In an intrastate battle on Friday, Division I opponents Colgate and Binghamton faced off in Vestal, New York, where the Bearcats took the sweep by scores of 163-137 (women) and 181-104 (men).
For the Colgate women, that was their first loss of the season. For Binghamton, this was the fitting end to the career for 15 graduating seniors who were honored on Senior Night.
Binghamton Release
VESTAL, N.Y. – The Binghamton swimming and diving teams swept Colgate on Friday afternoon at Patricia A. Saunders Aquatic Center. The Bearcat women won 163-137 while the men recorded a 181-104 victory.
The Bearcats had four swimmers win two individual events. Senior Corinne Zotter won both the 100 and 200 breast events with times of 1:05.62 and 2.23 respectively. Senior Caitlin Kelly swept both the 50 (23.76) and the 100 (52.37) freestyle races. While for the men sophomore Ruan Zorgman won both the 100 (59.83) and 200 (2:09.29) breast. Senior Devin Zdnowski won both the one-meter (289.95) and three- meter (345.53) events.
Binghamton also swept the 200 medley relay raves. On the women’s side, junior Claudia Coccaro, Zotter, junior Selina Ng and Kelly secured a win in the 200 medley with a time of 1:47.71. For the men juniors Brian McKenna, Tommy Cummings, Eric Farm and sophomore Steve Campagna won with a time of 1:36.35.
Other individual winners for the women included Ng in 200 butterfly (2:10.51), senior Imani Williams in the three-meter diving event (251.55) and freshman Kim Robertson (239.93) in the one-meter competition.
Elsewhere on the men’s side, senior Emmett Jacobi won the 1650 free (16:54) and sophomore Liam Cashin took first in the 200 free (1:44.48). Freshman Peter Behan, meanwhile, celebrated his first collegiate win in the 50 free event (21.31)
Prior to the meet the 15 graduating Binghamton Seniors, Emelia Carlino, Karina Hain, Caitlin Kelly, Shannon Lampe, Robertson, Timea Tozser, Imani Williams, Corinne Zotter, Russell Broere, Alexi Corey, Emett Jacobi, Leo Wright, San Yoon and Devin Zdnowski were honored for taking part in their final home meet of their careers.
Up next for Binghamton is a road meet against St. Bonaventure next Saturday at 1 p.m.
Colgate Release
VESTAL, N.Y. – Junior Morgan Cohara and sophomore Dominic Wilkins combined to post wins in seven events to lead Colgate Swimming and Diving in a dual meet against Binghamton Friday.
Cohara placed first place in three events, claiming the 1650 Freestyle, the 100 Backstroke and 200 Backstroke events. Wilkins, meanwhile, also took first in three races, wnning the 1650 Freestyle, the 200 Butterfly and the 500 Freestyle competitions.
The Colgate women suffered their first setback of the season, falling 163-137 to Binghamton. The Raider men, meanwhile, dropped a 181-104 decision to the Bearcats.
Men’s Meet Results
– Dominic Wilkins took first place in three events to lead the Raiders, placing first in the 1650 Freestyle, the 200 Butterfly and the 500 Freestyle. Wilkins posted a time of 16:44.55 to claim the 1650 Freestyle race before turning in a 2:01.24 time to win the Butterfly event by just under three-tenths of a second. In the 500 Freestyle, Wilkins edged his opponent by one one-hundredth of a second with a time of 4:46.60.
– Des Cairns placed first in both the 100 Backstroke and 100 Freestyle. The Backstroke race saw Cairns post a time of 52.34 to claim the event by less than six one-hundredths of a second while Cairns took the Freestyle event with a 47.98 pace.
– The pairing of Cairns, Mark Hilton, Danny Graham and Andrew Hacker claimed second in the 200 Medley Relay, posting a time of 1:38.83.
– In the 500 Freestyle, Wilkins turned in a pace of 4:46.60, just one one-hundredths of a second ahead of second place. Hacker placed third in the 500 Freestyle with a time of 5:02.80.
– Hacker placed second in the 200 Freestyle with a time of 1:46.41.
– Carter Christensen claimed third in the 50 Freestyle, turning in a time of 22.79.
– Tommy Fretz placed second in both the One Meter and Three Meter Diving competitions. In the One Meter event, Fretz turned in a final-round score of 136.50 and fashioned a final-round score of 156.60 in the Three Meter event.
– Jacob Greiff placed third in the 200 Breaststroke with a time of 2:06.54.
– Cairns, Christensen, Milos Gak and Hacker claimed first in the 400 Freestyle Relay, posting a time of 3:14.51.
Women’s Meet Results
– Cohara placed first place in three events, claiming the 1650 Freestyle, the 100 Backstroke and 200 Backstroke. In the 1650 Freestyle, Cohara out-distanced the field by more than 20 seconds with a time of 17:36.54. The 100 Backstroke saw Cohara (58.77) edge teammate Meghan Shroyer (1:00.61) while Cohara (2:06.55) nipped Flora Hanson (2:07.83) in the 200 Backstroke.
– It was a 1-2-3 finish for the Raiders in the 200 Freestyle as Lindsey Sagasta took first (1:55.81), Megan Gallagher claimed second (1:56.75) and Flora Henson placed third (1:57.33).
– The quartet of Flora Hanson, Cammie Kirby, Shroyer and Rosannah Petit took second in the 200 Medley Relay with a time of 1:51.76.
– Kirby fashioned a time of 1:08.61 to take second in the 100 Breaststroke.
– Petit placed second in the 50 Freestyle, posting a time of 25.17 in the short-distance race.
– Chloe Russack placed third in both the One and Three Meter Diving competitions. On the One Meter board, Russack posted a final-round score of 218.63 while turning in a final score of 218.78 on the Three Meter event.
– It was a 2-3 finish for Colgate in the 100 Freestyle as Sagasta (53.06) took second and Petit (54.40) placed third.
– Cammie Kirby placed second in the 200 Breaststroke with a pace of 2:28.10.
– Sagasta and Gallagher gave the Raiders a 1-2 finish in the 500 Freestyle with Sagasta (5:13.68) taking first and Gallagher (5:13.91) placing second.
– Shroyer placed second in the 100 Butterfly, posting a time of 1:01.02.
– Hanson and Shroyer went 1-3 in the 200 Individual Medley as Hanson (2:11.87) claimed first while Shroyer (2:13.54) placed third.
– Cohara, Sami Wary, Sagasta, and Petit claimed the 400 Freestyle Relay with a time of 3:38.28. The quartet of Sam Hynes, Ellen Hutchinson, Megan Gallagher and Madison Fitzgerald placed third with a time of 3:48.69.
From The Source
Head Coach Andy Waeger
(On Meet)
“We had some fantastic races today. We just wrapped up our winter training on Wednesday, so to come back and race as hard as we did with as much heart as we did leading into tomorrow’s Patriot League competition was spectacular. We had a good meet, top to bottom, against some tough competition. We’re looking forward to heading to West Point tomorrow to square off against Army and Lafayette in a tri-meet.
I was very proud of how we raced. At this point in the season, we’re really starting to focus on our year-end competitions, so we’re continuing to learn a lot as we race though the rest of the regular season as we prepare for the Patriot League Championships.”
Up Next
Colgate is back in action Saturday with a 1 p.m. tri-meet against Patriot League foes Army and Lafayette at West Point.
