St. Bonaventure vs Le Moyne
- October 19, 2024
- Syracuse, N.Y.
- SCY (25 yards)
- Results
Courtesy: St. Bonaventure Athletics
SYRACUSE, N.Y. – The St. Bonaventure women’s swim and dive team recorded their first dual meet victory of the year over Le Moyne Saturday afternoon in dominant fashion. The Bonnies took first in each event as they posted a team score of 152-85.
St. Bonaventure also posted six pool records at the Rev. Vincent B. Ryan, S.J. Pool.
Bona’s 200-medley relay was the first to post a new pool top-mark with a time of 1:47.72 from Daciana Colon, Sarah Gonzalez, Halle Myers, and Ellie Kraus.
Sophomore Anna Bojana Forjan’s time of 2:09.78 set a new fastest pool time and earned her a victory in the event. She also scored a win and a pool record in the 100-backstroke (58.09).
Myers had another outstanding meet for the Bonnies, posting an individual win in the 100-free with a time of 52.54 to break the previous fastest pool time.
The Erie, Pa. native set the pool record in the 50-free as well with her split in the 200-free relay of 23.90. Her efforts helped the relay squad to a pool top time of 1:37.25 with Bojana Forjan, Amy O’Rourke, and Kraus.
Kraus notched a win in the 200-free (1:57.53) while O’Rourke earned first in the 50-free (24.81).
Freshman Phoebe McClaren and Alessandra Haas Ren finished out a sweep of the podium in the 200-free for St. Bonaventure. McClaren also earned a win in the 1000-free with a time of 10:35.72.
A pair of second-place finishes in the 50 and 100-free from freshman Hana Wiencowski added to the Bona point total.
Other wins for St. Bonaventure came in the 500-free from Kathryn Beyer, the 100-fly from Nele Vetter and the 100-breast from Sarah Gonzalez.
QUOTES FROM HEAD COACH MIKE SMIECHOWSKI
“It was a great meet for our women. We challenged the team with a heavy meet schedule this fall to learn how to race through tough training blocks. We are getting better and better every week and the confidence is growing. I am very proud of today’s performance.”
SYRACUSE, N.Y. – The St. Bonaventure men’s swim and dive team posted a dominant victory over Le Moyne Saturday afternoon. The Bonnies posted wins in all but one event in the 164-78 triumph over the Dolphins.
St. Bonaventure broke seven pool records and one Bonnies program record on the way to victory.
Ben Giera broke his own Bonnies program record in the 1-meter dive with a winning score of 343.9. He also took second in the 3-meter, posting a score of 325.5.
Giera surpassed his previous 1-meter Bonnies best of 342.98 set Jan. 28, 2023.
The 200-medley relay of Luigi Termine, Aidan Kreiley, Alexander Behr, and Sam Matthews started the meet out strong with a time of 1:32.03 to set a new pool-best time.
Freshman Mark Mizsei collected a win in the 1000-freestyle, posting a time of 9:43.06. His time is the quickest the pool has seen, and his 500-yard split of 4:45.44 gave him his second Rev. Vincent B. Ryan, S.J. Pool record of the day.
Behr notched the third win of the day and another pool best time in the 200-free, touching the wall in 1:42.73. Freshman Johnny Edwards followed Behr with a third-place finish in the event.
Sophomore Carlos Hidalgo tallied two victories for the Brown and White in the 50-free (21.68) and the 100-free (47.99).
A time of 1:57.40 in the 200-IM from Kevyn Collazo Torres gave him a win and set the pool record.
Luigi Termine and Henry Wilkes finished first and second in the 100-backstroke. Termine recorded a time of 50.96 to break the previous pool record while Wilkes finished in 51.91.
Mikolaj Synowiec (4:48.18), Will Foggin (4:53.36) and Edwards (4:54.38) swept the podium in the 500-freestyle for Bona’s.
The final pool record of the day came from the 200-free relay made up of Behr, Hidalgo, Wilkes, and Matthews as they finished in 1:24.69.
Matthews also posted a win in the 100-fly with a time of 51.96.
In diving action, Ben O’Neill and Giera posted NCAA Zones qualifying scores in both the 1-meter and 3-meter events. O’Neill finished with scores of 329.60 in the 3-meter to win and 325.2 in the 1-meter to claim second place behind his teammate.
