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Bucknell Men's Swimming and Diving Performs Well in Opener Versus UMBC
10/6/2007 8:00:00 AM | Men's Swimming and Diving
Oct. 6, 2007
LEWISBURG, Pa. - Senior Joseph Metcalf (Knoxville, Tenn./Phillips Exeter Academy (N.H.)) won all three breastroke events as the Bucknell men's swimming and diving team opened its 2007-08 season with a non-scored dual meet against UMBC in Kinney Natatorium on Saturday.
Metcalf took first in the 50-yard breaststroke with a time of 27.58, posted the top time of one minute, 0.30 seconds in the 100 breast and finished the 200 in 2:13.81 to claim victory in that event as well. Metcalf was also a part of the winning Bison 400 medley relay along with junior Mark Kawczenski (Wilkes-Barre, Pa./Hanover Area), freshman Michael Volpe (Pottstown, Pa./Owen J. Roberts) and senior John Peterman (Conestoga, Pa./Penn Manor) as the team combined for a time of 3:34.46.
Senior Grant Steadman (Richmond, Va./Collegiate) was a double-winner on the afternoon, claiming the fastest times in the both the 50 free (21.85) and the 100 free (48.03). Junior Jeffrey Manning (Bringhurst, Ind./Carroll Jr./Sr. High) swept the diving events, taking first with a mark of 216.82 on the one-meter board and posting the top score of 249.37 in the three-meter competition.
Two additional members of the Orange and Blue recorded first-place finishes with Kawczenski winning the 50 back in 24.50 and sophomore Daniel Fletcher taking first in the second running of the 200 free with a time of 1:47.23. In the earlier running of the event, sophomore Luke Trafton (Bath, Maine/Morse) finished as the runner-up with a time of 1:45.77, while classmate Ben Leboza (Green Oaks, Ill./Libertyville) followed in third (1:47.74).
Trafton recorded two additional top-three finishes on the day, placing second in the 500 free in 4:46.81 and third in the 1000 free with a time of 9:55.20.
Freshman Gonzalo DeLeon (Ringwood, N.J./Lakeland Regional) took second both the 100 and 200 back with times of 54.07 and 1:55.10, respectively. Right behind DeLeon in the 200 was sophomore David Iselin (Potomac, Md./Churchill) with a time of 2:00.07, claiming third.
Peterman was the runner-up in three freestyle events, going 22.08 in the 50, 48.59 in the 100 and 1:48.82 in the latter running of the 200.
Other top Bison performances included Volpe's runner-up showing in the 100 fly (53.42) and third-place finish in the 50 fly (23.35), senior Bradford Bennett's (Harleysville, Pa./Souderton Area) second-place time of 27.67 in the 50 breast and junior Steven Schmaltz's (Waverly, Pa./Abington Heights) score of 213.97 in one-meter diving, good for second in the event.
The Bison will be back in action on Saturday, Oct. 27, for the squad's annual Blue vs. Orange meet, beginning at 1 p.m. in Kinney Natatorium. Bucknell will then take to the road for a dual against Duquesne on Nov. 3.
