Bowling Green vs Canisius vs Rochester vs Siena
- October 19, 2024
- Buffalo, N.Y.
- SCY (25 yards)
- Results
Courtesy: BGSU Athletics
BUFFALO, N.Y. – The Tanner Barton chapter in BGSU swim & dive history could not have started off on any more of a high note, as the Falcons bested host Canisius (226-71), Siena (234-63) and Rochester (236-62) for a clean sweep in the season-opening quad meet at Erie Community College’s Burt Flickinger Center in downtown Buffalo.
Of the 16 individual and relay events, BGSU came away victorious in all but one of them.
The meet started off with a bang in the 200-medley relay, as Emily McNicol, Joanna Robertson, Elayna Krupp and Riley McNichols contributed to a first-place time of 1:46.46.
“They thrived during the first event, and our team really kept building off that momentum,” Barton said.
That drive helped propel Lourdes Manderfield (10:45.90) and Livia Castro (10:49.25) go 1-2 in the 1,000 freestyle and was followed up by first and third place finishes from Taylor Devorace (1:55.85) and Abby Toepfer (1:56.98) in the 200 freestyle, McNicol (56.49) and Alexandra Johnson (1:00.25) in the 100 backstroke and Grace Perlberg (1:06.98) and Robertson (1:07.14) in the 100 breaststroke.
Fabiana D’Ambrogio (2:07.35) and Grace Bodrock (2:10.34) took gold and silver, respectfully, in the 200 butterfly while later Karina Solera (56.18) won the 100 butterfly followed by D’Ambrogio (58.71), Bodrock (58.81) and Krupp (59.31).
BGSU flashed its depth in the freestyle events, as they took the top four spots in the 50-yard race and snagged the top three in the 100-yard event. Becdach (24.00) led the charge in the 50, followed by McNichols (24.35), Berrow (24.39) and Krupp (24.49). Becdach (51.21) also took first in the 100 with Devorace (53.56) and Sierra Newton (53.99) right behind.
McNicol (2:05.82) and Morgan Sokol (2:09.85) earned first and third, respectfully, in the 200 backstroke while Ava Vial (2:21.52), Perlberg (2:25.09) and Madison Bond (2:25.68) took the top three spots in the 200 breaststroke.
In the 500 freestyle, Toepfer (5:14.47) came away victorious followed by Manderfield (5:16.51). Vial (2:08.55) took second in the 200 IM, and the Falcons wrapped up an eventful day with a 200-freestyle relay victory (1:36.61) represented by Becdach, McNichols, McNicol and Krupp.
For the divers, Natalia Mayorga won both the one-meter (278.35) and three-meter (273.55) competitions. Mayorga’s one-meter score was good enough to earn her an NCAA Zone Diving cut. All six divers who competed for BGSU placed in the top six in the one-meter, while the top four in the three-meter were all Falcons.
Three freshmen (Becdach, Devorace, and Solera) came out on top in individual events and earned their first career wins in their collegiate debuts.
“The women were competing with excitement and confidence today,” Barton said. “Both are necessary for optimal performance, and today’s results will help to propel us into the coming weeks.”
Up Next
Bowling Green will head to Akron’s Ocasek Natatorium on Friday, November 1 to take on the Zips in their first MAC dual meet of the season at 6 p.m.
Courtesy: Canisius Athletics
Seniors Sam Vidal and Toby Mayfield took first place in all four of their races as the Canisius men’s swimming team defeated the University of Rochester, 176-114, in collegiate swimming action Saturday at the Burt Flickinger Center in downtown Buffalo.
The women’s team also took the victory against Rochester, 163-135, but had to face two other women’s swimming programs in the quad-meet format. They fell to MAAC rival Siena (161-132) and Bowling Green (226-71) in the quad meet.
Vidal took first in the 100 yard breaststroke (58.05) and 500 yard freestyle (4:48.81) to lead the men’s team to victory. He also won the 200 medley relay alongside senior Bronson Benes, sophomore Elliot Somers and senior Ben Yant (1:34.24). To close out the meet, the 200 freestyle relay team also won the race as Vidal, Yant, Somers and Mayfield fielded a time of 1:26.32.
