Bona Swimmers Win

The St. Bonaventure women's swimming and diving team defeated little three rival Canisius Friday, 141 to 101.

Lauren Caldwell, Whitney Dougherty and Meaghan McCann took first, second and third for the Bonnies in the 200-yard IM. Caldwell finished first with a time of 2:12.16, Dougherty finished second with a time of 2:17.80 and McCann finished third with a time of 2:19.01.

Caldwell also finished first in the 100-yard IM with a time of 59.40. Lanae Petty touched in just behind with a time of 1:00.44, good for second place.

Petty also finished third in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 2:02.48.

Ivanna Smirnova and Jeanette Dietrich took the top two spots in both the 50-yard freestyle, with times of 53.62 and 54.03, respectively, and the 100-yard freestyle, with times of 24.95 and 25.23, respectively.

McCann and Natascha Muhl came in first and second for the Brown and White in the 100-yard backstroke. McCann touched in at 1:01.05 good for a first place finish and Muhl came in just behind with a time of 1:03.25 and a second place finish.

In the 1000-yard freestyle, Aly Paz finished first touching in at 11:04.48. Doughery came touched in at 11:28.13, good for a third place finish.

Rachel Bull had two second place finishes for the Bonnies, with a time of 1:57.12 in the 200-yard freestyle and a time of 5:15.94 in the 500-yard freestyle.

Niki Gagen had a third place finish for the team in the 100-yard breaststroke, touching in 1:13.72.

In relay action, the Brown and White finished first and third in the 200-yard medley relay. A team of McCann, McKenzie Courtney, Caldwell and Dietrich came in first place with a time of 1:50.20. And a team of Muhl, Gagen, Summer Sawaya and Erica Pascarella finished with a time of 1:56.76, good for a third place finish.

In diving action that took place on Dec 10, Chrysta Currier finished in 1st place for the Bonnies in the 1-meter and the 3-meter with scores of 204.90 and 196.12, respectively. Alycia Gossett came in 5th in the 1-meter and 2nd in the 3-meter with scores of 172.72 and 183.60, respectively.

The Bonnies will return to the pool on Jan 21 when they travel to face Binghamton, the meet will begin at 1 p.m.


Elias Homerin, James Martin and Ripley Danner all picked up two first-place finishes as the St. Bonaventure men's swimming and diving team defeated Little Three Rival Canisius 153-89 in the last meet before the holiday break.

Homerin continued to dominate the field in the long distance events by picking up first-place finished in the 500-yard freestyle (4:51.94) and the 1,000-yard freestyle (9:58.90). Teammate Mike Hartwell finished just behind Homerin in both events, earning a time of 4:56.90 in the 500-yard freestyle and a 10:10.87 in the 1,000-yard freestyle.

Martin earned first-place in the 100-yard freestyle where he finished with a time of 47.33. Teammate Nathan Destree finished in third-place (49.83). Martin's other first-place finish came in the 50-yard freestyle where the Bonnies finished in the top three spots. Martin finished with a time of 21.93, Destree finished in second-place (22.27) and David Paccapaniccia took third-place (22.78).

Danner picked up first-place finishes in the 200-yard IM (1:55.26) and the 100-yard butterfly (51.55). In the 200-yard IM, teammate Stephen Melchiorre finished in third-place with a time of 2:00.67.

In the 200-yard freestyle, Yi Liu finished in first-place touching the wall with a time of 1:45.43. He also picked up a second-place finish in the 100-yard butterfly (52.32).

In the 100-yard backstroke Melchiorre finished in second-place (54.49) and David Erickson finished in third-place (55.81).

In relay action, 200-yard medley relay team consisting of Danner, Martin, Peter Koenig and Robert Rutkowski Jr. finished in first-place with a time of 1:36.77.

In diving action, that took place Saturday, Dec 10, Mike Murphy continued his dominance of the board. In the 1-meter dive he earned first-place with a combined score of 287.70, while teammate Dominic Butts-Ealy finished in second-place (256.87). Murphy also took first, place in the 3-meter dive with a score of 310.57, and Butts-Ealy took second-place (209.25).

The Bonnies with take a five-week break, but they return to the pool January 21 in a meet at Binghamton. The meet will begin at 1:00 p.m.

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