2024 Bucknell Invitational
- November 22-24, 2024
- Lewisburg, Pa.
- SCY (25 yards)
- Full Meet Results (PDF)
UConn has not yet issued a press release.
Courtesy: Delaware Athletics
LEWISBURG, Pa. – The University of Delaware men’s swimming & diving team wins the Bucknell Invitational on Sunday, Nov. 23.
The Blue Hens scored a total of 1373.5 to take home the victory.
RESULTS
- For the third day in a row, Matvei Namakonov broke a program record, this time in the 100 free with a time of 43.25. He broke his previous record of 43.55, earning an NCAA b cut in the process. He finished first in the event.
- Namakonov broke the record in the 100 breast with a time of 51.63, and the record in the 50 free with a time of 19.72.
- Addison Collins finished behind Namakonov in the 100 free with a time of 44.14.
- The duo of Gavin Currie (1:43.18) and Kaloyan Levterov (1:43.96) placed first and second in the 200 back. Currie earned an NCAA b cut.
- Toni Sabev won the 200 breast at 2:00.13. Brian Wilbur was eighth at 2:04.04.
- Max Moen finished sixth in the 200 fly at 1:52.48.
- The 400 freestyle relay team of Collins, James Haney, Levterov and Namakonov were second at 2:56.82.
UP NEXT
The Blue Hens travel to West Chester, Pa. and take on West Chester in a dual meet on Friday, Dec. 6.
Courtesy: Bucknell Athletics
LEWISBURG, Pa. – The Bucknell women’s swimming and diving team closed out its home invitational in style by winning the 400-yard freestyle relay, and a big final day helped the Bison surge past Delaware into a second-place finish on Sunday at Kinney Natatorium. Freshman Clara Renner logged her third runner-up finish of the weekend in the mile, senior Skye Sunderhauf hit a big PR in a third-place finish in the 200 butterfly, and Bucknell’s depth shined on the final day of the meet.
Bucknell entered Sunday evening’s finals 12.5 points behind Delaware for second place in the seven-team field, and the Bison outscored the Blue Hens 468-406.5 to move up to the No. 2 spot. Connecticut won the team title with 1,428.5 points, followed by Bucknell (1,231), Delaware (1,182), Davidson (932.5), Fordham (858.5), Seton Hall (650), and UMBC (567.5).
Virginia Hastings, Sara Ketron, Jennifer Bolden, and Kyla Kelly teamed up for a time of 3:23.14 to win the meet-ending 400 free relay by seven-tenths of a second over UConn. The Bison passed the Huskies on Ketron’s leg and led the rest of the way out of lane 1. That was the third-fastest time in Bucknell history and the fastest ever in a non-league championship meet.
Renner, who was second in the 500 free and 400 individual medley earlier in the meet, was runner-up again to Seton Hall’s Allie Waggoner in the 1,650 on Sunday. Renner posted a time of 16:33.07, which was third-fastest in school history and is already within three seconds of Kelly Pontecorvo’s 11-year-old school record. Renner’s opening 1,000 of 10:00.62 also puts her No. 3 all-time. Only two Bison have ever broken 10 minutes. Only Waggoner, who doubled as Big East champion in the 500/1650 on the way to Big East Swimmer of the Meet honors last season, prevented Renner from sweeping both distance free events and the 400 IM this weekend.
Prior to her big swim in the 400 free relay, Ketron led three Bucknell finalists in the 100 free with a fourth-place finish. Her personal-best time of 50.89 makes her the seventh-fastest performer in team history. Kelly finished one spot behind in fifth, and Bolden placed eighth. Kelly’s 50.98 in the morning prelims was a PR, and she is now No. 9 on Bucknell’s all-time list.
Kelly Byrne posted two sixth-place finishes on Sunday, one in the mile and another later in the evening in the 200 breaststroke.
Sunderhauf and Sydney Dettmann helped cement Bucknell’s second-place team finish with a 3-4 showing in the 200 butterfly. Sunderhauf’s 2:01.95 was a PR by nearly a full second and makes her the fifth-fastest performer in team history. Dettmann, who already ranks No. 4 in the 200 fly, finished in 2:03.64.
Meghan Catherwood led the Bison with a seventh-place finish in the 3-meter diving event.
Next up for the Bison is the U.S. Open meet in Greensboro, N.C., Dec. 4-7.