Mayfield had his own individual successes, winning the 100 free (47.72), 200 butterfly (1:54.09) and 200 IM (1:56.94).
Somers took first in the 100 backstroke with a time of 51.29 and Benes took first place in the 100 butterfly with a time of 51.03.
On the women’s side, freshman Daphne Mead continued to impress in her rookie season, winning the 200 IM (2:07.49), and placing second in the 100 (59.07) and 200 backstroke (2:09.28).
UP NEXT
The Griffs return to action Oct. 26, when they travel to SUNY Geneseo for a dual meet at 1 p.m.
Courtesy: Siena Athletics
Siena Swimming & Diving earned a pair of wins today in its quad-meet from Erie Community College in Buffalo, NY – defeating MAAC foe Canisius 161-132, and Rochester 166-132, to give head coach Maggie Davenport the first two wins of her coaching career. The team fell to Bowling Green, 234-63, to go 2-1 on the day.
GayLynn Kirn continued her impressive start to the season with a second place finish in the 200 free, finishing just over one second behind the winner at 1:56.97. She went on to take third in the 500 free in 5:17.34.
Shaylea Triller wasn’t far behind Kirn in the 200 free at 1:57.26 to place fourth. Triller also had a nice showing in the 100 free, placing fourth in 54.04.
Hope Ivanovich took third in the 200 fly with a time of 2:12.40.
Maddie Buck placed fifth for the Saints in the 1000 free at 11:22.43. Mea Amedio also had a fifth place finish in the 50 free in 24.87, coming within .37 seconds of a top-10 program performance. She also finished third in the 200 IM, coming in at 2:13.45
Kylie Carter turned in a fifth place finish in the 200 breast with a mark of 2:27.27
Gabrielle Rentosa clocked a solid 1:00.67 in the 100 back to finish sixth, with teammate Carsyn Ide right behind in seventh at 1:00.85. Ide found herself turning in a top-five finish elsewhere in the 200 back, clocking 2:11.22 to take fifth.
The Saints had three separate relay squads place top-five in the 200 free relay with the tandem of Triller, Carter, Rentosa, and Camryn Raines finishing second in 139.42.
In the 1m dive, Sydney Murray placed 11th scoring 166.20, while Claire Donlon finished 12th with a 159.10. The pair finished in the same positions in the 3m dive – Murray scoring 184.50, and Donlon 182.40.
The team returns to the pool on Saturday, Nov. 2 when it travels to Durham, NH to take on New Hampshire and new MAAC foe Merrimack at 11 a.m.
Courtesy: Rochester Athletics
BUFFALO, NY – The University of Rochester women’s swimming and diving team opened up the 2024-25 season on Saturday afternoon, falling to a trio of Division I opponents at a quad meet hosted by Canisius University.
Rochester was defeated 166-132 by Siena College, fell 163-135 to host Canisius and ended up being dropped by Bowling Green State University 236-62.
In the 200 breaststroke, Rochester’s Ariana Pasquella ended up in the runner-up position for the best UR finish of the day. Her time was 1:07.07, being edged out by a mere .11 seconds for the win. Later on in the meet, Pasquella added to her strong day, finishing fourth in the 200-yard breaststroke, touching the wall in 2:26.08 and also finished as UR’s top swimmer in the 200 IM, ranking fifth in the race with a 2:16.51 time.
Rachele Bachmann secured a top-4 finish in the 200 butterfly, ranking fourth with here time of 2:16.18. Isabel Phillips ended sixth in 2:19.06 in the same event.
Bookending the meet, two University of Rochester relay teams finished in fifth and sixth, respectively. The 200 medley relay team of Leah Tang, Pasquella, Sophia Dmytruk and Jessica Spahn started things off in fifth with a time of 1:51.35.
