ARMY-BUCKNELL MEET RESULTS
Army Top Finishers
Women’s 1-meter: Marianne Orr (244.58) – 1st
Men’s 1-meter: Jack McDaniel (307.50) – 1st
Men’s 1-meter: Alex Zhang (275.48) – 3rd
Women’s 3-meter: Marianne Orr (247.05) – 1st
Women’s 3-meter: Emma Marsh (240.05) – 2nd
Women’s 3-meter: Brooke Futch (219.15) – 3rd
Men’s 3-meter: Alex Zhang (305. 85) – 1st
Men’s 3-meter: Jack McDaniel (299.03) – 2nd
Women’s 1000 Free: Molly Webber (9:59.80) – 1st
Men’s 1000 Free: Brice Barrieault (9:25.74) – 1st
Women’s 200 Medley Relay: McKane, Gilmore, Braeger, M. Webber (1:42.14) – 1st
Men’s 200 Medley Relay: Crush, Rankin, Verdolaga, Vorthmann (1:24.96) – 1st
Men’s 200 Medley Relay: Leith, Hahn, Jordan, Hadji (1:30.46) – 2nd
Women’s 200 Free: Jenna Hart (1:51.18) – 2nd
Men’s 200 Free: Brice Barrieault (1:39.27) – 1st
Men’s 200 Free: Zac Leith (1:41.52) – 3rd
Women’s 100 Back: Layne Peterson (56.93) – 3rd
Men’s 100 Back: Max Jordan (48.51) – 1st
Men’s 100 Back: Joey Kling (48.73) – 2nd
Men’s 100 Back: Daniel Verdolaga (50.61) – 3rd
Women’s 100 Breast: Catriona Gilmore (1:02.51) – 1st
Men’s 100 Breast: Kohen Rankin (52.11) – 1st
Men’s 100 Breast: Remo Mann (56.44) – 2nd
Women’s 200 Fly: Molly Webber (2:00.74) – 2nd
Men’s 200 Fly: Eli Edmondson (1:51.17) – 3rd
Women’s 50 Free: Angie McKane (23.37) – 1st
Women’s 50 Free: Cora Webber (23.88) – 3rd
Men’s 50 Free: Johnny Crush (19.59) – 1st
Men’s 50 Free: Ben Vorthmann (19.96) – 2nd
Women’s 100 Free: Grace Wagner (51.79) – 3rd
Men’s 100 Free: Daniel Verdolaga (46.70) – 3rd
Women’s 200 Back: Layne Peterson (2:00.96) – 1st
Men’s 200 Back: Thomas Hadji (1:48.83) – 1st
Women’s 200 Breast: Catriona Gilmore (2:16.57) – 1st
Men’s 200 Breast: Joey Kling (1:58.66) – 1st
Men’s 200 Breast: Jack Bigham (2:04.61) – 2nd
Men’s 200 Breast: Remo Mann (2:04.63) – 3rd
Women’s 500 Free: Molly Webber (4:52.48) – 2nd
Women’s 100 Fly: Angie McKane (52.58) – 1st
Women’s 100 Fly: Jenna Hart (54.73) – 2nd
Women’s 100 Fly: Cora Webber (55.52) – 3rd
Men’s 100 Fly: Max Jordan (47.76) – 1st
Men’s 100 Fly: Ben Vorthmann (48.68) – 2nd
Women’s 400 IM: Catriona Gilmore (4:24.08) – 2nd
Men’s 400 IM: Kalvin Hahn (3:47.10) – 1st
Men’s 400 IM: Reid Magner (4:01.38) – 3rd
Women’s 200 Free Relay: Mescher, King, Hart, McKane (1:32.07) – 1st
Women’s 200 Free Relay: Wagner, O’Shaughnessy, C. Webber, M. Webber (1:35.11) – 3rd
Men’s 200 Free Relay: Crush, Leith, Hadji, Barieault (1:20.55) – T-1st
Men’s 200 Free Relay: Vorthmann, Jordan, Kling, Rankin (1:20.55) – T-1st
Courtesy: Bucknell Athletics
WEST POINT, N.Y. — The Bucknell women’s swimming & diving team closed the gap to five points after outscoring the Black Knights 12-7 in the 400-yard individual medley, but ultimately fell in the final event of the afternoon as Army secured the win with a top finish in the 200-yard freestyle relay. In the loss, the Bison notched three Top-10 records and won six of the events.
Clara Renner and Jennifer Bolden each won two events apiece. Renner won the 200-yard butterfly and 500-yard freestyle and Bolden took the 100 and 200-yard freestyle events.
Sofia Burns won the 100-yard backstroke with a 56.21 time and Kelly Byrne took the 400-yard individual medley with a time of 4:23.01.
Byrne cracked the Bison’s top-10 list in the 1,000-yard freestyle event (10:16.59), where she now holds the tenth place slot. Bolden improved her 200-yard freestyle mark (1:49.31), which moved her from 8th to 6th in the record book. Tori Castro broke into the top-10 in the 100-yard butterfly (55.68), where she now holds 9th.
Bucknell captured three or more of the top-five times in more than half of the swimming events including the 100-yard breaststroke where the Bison finished 2-3-4-5.
Army opened the meet with a 27-11 lead after outsourcing the Bison in the diving events. Despite Renner and Byrne placing second and third in the 1,000 yard freestyle event, the Black Knights extended their lead with 12 points to take a 39-18 advantage heading into the 200-yard medley relay. Two of Bucknell’s medley squads earned points as they placed second (four points) and third (two points) in the event, but Army’s team took first place and maintained its lead.