Bucknell Women New Top-10 Times at Bucknell Invitational
200 Freestyle Relay: Jennifer Bolden, Sara Ketron, Kyla Kelly, Ashley Piacentino — 1:33.58 (8th)
500 Freestyle: Clara Renner – 4:48.55 (3rd)
200 IM: Kyla Kelly — 2:03.04 (9th)
400 IM: Clara Renner – 4:18.84 (2nd)
100 Butterfly: Sam Benzija – 55.64 (6th)
100 Breaststroke: Sydney Jee – 1:03.50 (8th)
800 Freestyle Relay: Clara Renner, Virginia Hastings, Sydney Dettmann, Rylie Giles — 7:19.28 (4th)
200 Freestyle: Clara Renner – 1:49.11 (4th) *first 200 of 800 free relay*
100 Freestyle: Sara Ketron – 50.89 (7th); Kyla Kelly – 50.98 (9th)
1650 Freestyle: Clara Renner – 16:33.07 (3rd)
1000 Freestyle: Clara Renner – 10:00.62 (3rd) *first 1000 of 1650*
200 Butterfly: Skye Sunderhauf – 2:01.95 (5th)
400 Freestyle Relay: Virginia Hastings, Sara Ketron, Jennifer Bolden, Kyla Kelly (3rd)
LEWISBURG, Pa. – The Bison men’s swimming and diving squad had six finalists on Sunday, including an impressive double from Andy Dorsel, as the three-day Bucknell Invitational wrapped up at Kinney Natatorium. The Bison finished in fifth place with 932.5 points.
Delaware won the meet with 1,373.5 points, followed by UMBC (1,289.5), Seton Hall (1,037.5), Fordham (1,001), Bucknell, and Davidson (880).
Dorsel and Chris Kopac were Bucknell’s top finishers on Sunday with a pair of fourth-place finishes. Kopac started the final session by taking fourth in the 1,650-yard freestyle in a time of 15:46.78, and William Shoemaker was one spot back in fifth.
Dorsel had a busy day competing in back-to-back events — the 200 breaststroke and 200 butterfly – and he made the finals in both. He was fourth in the 200 breast in 2:01.54 and seventh in the 200 fly in 1:52.63.
Will Hedges also reached the finals in the 200 breast, finishing sixth. Braden Beagle qualified for the final in the 200 backstroke and placed eighth.
Justin DiSanto won the B Final and secured ninth-place points in the 100 free, and later he came back to anchor an impressive performance in the 400 free relay. Kopac, Dante Buonadonna, Colin Smith, and DiSanto finished fifth in the meet-ending relay, and their time of 3:00.25 ranks No. 7 in Bucknell history.
Next up for the Bison is the U.S. Open meet in Greensboro, N.C., Dec. 4-7.
Bucknell Men New Top-10 Times at Bucknell Invitational
200 IM: Dante Buonadonna – 1:50.47 (10th)
400 Freestyle Relay: Chris Kopac, Dante Buonadonna, Colin Smith, Justin DiSanto – 3:00.25 (7th)
Courtesy: UMBC Athletics
Lewisburg, Pa. — The men’s 400 free relay team broke a ten year old school record as the UMBC Swimming & Diving teams wrapped up a successful weekend at the Bucknell Invitational on Sunday.
The team of Boris Milev, Sean Neils, Christian Coleman and Bode Neale took the gold in 2:56.43 to break the old record of 2:56.57 set in 2014.
On the Women’s side, Ember Stennett made the finals in the extremely competitive 30-person field in the 3 meter dive.
“[The Women] took several big steps forward as a program this weekend,” said head coach Matt Donovan. “Everyone got better in some way and as a program we are much closer to our season goals. We’re looking forward to the next few months to see how we cross the finish line as a team. [For the Men] this was our best invitational meet from start to finish that we have had since America East 2023. We’re looking forward to getting healthy and fine tuning the team over the next few months, and get back to where we know we can be”.
Makaela Hill improved her prelim time to take sixth in the 100 free in a time of 51.13, while Bruna de Padua took 10th overall in the 1650 with a time of 17.20.51.
In the Men’s 200 fly, Gassmann took third, narrowly missing second, in a time of 1:47.97. In the 1650, Nick Zaharescu finished eighth with a time of 15:59.97.
The Men finished second overall (out of six) with a score of 1,289.50, while the women tallied 567.50 in an ultra competitive field.
The Retrievers return to the pool on Saturday, December 7 when they host a split meet. The diving team will face Towson and Loyola Maryland at 8:30 a.m., followed by the Swimming team hosting Frostburg State and Mount St. Mary’s at 1 p.m.
