Colgate vs St. Bonaventure
- January 25, 2025
- Hamilton, N.Y.
- SCY (25 yards)
- Results
Courtesy: Colgate Athletics
HAMILTON – MG King and Natalie Hofer contributed to six of the team’s eight victories in helping lead Colgate women’s swimming and diving to a 155-144 win over St. Bonaventure in dual action Saturday afternoon inside Lineberry Natatorium.
Prior to the meet, the Colgate men’s and women’s swimming and diving programs honored their 19 seniors celebrating their final regular season meet in Hamilton.
COACH PRETRE’S COMMENTS
“Total team effort today. That was a very good St Bonaventure team that we raced. It was one of those meets where every point mattered and we knew it was going to come down to the last relay to win the meet. Thankfully the total effort that the team achieved put us in there and our sprinters closed it out for the victory. I’m proud of our seniors with the men and women. They have no doubt left this team in a much better place when they found it.”
HOW IT HAPPENED
Colgate won eight events in total and racked up 25 top-three finishes with eight second-place tallies and nine bronze finishes. King won three individual events, followed by two from Hofer, and they were both in Colgate’s first-place 400 Medley Relay quartet that took the top spot.
The 400 Medley Relay team with King, Hofer, Audrey Collins, and Brooke Garretson claimed gold with a time of 3:52.42, more than a full second faster than St. Bonaventure’s closest quartet.
King’s first individual gold took place in the 200 Free, where they clocked in with a time of 1:54.84, leading their teammate Lucy Art who placed second with a time of 1:56.83. King also dominated the 200 Back, taking gold by more than two seconds over St. Bonaventure’s closest finisher.
King’s third and most convincing victory of the day came in the 500 Free, where they turned in a time of 5:11.43, which was five seconds faster than their nearest competitor.
Hofer’s first gold came in the 100 Breast, which was a Colgate sweep in the top three, clocking in at 1:06.96 to pace teammates Collins (1:07.19) and Garretson (1:08.81) who finished second and third, respectively. Hofer also took first in the 200 Breast (2:28.82), besting St. Bonaventure’s runner-up finisher’s time of 2:29.02.
Emma Senglaub won a tight race in the 200 Fly with a first-place time of 2:10.66, just ahead of St. Bonaventure’s second-place swimmer’s time of 2:10.77.
Colgate’s final win of the day came in the The 200 Free Relay, where the quartet of Elizabeth Rainey, Heather O’Day, Art, and Garretson paced the field to the wall with a first-place time of 1:37.75, just over a full second faster than St. Bonaventure’s closest quartet.
UP NEXT
Colgate closes out the regular season with the Boston University Invite Feb. 7-8.
First Place
- 400 Yard Medley Relay: MG King, Natalie Hofer, Audrey Collins, Brooke Garretson, 3:52.42
- 200 Yard Freestyle: MG King, 1:54.84
- 100 Yard Breaststroke: Natalie Hofer, 1:06.96
- 200 Yard Butterfly: Emma Senglaub, 2:10.66
- 200 Yard Backstroke: MG King, 2:03.39
- 200 Yard Breaststroke: Natalie Hofer, 2:28.82
- 500 Yard Freestyle: MG King, 5:11.43
- 200 Yard Free Relay: Elizabeth Rainey, Heather O’Day, Lucy Art, Brooke Garretson, 1:37.75
Second Place
- 1000 Yard Freestyle: Julia Quernemoen, 10:55.48
- 200 Yard Freestyle: Lucy Art, 1:56.83
- 100 Yard Breaststroke: Audrey Collins, 1:07.19
- 50 Yard Freestyle: Lucy Art, 24.08
- 1 mtr Diving: Ellie Sundin, 279.33
- 100 Yard Freestyle: Lucy Art, 53.05
- 100 Yard Butterfly: Audrey Collins, 57.08
- 200 Yard IM: Audrey Collins, 2:08.86
Third Place
- 100 Yard Backstroke: Heather O’Day, 1:00.82
- 100 Yard Breaststroke: Brooke Garretson, 1:08.81
- 200 Yard Butterfly: Adrienne Hagins, 2:14.64
- 50 Yard Freestyle: Heather O’Day, 25.17
- 200 Yard Backstroke: Heather O’Day, 2:10.05
- 500 Yard Freestyle: Emma Senglaub, 5:19.65
- 100 Yard Butterfly: Adrienne Hagins, 59.59
- 3 mtr Diving: Ellie Sundin, 257.93
- 200 Yard IM: Julia Quernemoen, 2:11.79
HAMILTON – The Colgate men’s swimming and diving team captured 10 top-three finishes including a pair of second-place recordings from Michael Granin, but the Raiders fell to St. Bonaventure 229-56 on Senior Day Saturday inside Lineberry Natatorium.