To close the meet, UR’s 200 freestyle relay team consisting of Adele Hellstrom, Morgan Edstrom, Izzy Stevenson and Spahn touched the wall in 1:42.65, scoring in sixth place.
In her first collegiate race, first-year Amelia Hardiman finished sixth in the 1000 freestyle for Rochester, posting a time of 11:24.74. Teammate Simone Lin ranked right behind her in seventh (11:35.24). Hardiman also was Rochester’s top finishing swimmer in the 200 backstroke, ending in seventh in 2:12.49.
Individually, Tang finished eighth in the 100 backstroke in 1:01.20, while Spahn was first to the wall in the 50 freestyle for Rochester, ending seventh with a time of 24.98 seconds.
Rochester’s top finisher in other events on the day were Katelyn Packer in the 200 freestyle (12th, 2:01.67) and 500 freestyle (7th, 5:24.45), Tang in the 100 freestyle (9th, :55.27) and Dmytruk in the 100 butterfly (8th, 1:01.94). Gloria Ng was seventh in both breaststroke events, finishing in 1:09.36 in the 100-yard distance and in 2:32.46 in the 200-yard race.
On the diving boards, Lizzie Budde led Rochester’s contingent on the 1-meter board with a 193.5, good for seventh. Julia Sides finished in eighth (193.30) and Kaela Springer was ninth (190.55).
Later on, Marlena Vieira posted UR’s best score on the 3-meter board, scoring 204.25 points, good for fifth. Springer was sixth (203.80), with Budde placing seventh after her scored tallied 203.40 points.
Next Saturday, UR hosts SUNY Cortland in its home opener of the season, matching up with its first Division III opponent in 2024-25.
BUFFALO, NY – Division I Canisius University topped the University of Rochester men’s swimming and diving team by a 176-114 score on Saturday afternoon as Rochester opened up its dual match slate for the 2024-25 season.
In the matchup, Rochester picked up five event wins on the day, and had several other top-2 finishes, highlighting the day.
Bryce Berkhof, Connor Kann and Max McClung earned the swimming wins, while a pair of divers, Max Wozinski and Brendan Habert also earned wins for the Yellowjackets (0-1).
McClung ended the day with a win in the 200 backstroke (1:57.31), while also ranking second in the 100 backstroke (53.53) and third in the 100 butterfly (52.41).
Berkhof was the first to the wall in the 1000 freestyle, posting a time of 10:10.92. He also was UR’s top finisher in the 500 freestyle later in the meet, ending third in that race at 4:57.22.
Swimming in his first collegiate meet, Kann won the 200 freestyle with a time of 1:45.66. Additionally, he ended runner-up in the 200 backstroke to his teammate McClung, touching the wall in 2:01.48, earning Rochester the 1-2 finish.
In the diving events, Wozinski and Habert paired to post 1-2 finishes on both boards. On 1-meter, Wozinski won with a 195.60 score, with Habert right behind at 188.25. Habert flipped the script on the 3-meter board, scoring 197.30 to Wozinski’s 194.45 for the win.
Rochester’s top relay teams both finished in second place. Leading off the meet, McClung, Brian Wong, Eli Muldoon and Michael Scholz finished in 1:35.33 during the 200 medley relay.
Closing things on the afternoon, Tosan Obatoyinbo, Jeremy Mah, Ben Friedberg and Scholz were second in the 200 freestyle relay in 1:27.95.
Also ranking second on the day for Rochester were Nate Attwell in the 1000 freestyle (10:24.14), Wong in the 100 breaststroke (58.29) and Scholtz in the 50 freestyle (21.90). Scholz added a third place finish in the 100 freestyle in 48.55 seconds.
First-year Jack Zapp led the ‘Jackets in three events, ranking third in the 200 butterfly (2:05.11), fourth in the 200 breaststroke in 2:14.05 and fourth in the 200 IM (2:01.61).
Up next, Rochester hosts SUNY Cortland next Saturday in its home opener, with the meet starting at 1 pm.
