Cornell vs St. Bonaventure
- November 9, 2024
- St. Bonaventure, N.Y.
- SCY (25 yards)
- Results
Courtesy: Cornell Athletics
ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. – The Cornell women’s swimming and diving team defeated the St. Bonaventure Bonnies 160-79 on Saturday afternoon at Reilly Center Pool.
The Big Red claimed victories in the 200 Medley (Xu, Holden, Sim, Lin – 1:46.06), 200 Freestyle (Erin Dehollander – 1:53.73), 200 IM (Kate Li – 2:05.31), 200 Butterfly (Sophia Sim – 2:05.96), 200 Backstroke (Hojung Yoon – 2:02.01), 100 Freestyle (Kate Li – 51.34), 500 Freestyle (Erin Dehollander – 5:07.12), 200 Breaststroke (Audrey Holden – 2:24.37), 3-meter dive (Morgan Ogata – 272.70 points), and 1-meter dive (Ogata – 240.53 points).
Li and Yoon claimed Riley Center Pool records for their efforts in the 200 IM and Breaststroke, respectively.
Next Up
The Cornell women’s swimming and diving team will return to competition next weekend at Teagle Pool against the Harvard Crimson and Dartmouth Big Green.
ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. – The Cornell men’s swimming and diving team defeated the St. Bonaventure Bonnies 151.5 – 91.5 on Saturday afternoon at Reilly Center Pool.
The Big Red claimed victories in the 200 Medley (Ubertalli, Wolff, Gurski, Taner – 1:30.79), 1000 Freestyle (Alax Miao – 9:45.84), 50 Freestyle (Josh Toothman – 20.48 seconds), 400 IM (Julian Correa – 4:10.32), 200 Backstroke (Pietro Ubertalli – 1:47.08), 500 Freestyle (Correa – 4:43.59), 200 Breaststroke (Sebastian Wolff – 2:05.59), and 200 Freestyle Relay (Toothman, Taner, Simoes, Edwards – 1:22.66).
Ubertalli, claimed Riley Center Pool records for his efforts in the 200 Freestyle and 200 Breaststroke. Toothman, Taner, Smoes, and Edwards comprised a relay squad that notched the Riley Center record in the 200 Freestyle Relay.
Next Up
The Cornell men’s swimming and diving team will return to competition next weekend at Teagle Pool against the Harvard Crimson and Dartmouth Big Green.
Courtesy: St. Bonaventure Athletics
ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. – Senior Halle Myers highlighted the Saturday performance for the St. Bonaventure women’s swim and dive team by collecting a win and posting a new Reilly Center Pool record in the 50-freestyle. However, the women’s swim and dive team fell to Cornell, 160-79.
Myers touched the wall in 23.16 to set a new RC Pool top mark. Her time is also the second-fastest in the Atlantic 10 Conference this season for the event.
The veteran swimmer also recorded a second-place finish in the 100-free with a time of 51.42 as part of a strong overall day.
Finishing behind Myers in both the 50 and 100-free was Ellie Kraus. Kraus earned second-place in the 50-free with a time of 24.20 and fourth in the 100-free (52.80).
Freshman Phoebe McClaren recorded a win and a second-place finish as well for the Brown and White. The rookie earned a victory in the 1000-free, touching the wall in 10:31.13. Finishing as the runner-up in the 500-free, McClaren swam a time of 5:09.59.
Sophomore Anna Bojana Forjan collected two second place finishes in the 200-IM (2:10.01) and 200-backstroke (2:05.56) as well for the Bonnies.
A pair of third-place finishes from Nele Vetter added to the Bonnies’ points total. The junior posted a time of 1:56.74 in the 200-free and 2:13.81 in the 200-fly, finishing third in both events.
The 200-free relay was victorious, finishing with a time of 1:36.43. Myers, Amy O’Rourke, Bojana Forjan, and Kraus combined for the win.
In diving action, Sanayia Joefield posted a score of 231.08 in the 1-meter to finish second.
QUOTES FROM HEAD COACH MIKE SMIECHOWSKI
“I’m pleased with the way the women swam today. Cornell is a very talented team, but we are demonstrating we can hang with them a lot better than two years ago, or even last year.”
“We picked up some wins, and Halle broke a pool record, a record which she set two years ago in a tech suit, today in just a regular dual meet suit.”
“There is a lot to build on, some things we identified that we can work on involving preparation at meets that we will have the opportunity to test again for mid-season champs.”
“I am excited to see how we can continue to build off this momentum at the Magnus Invite and get a gauge of where we are at with a little bit of rest, which we haven’t had yet.”
QUOTES FROM DIVING COACH ALEJANDRA FUENTES
“I’m so proud of Sanayia’s resilience. She showed today that the work we’ve done has impacted her diving in a great way.”
ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. – Diver Ben Giera continued a stellar junior campaign for St. Bonaventure Saturday afternoon in the Reilly Center Pool. Despite two wins from Giera, the St. Bonaventure men’s swim and dive squad fell short against Cornell, 151.5-91.5.
Giera swept the diving events, posting a score of 328.28 in the 1-meter and 292.20 in the 3-meter to earn a pair of wins.
Ben O’Neill finished as the runner-up in the 1-meter, scoring 297.30.
Freshman Mark Mizsei and senior Alexander Behr each posted wins for the Bonnies Saturday morning.
Mizsei finished with a time of 1:50.69 in the 200-fly to earn a victory while Behr finished the 100-free in 46.00 to collect a win.
Behr posted a second-place finish in the 200-free as well, going 1:40.91, and Mizsei recorded a third-place finish in the 500-free, touching the wall in 4:52.37.
Grad student Sam Matthews helped add to the Bonnies’ points total with a second-place finish in the 50-free (20.70) and a third-place finish in the 100-free (46.40).
Other third-place finishes came from Johnny Edwards, Kevyn Collazo Torres, Luigi Termine, and Aidan Kreiley.
Edwards (10:13.71) finished behind Mikolaj Synowiec (9:54.64) in the 1000-freestyle while Collazo Torres touched the wall in 4:13.03 in the 400-IM.
Termine swam a time of 1:52.84 in the 200-back, and Kreiley went 2:08.30 in the 200-breaststroke.
In relay action, Termine, Kreiley, Behr, and Matthews combined for a second-place finish in the 200-medley relay with a time of 1:31.99.
QUOTES FROM HEAD COACH MIKE SMIECHOWSKI
“It was a good day of racing for the men. I think our underclassmen are starting to adapt better and better each week to the training and the weight room.”
“I was surprised with some performances, and how we raced with this level of fatigue. We tested them this week and we responded well.”
“This meet gave us a good idea of who may need a little more adjustment to help climb out of the hole. Most of our men are bringing a great energy to practice, so I am looking forward to mid-season where we can get some fresh swims and reap the benefits of the work we put in the first semester.”
QUOTES FROM DIVING COACH ALEJANDRA FUENTES
“I’m very proud of the improvements our divers showed in today’s meet. We still have some more work to do, but they are responding great to the season plan, and I can see the confidence building every week.”
Sounds about right. Mike can raise the dollars but can he actually run a team?