COACH PRETRE’S COMMENTS
“Total team effort today. That was a very good St Bonaventure team that we raced. It was one of those meets where every point mattered and we knew it was going to come down to the last relay to win the meet. Thankfully the total effort that the team achieved put us in there and our sprinters closed it out for the victory. I’m proud of our seniors with the men and women. They have no doubt left this team in a much better place when they found it.”
HOW IT HAPPENED
Granin led the Raiders with two second-place finishes. Matthew Freund claimed one silver, as did the 200 Free Relay team of Jack Schurtz-Ford, Jack Lira, Granin, and Deacon Masarinas.
First-year Granin clocked in the 200 Free with a time of 1:44.87, just over three seconds off the leader from St. Bonaventure. He later found success in the 500 Free, taking home his second silver of the meet with a time of 4:54.40. Freund turned in a second-place time of 1:56.68 in the 200 Fly.
The quartet of Schurtz-Ford, Lira, Granin, and Mascarinas placed second in the 200 Free Relay with a time of 1:26.43, less than two seconds off the leader. Schurtz-Ford also had two of Colgate’s six third-place finishes, claiming bronze in the 100 Back and 100 Free.
Zack Berner found his success in the 1000 Free, clocking in with a third-place time of 10:28.76. Peyton Wray placed third in the 200 Back, touching the wall in 1:58.52.
UP NEXT
Colgate closes out the regular season with the Boston University Invite Feb. 7-8.
Courtesy: St. Bonaventure Athletics
HAMILTON, N.Y. – The St. Bonaventure women’s swim and dive team closed out the dual meet portion its schedule Saturday afternoon at Colgate. The Bonnies dropped a hard-fought battle to the Raiders, 155-144, despite eight event wins including three from Halle Myers.
Myers touched the wall first in the 50 (23.78) and 100-freestyle (52.52) as well as the 100-fly (56.95).
Diver Dhavgely Mendoza continued a great start to her collegiate career with another sweep on the boards. Mendoza posted a 296.85 on the 1-meter and 319.05 on the 3-meter.
Mendoza’s scores in both events qualify her for NCAA Zones.
In the 1000-freestyle, Nele Vetter picked up the first win of the afternoon for the Bonnies. Vetter went 10:45.86 to claim victory.
Vetter earned a runner-up finish in the 200-fly as well, touching the wall in 2:10.77.
Sophomore Anna Bojana Forjan picked up a pair of wins to add to the Bonnies points total. The sophomore finished with a time of 57.87 in the 100-backstroke and 2:08.69 in the 200-IM.
Bojana Forjan also recorded a second-place finish in the 200-backstroke (2:05.54).
Kathryn Lyons and Kathryn Beyer recorded second-place finishes in the 200-breast (2:29.02) and 500-free (5:16.86).
QUOTES FROM HEAD COACH MIKE SMIECHOWSKI
“The divers did great. It is the first time in a very long time we have qualified a diver for the women to zones, so it is a big day. Sanayia Joefield also had arguably her best meet of the year and scored a lot of points for the team.”
“It was a tough loss for the women. A huge credit to the Colgate women’s team; they really swam tough and showed they wanted to win and came to race. We have about 20 percent of our women’s roster out with injuries or a stomach bug going around. We are looking forward to the four weeks before Atlantic 10 Conference Championships to get healthy.”
BONNIES RESULTS
400 MEDLEY RELAY
2. Anna Bojana Forjan, Sarah Gonzalez, Halle Myers, Ellie Kraus 3:53.90
3. Eylul Alli, Anna Beth Blankenship, Amy O’Rourke, Caitlyn Clements 4:06.26
1000 FREE
1. Nele Vetter 10:45.86
3. Alessandra Haas Ren 11:02.07
200 FREE
3. Ellie Kraus 1:58.38
4. Kathryn Beyer 1:58.63
7. Maris Sadowski 2:05.00
100 BACK
1. Anna Bojana Forjan 57.87
2. Daciana Colon 59.49
4. Maggie Holst 1:01.58
6. Eylul Alli 1:03.21
100 BREAST
4. Sarah Gonzalez 1:09.73
5. Anna Beth Blankenship 1:11.75
7. Paris Christie 1:15.69
8. McKenna Shearing 1:16.07
200 FLY
2. Nele Vetter 2:10.77
4. Caroline Murray 2:15.99
50 FREE
1. Halle Myers 23.78
4. Caitlyn Clements 25.36
6. Maris Sadowski 25.54
100 FREE
1. Halle Myers 52.52
3. Ellie Kraus 53.38
4. Amy O’Rourke 54.34
200 BACK
2. Anna Bojana Forjan 2:05.54
4. Kathryn Beyer 2:11.15
6. Eylul Alli 2:16.82
200 BREAST
2. Kathryn Lyons 2:29.02
3. Sarah Gonzalez 2:29.52
6. Paris Christie 2:46.66
500 FREE
2. Kathryn Beyer 5:16.86
4. Nele Vetter 5:20.00
6. Alessandra Haas Ren 5:24.36
100 FLY
1. Halle Myers 56.95
4. Amy O’Rourke 1:00.09
5. Caroline Murray 1:02.07
200 IM
1. Anna Bojana Forjan 2:08.69
6. Kathryn Lyons 2:17.67
7. Maggie Holst 2:23.70
200 FREE RELAY
2. Ellie Kraus, Caitlyn Clements, Maris Sadowski, Amy O’Rourke 1:38.27
3. Sarah Gonzalez, Kathryn Beyer, Anna Beth Blankenship, Caroline Murray 1:41.90
1 METER DIVE
1. Dhavgely Mendoza 296.85
3. Sanayia Joefield 252.08
3 METER DIVE
1. Dhavgely Mendoza 319.05
2. Sanayia Joefield 263.40
HAMILTON, N.Y. – The St. Bonaventure men’s swim and dive team closed out the dual meet portion of the schedule with a dominant 229-56 victory over Colgate Saturday afternoon. The Bonnies claimed victory in every event, sweeping the podium four times.
