Youngstown State vs St. Bonaventure
- September 26-27, 2024
- Youngstown, Ohio
- SCY (25 yards)
- Results
Courtesy: YSU Sports
The Youngstown State men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams kicked off their seasons at the Beeghly Natatorium as they hosted St. Bonaventure for a two-day dual.
The diving competition took place on Thursday with a total of six women and seven men competing.
Hanna Held kicked off her sophomore season in dominating fashion, taking home first-place honors in both the women’s one-meter and three-meter dives. Held scored 273.68 in the one-meter dive and 272.78 in the three-meter dive. Senior Ellen Linscheid came in second in the one-meter dive, scoring 267.00. Held and Linscheid’s one-meter dive scores were good enough for qualification for the NCAA Diving Zones, which will take place this upcoming March. Their scores overcame the 265-point threshold needed for qualification.
Also placing in the top three for the women was Emma Schum in the one-meter dive with a score of 229.43, and Natalie Weissman and Dasha Toth in the three-meter dive, who posted scores of 253.73 and 232.65, respectively.
In the men’s one-meter dive, Patrick Adams and Zachary Lao finished fourth and fifth individually, as Adams posted a score of 243.83, and Lao scored 227.10. Adams and Lao finished closely together in the three-meter dive as well, as Adams’ point-total of 215.63 was good enough for a third-place finish, and Lao’s score of 208.73 gave him a fourth-place finish. Freshman Andrew Miller rounded out the top five in his Penguins diving debut, as he scored 197.03.
The swimming competition took place on Friday in front of a loud crowd and energetic atmosphere.
The men’s 200 medley relay team of Jacob Gramer, James Slessor, Lorenz Beck, and Rares Druga picked up the first team win of the day for YSU, as they collectively swam a time of 1:32.13.
Olivia Sweetman notched the first individual win for the Penguins as she won the women’s 1000 freestyle with a time of 10:31.82. Gavin Webb followed up Sweetman’s performance with a victory in the men’s 1000 freestyle, as Webb finished with a time of 9:51.09.
It was a very successful day in the pool for Oliwia Kaniak, as she won three events on the day for the Penguins. Her first victory of the day came in the 100 breaststroke, as she swam a time of 1:06.47. Her next victory of the day came in the 200 breaststroke, as she put together a time of 2:25.63. Her last victory of the day came in the 200 IM, as her time of 2:11.06 just edged out teammate Miriam Frass by just over six-tenths of a second.
Frass was victorious herself on the day in two events, taking home the victory in the 500 free with a time of 5:08.20, and also winning the 200 free by over three seconds, clocking a time of 1:55.74.
James Slessor also racked up two individual victories, winning the 100 breaststroke with a time of 57.05, and also bringing home the win in the 200 breaststroke with a time of 2:07.07.
Gavin Redden and Jacob Gramer both won one individual event, with Redden taking the win in the 100 free with a time of 46.55, and Gramer winning the 100 butterfly with a time of 49.72.
The Penguin men won the final event of the day as the crew of Druga, Gramer, Redden, and Darren Laing won the 400 freestyle relay with a time of 3:04.68.
YSU collected second place finishes in nine events as well. The women’s 200 relay squad of Anna Kozinska, Kaniak, Ali Ramirez Romero, and Madelyn Mahoney clocked a time of 1:48.55 in their runner-up finish. Also finishing runner-up was Darren Laing in the 100 free and 200 free, Ramirez Romero in the 200 butterfly, Lorenz Beck in the men’s 200 butterfly, Jacob Gramer in the men’s 50 free, Gavin Webb in the 500 freestyle, and Miriam Frass and James Slessor took home second-place finishes in their respective 200 im events.
The men and women both took home team victories to end a successful day in the pool as the men won with an overall score of 150-148, and the women took home a victory with score of 152.5-147.5.
Up Next:
The Penguins will be back in action on Oct.4-5 as they take on Horizon League foe Oakland in a two-day dual in Rochester, Michigan.
Courtesy: St. Bonaventure Athletics
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – Five different Bonnies scored individual event wins for the St. Bonaventure women’s swim team in the first meet of the season Friday night at Younstown State. The Penguins, however, held on for a 150-148 team victory in a closely contested meet.
The Bonnies swept the podium in the 50-freestyle with Halle Myers taking first followed by Ellie Kraus and Caitlyn Clements. Myers finished with a time of 23.52. Kraus and Clements posted times of 24.42 and 25.19 respectively.
Another clean sweep for St. Bonaventure came in the 100-butterfly with Myers (56.99), junior Nele Vetter (58.62) and graduate student Amy O’Rourke (59.35) finishing first, second, third.