Bucknell took the next two events and closed the gap to just six points. The Bison closed the gap by earning 14 points in the 200-yard freestyle event as Bolden took first, Kyla Kelly grabbed third and Virginia Hastings finished fourth and followed that up with Sofia Burns and Alivia Wainwright finishing 1-2 in the 100-yard backstroke and Talia Bugel finishing fourth.
Army had the first place winner of the 100-yard breaststroke, however Hanna Bingley placed second (1:03.35), Sam Benzija placed third (1:05.43), Sydnee Jee placed fourth (1:05.61) and Anne Kennedy Deveaux placed fifth (1:05:87) to have the Bison actually outscore the event-winning Black Knights 10-9.
Bucknell then tied the meet 75-75 scoreline after Renner claimed first in the 200-yard butterfly (2:00.51) and Sydney Dettmann took third (2:01.98) to earn 12 points.
The Black Knights came out swinging in the 50-yard freestyle taking 15 points to Bucknell’s four, extending their lead to 11 as Castro was the lone Bison to earn points in the event. The Bison immediately tied the meet for the second time as they outscored the Black Knights 15-4 in the 100-yard freestyle. Bolden won the event (51.33) followed by Castro who took second (51.78) and Kelly who placed fourth (51.99).
Army outscored Bucknell in the next event, the 200-yard backstroke by two-points extending its lead to 104-103. In the event, Wainwright finished second (2:01.99), Bugle finished third (2:05.24) and Burns finished fourth (2:05.28). The next event went the exact same way as Bucknell finished second, third and fourth in the 200-yard breaststroke and Army took first and fifth to outscore the Bison 10-9 in the event and take a two point lead with five events remaining.
Renner and Dettman helped lead the Bison to its first lead over the Black Knights (124-121) with a 12 point event as Renner earned a first place finish in the 500-yard freestyle (4:52.46) and Dettman finished third (4:57.35).
Army then pulled away with a 1-2-3 finish in the 100-yard butterfly earning it 16 points. Castro and Benzija finished fourth and fifth respectively and earned three points for the Bison, but Army used that gap to extend its lead to 10 with just two events remaining.
Byrne won the 400-yard individual medley (4:23.01) and Hastings finished third (4:26.55) which closed the score gap back to five points and forced the meet to come down to the final event, the 200-yard freestyle relay where Army took first place and therefore took the meet with a 157-143 final score.
Bucknell women’s swimming & diving will be back in action on Friday, Jan. 16 at 1 p.m. The Bison will face Loyola in Baltimore for its Patriot League contest.
WEST POINT, N.Y. – The Bucknell men’s swimming and diving team competed well against the reigning Patriot League champions in Army, falling 191-109 at Crandall Pool on Saturday afternoon. Freshman Drew Davis picked up right where he left off, breaking his own top-10 time in the 200 backstroke.
Davis took second in the 200 backstroke with a time of 1:48.95, beating his time of 1:49.04 set at the Bucknell Invitational. Davis sits 10th on the list and owns two top-10 times.
Davis and fellow freshman Jason Kellerman were two of Bucknell’s top performers in the meet. Davis had two top five finishes in individual events, also taking fourth in the 100 backstroke. He also had a hand in Bucknell’s third-place finish in the 200 medley relay.
Kellerman won the 200 butterfly in 1:49.07 just 0.25 seconds off of his top-10 time set last time out at the Bucknell Invitational. The first year also took second in the 400 IM in 4:00.98 and took third in the 200 backstroke in 1:51.41. Altogether, he was the top-scoring Bison with 16 points in individual events.
Drew Greene got his first win of the season, swimming the 100 freestyle in 45.84. William Shoemaker won the 500 freestyle in 4:33.57.
Bucknell and Army kicked off the meet with diving events in the morning, where Army got out to an early advantage. The Bison earned seven points in the one-meter dive. Jack Krug took second in the event with a score of 284.03. Jake Hagler and Connor Thurston took fourth and fifth in the event. Krug also scored in the three-meter dive with a score of 280.05, but Army took four of the top-five spots to take 16 points in the event.
Shoemaker kicked off the swimming events with a second-place finish in the 1,000 freestyle, swimming a time of 9:27.78. Finn Franks took third in 9:41.75 and Alex Crossing finished in fifth. Army began to pull away early, however, taking first in each of the first five swimming events.
Riley Twiss swam a time of 1:40.63 in the 200 freestyle to take second in the event. He later posted another second-place finish in the 500 freestyle, swimming a time of 4:33.98.
Evan Hepburn took third in the 100 breaststroke in 56.77 and took fourth in the 100 breaststroke. Shane Wynne posted a second-place finish in the 200 butterfly in 1:49.52. Wynne was less that half of a second off of the winning time in the event. Wynne later took fourth in the 400 IM in 4:07.01.
Finn Russell took third in both the 50 freestyle and the 100 butterfly. He posted a time of 20.63 in the sprint and 49.17 in the butterfly.
Dante Buonadonna took second in the 100 freestyle in 46.19. Franks posted two third place finishes in the 1,000 freestyle and the 500 freestyle. He swam the 1,000 freestyle in 9:41.75 and swam the 500 freestyle in 4:36.68
Bucknell is back in action this Friday at Loyola, kicking off the meet at 1 p.m. at the Mangione Aquatic Center.