Freshman Mark Mizsei topped the podium three times. The rookie touched the wall first in the 200-fly (1:49.29), 100-fly (51.12), and the 500-free (4:45.28).
Luigi Termine (51.74) and Henry Wilkes (52.02) followed Mizsei in the 100-fly to round out a podium sweep for the Bonnies.
Termine picked up a win of his own in the 100-back, going 50.64 while Wilkes went 1:51.83 in the 200-backstroke to earn a win.
The breaststroke events were won by Knute Wargin and Aidan Kreiley. Wargin (57.90), Mark Polos (59.68), and Paul Wissel (1:00.23) combined to take the entire podium in the 100-breast.
Kreiley (2:10.39), Wargin (2:12.72), and Polos (2:13.45) added another 1-2-3 finish for the Bonnies in the 200-breaststroke.
A time of 9:55.89 in the 1000-freestyle earned senior Mikolaj Synowiec another win for the Bonnies.
Sophomore Carlos Hidalgo and Kevyn Collazo Torres accounted for another two wins for the Brown and White.
Hidalgo touched the wall in 21.53 in the 50-freestyle while Collazo Torres went 1:57.08 in the 200-IM to claim wins.
Bona swept both relays to bookend the meet. Wilkes, Wargin, Mizsei, and Hidalgo posted a time of 3:23.86 in the 400-medley relay.
Sam Matthews, Behr, Parker, and Hidalgo combined for a time of 1:24.64 in the 200-free relay.
QUOTES FROM HEAD COACH MIKE SMIECHOWSKI
“It was a great team win again and great to finish the year with a solid performance. As we come down to rest, we hope to build on that confidence.”
BONNIES RESULTS
400 MEDLEY RELAY
1. Henry Wilkes, Knute Wargin, Mark Mizsei, Carlos Hidalgo 3:23.86
2. Luigi Termine, Aidan Kreiley, Alexander Behr, Sam Matthews 3:24.90
1000 FREE
1. Mikolaj Synowiec 9:55.89
2. Dylan Cachia 10:02.14
200 FREE
1. Alexander Behr 1:41.40
3. Sam Matthews 1:46.20
4. Aidan Kreiley 1:46.84
5. Mark Cattron 1:46.99
100 BACK
1. Luigi Termine 50.64
2. Henry Wilkes 51.23
100 BREAST
1. Knute Wargin 57.90
2. Mark Polos 59.68
3. Paul Wissel 1:00.23
200 FLY
1. Mark Mizsei 1:49.29
3. Kevyn Collazo Torres 1:57.60
4. Quinn Borchers 1:58.47
50 FREE
1. Carlos Hidalgo 21.53
2. Paul Wissel 21.88
4. Will Parker 22.12
100 FREE
1. Alexander Behr 46.71
2. Sam Matthews 46.80
4. Carlos Hidalgo 47.65
6. Kevyn Collazo Torres 48.97
200 BACK
1. Henry Wilkes 1:51.83
2. Luigi Termine 1:52.20
5. Quinn Borchers 2:09.41
200 BREAST
1. Aidan Kreiley 2:10.39
2. Knute Wargin 2:12.72
3. Mark Polos 2:13.45
500 FREE
1. Mark Mizsei 4:45.28
3. Dylan Cachia 4:55.97
5. Mark Cattron 5:09.04
100 FLY
1. Mark Mizsei 51.12
2. Luigi Termine 51.74
3. Henry Wilkes 52.02
200 IM
1. Kevyn Collazo Torres 1:57.08
2. Mikolaj Synowiec 2:01.37
3. Boray Goren 2:01.89
200 FREE RELAY
1. Sam Matthews, Alexander Behr, Will Parker, Carlos Hidalgo 1:24.64
3. Paul Wissel, Mark Cattron, Knute Wargin, Aidan Kreiley 1:27.75
1 METER DIVE
1. Ben Giera 303.75
2. Josiah Knapp 275.10
3 METER DIVE
1. Ben Giera 352.28
2. Josiah Knapp 283.28