Anna Bojana Forjan posted wins in the 100 and 200-backstroke and earning third in the 200-IM. The sophomore posted a time of 58.23 in the 100-back and touched the wall in 2:06.04 in the 200-yard event. The Mezotur, Hungary native is the current program record holder in both events.
Junior Daciana Colon finished as the runner-up in the 100 and 200-backstroke behind her teammate with a time of 59.69 in the 100 and 2:11.23 in the 200.
Maggie Holst rounded out the top-three in the 200-backstroke, a third podium sweep for the team, finishing with a time of 2:13.75.
Bona finished first and second in the 100-freestyle as well with Kraus (52.86) and O’Rourke touching the wall first (54.10).
Vetter recorded a time of 2:11.31 in the 200-butterfly to claim victory. Freshman Caroline Murray also swam in the event, posting a time of 2:18.41.
Sarah Gonzalez made her debut for the Bonnies after transferring into the program this season as a sophomore. The Rockledge, Fla. native finished second in the 100-breast (1:07.83) and the 200-breast (2:28.28).
Phoebe McClaren earned a pair of second place finishes in her collegiate debut. The distance swimmer posted a time of 10:33.44 in the 1000-freestyle and 5:08.33 in the 500-freestyle.
The Bona relay teams also found success in the first meet of the season. The 200-medley relay made up of Bojana Forjan, Gonzalez, Myers, and Kraus recorded a time of 1:46.28.
The 400-freestyle relay finished in 3:30.44 to claim victory. Kraus, Myers, O’Rourke and Vetter made up the squad.
The Bonnies will make their home debut Saturday, Oct. 5 vs. Niagara as part of Alumni Appreciation Weekend at the Reilly Center Pool.
QUOTES FROM COACH SMIECHOWSKI
“Good start to the season. Youngstown State is a very talented team that brought a lot of energy. This is one of the best Penguin teams they have had in a long time. This was a good test, exciting energy and a good sign of things to come.”
“We would love to come away with a non conference dual meet win, but not at the expense of end of year performance. We swam through this meet well. Learned to race in a tough training cycle and nearly stole a win late.”
“This was good for us. Learning how to swim with pressure and in tight races early with fatigue will give us confidence when it matters most at Atlantic 10 Championships.”
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – Junior Henry Wilkes and freshman Mark Mizsei highlighted the St. Bonaventure men’s swimming and diving season-opening meet with a pair of wins apiece Friday night.
YSU nipped the Bonnies in the final team score, 152-147.5.
Wilkes led the way for Bona with a pair of wins in the 100-and 200-backstroke. A time of 51.10 gave him a win in the 100-yard event and 1:51.74 was victorious in the 200-back.
Wilkes also helped the 200-medley relay to a second-place finish along with Knute Wargin, Alexander Behr and Sam Matthews.
Mizsei made his collegiate debut in the meet, claiming a pair of wins in the 200-fly (1:51.40) and 500-freestyle (4:46.71).
Behr also had a successful night for St. Bonaventure touching the wall first in the 200-freestyle with a time of 1:42.89. Behr finished second in the 100-fly (50.14) and helped the 400-freestyle relay to a second-place finish.
Luigi Termine contributed to a 1-2 finish for Bona in the 100 and 200-backstroke, coming in as the runner-up to Wilkes with a times of 51.37 and 1:53.18 in either event.
Graduate transfer Aidan Kreiley made his St. Bonaventure debut, recording a pair of second-place finishes. The Dansville, N.Y. native finished in 57.56 in the 100-breast and 2:08.27 in the 200-breast for runner-up finishes in each event.
Matthews added to the points total for SBU, posting a win in the 100-freestyle (21.11).
Sophomore Kevyn Collazo Torres also had a win in the 200-IM (1:57.10).
The Bonnies make their home debut Saturday, Oct. 5 vs. Niagara as part of Alumni Appreciation Weekend at the Reilly Center Pool
QUOTES FROM COACH SMIECHOWSKI
“Good start to the season. Youngstown State is a very talented team that brought a lot of energy. This is one of the best Penguin teams they have had in a long time. This was a good test, exciting energy and a good sign of things to come.”
“We would love to come away with a non conference dual meet win, but not at the expense of end of year performance. We swam through this meet well. Learned to race in a tough training cycle and nearly stole a win late.”
“This was good for us. Learning how to swim with pressure and in tight races early with fatigue will give us confidence when it matters most at Atlantic 10 Championships.”
Go Guins!!