QUOTES FROM HEAD COACH MIKE SMIECHOWSKI
“It was another dominant win for our men in back-to-back weeks. When we talked as a team at the beginning of the year, we had a process goal of learning to swim with more confidence. You can see that each week we are more and more confident and are poised for a breakout performance in February. It was a great team win.”
Courtesy: Le Moyne Athletics
Syracuse, N.Y. – The Le Moyne College men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams hosted St. Bonaventure at Rev. Vincent B. Ryan, S.J. Pool on Saturday afternoon. The men’s squad fell by a score of 164-78 while the women’s team came away with a 152-85 loss.
“I am very happy with the results today from many of our swimmers and divers. When a team comes in and has to set pool records just to beat you, you know you’re on the right track,” said head coach Adam Zaczkowski ’04. “Compared to last year’s meet, we were faster, stronger and flat out more competitive.
“The women were led by a lifetime best swim by senior Brenna Horan (Bayport, N.Y. / Bayport-Blue Point / SUNY Geneseo) in the women’s 1000. She is becoming the leader in our distance groups. Sophomore Kayleigh Bigwarfe (Glenmont, N.Y. / Bethlehem) had a great 50 Free split in the Women’s 200 Medley Relay of 24.3 which she hasn’t been near for 18 months. Also in the women’s Medley, sophomore Zoe Coburn (Hickory, N.C. / St. Stephens) was as fast as she’s ever been at this point of the season with her lead off 50 back.”
“Our women’s IM took some great leaps forward with the trio of freshman Kim Velazquez (Fairfield, C.T. / Fairfield Warde), sophomore Madeleine O’Dea (Milton, O.N. / Milton District), and junior Brooke Sommo (Guilderland, N.Y. / Guilderland).”
“For women’s diving, freshman Gabby Williams (Scotia, N.Y. / Scotia-Glenville) swept the 1m and 3m diving. She’s making great strides.”
“On the Men’s side, freshman Lucas Clay (Baldwinsville, N.Y. / C.W. Baker) set a pool record in the 100 yard Breaststroke. Freshman Michael White Jr. (Baldwinsville, N.Y. / C.W. Baker) (200 Free) and freshman Alexander Pilieci (Ottawa, O.N. / John McCrae) (100Fly) both swam season best times.
“I was also impressed by senior captain Belal Aly (Syracuse, N.Y. / PSLA @ Fowler). He had a tough meet at Colgate last week, but bounced back and had good freestyle times.”
“The 1m score from junior Patrick Scott (Utica, N.Y. / New Hartford / Niagara) should place him near the top of the NEC.”
Women’s Squad:
The team of Coburn, O’Dea, Velazquez, and Bigwarfe finished in second in the 200-yard medley relay with a combined time of 1:51.19.
Horan placed second in the 1000-yard freestyle with a final time of 11:07.15.
Velazquez finished second in the 200-yard individual medley with a final time of 2:16.78.
O’Dea placed second in the 100-yard breaststroke, coming in at 1:09.10.
Williams swept the diving events with scores of 208.75 in the one-meter and 220.50 in the three-meter.
Men’s Team:
The team of freshman Jacob Griffin (Cicero, N.Y. / Cicero-North Syracuse), Clay, Pilieci, and sophomore Justin Enser (Hilton, N.Y. / Hilton) placed in a tie for second place in the 200-yard medley relay with a time of 1:35.94.
Clay took the top spot in the 100-yard breaststroke, coming in at 58.11.
Junior Nathaniel Kwait (Fairfield, C.T. / Fairfield) placed second in the 1000-yard freestyle with a final time of 10:31.90.
White finished runner-up in the 200-yard freestyle with a final time of 1:45.81.
Enser came in second in the 50-yard freestyle, coming in at 25.15 and the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 48.74.
Pilieci placed second in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 51.99, just 0.03 behind first place.
Freshman Jack Milligan (East Islip, N.Y. / East Islip), Aly, freshman Nolan Carner (Weedsport, N.Y. / Weedsport), and Griffin combined for a time of 1:28.90 in the 200-yard freestyle relay, good enough for second place.
What’s Next:
The Dolphins will travel to Hamilton, N.Y. to take on Colgate University in a head-to-head meet on Friday, Oct. 25 starting at 5:00 P.M.
