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Army Edges Bucknell Men in Swimming Portion of Dual Meet, 154-108
1/13/2006 7:00:00 AM | Men's Swimming and Diving
Jan. 13, 2006
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WEST POINT, N.Y. - The Bucknell men's swimming and diving team had its top finishers in 10 individual events and both relays post season-best times, but Army clinched a victory in the teams' dual meet on Friday with a 154-108 lead after 14 events. The divers will compete in the Black Knight Diving Invitational this Saturday and Sunday, with the points also counting towards Friday's dual meet score, but will not be a factor in the outcome.
Sophomore Grant Steadman (Richmond, Va./Collegiate) and freshman Nicholas Hanes (Wilmington, Del./Charter School of Wilmington) were Bucknell's individual winners on the afternoon as Steadman took first in the 50 free with a time of 21.76 and Hanes captured the top spot in the 200 back with a time of 1:55.74. The pair earned second place finishes as well. Steadman was the runner-up 200 fly with a time of 53.01 and Hanes swam the 100 back in 53.80 to take second.
Senior Todd Bauer (Harleysville, Pa./Souderton Area) collected second place finishes in both the 200 and 500-yard freestyle events with times of 1:44.95 and 4:43.69, respectively. Classmate William Schilling (Murrysville, Pa./Franklin Regional) was also the runner-up in two events, swimming the 100 breast in 59.17 and the 200 breast in 2:08.65.
Junior Matt Crandell (Winchester, Va./John Handley) finished second in the 200 fly and improved his personal-best time in the event to 1:53.83, which currently ranks seventh all-time in the Bison record book. Crandell took third in the 100 fly, as well, with a time of 53.63.
Senior Mark Kretzer (Northport, N.Y./Harborfields) was Bucknell's top performer in the 200 IM with a second-place time of 2:00.00 and captured third in the 200 fly in 1:57.22.
The team of freshman Mark Kawczenski (Wilkes-Barre, Pa./Hanover Area), sophomore Bradford Bennett (Harleysville, Pa./Souderton Area), Kretzer and Steadman swam a season-best in 200 medley relay, finishing second with a time of 1:35.33, while Kawczenski, Bauer, Steadman and sophomore John Peterman (Conestoga, Pa./Penn Manor) took second in the 400 free relay with a season-best time of 3:12.87.
Following Saturday's and Sunday's Black Knight Diving Invitational, Bucknell will return to action on Tuesday, January 17, when the team will travel to Hamilton, N.Y., to take on Patriot League foe Colgate at 12:00 p.m.
