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Bucknell Men's Swimming and Diving Rolls to 151-100 Victory over Duquesne
11/3/2007 8:00:00 AM | Men's Swimming and Diving
Nov. 3, 2007
LEWISBURG, Pa. - Sophomore Luke Trafton (Bath, Maine/Morse), sophomore Ben Leboza (Green Oaks, Ill./Libertyville) and senior John Peterman (Conestoga, Pa./Penn Manor) each won two events, helping the Bucknell men's swimming and diving team roll to a 151-100 victory over Duquesne on Saturday afternoon. The Bison claimed the top spot in the first 11 events in the meet before competing exhibition in the final three and improved their record to 1-0 on the year following the day's action.
Trafton took the top spot in both the 1,000-yard freestyle and the 200 fly with times of nine minutes, 57.71 seconds, and 2:00.77, respectively, while also earning a runner-up finish in the 500 free (4:53.49). Leboza's wins came in the 200 free, with a time of 1:45.75, and in the 500 free as he reached the wall in 5:53.34. Peterman placed first in the 50 free in 21.90 and posted the fastest time in the 100 free (48.34).
Freshman Gonzalo DeLeon (Ringwood, N.J./Lakeland Regional) won the 200 back with a time of 1:57.49, followed by sophomore David Iselin (Potomac, Md./Churchill) in second with a time of 1:59.06. The duo was also a part of a 1-2-3 sweep in the 100 back, in second (55.20) and third (55.23), respectively, following behind teammate junior Mark Kawczenski's (Wilkes-Barre, Pa./Hanover Area) first-place mark of 53.70.
Senior Joseph Metcalf (Knoxville, Tenn./Phillips Exeter Academy (N.H.) collected a first-place finish in the 200 breast with a time of 2:13.31and also scored in the 100 breast with a time of 1:01.82, which was good for third. His classmate Bradford Bennett (Harleysville, Pa./Souderton Area) took first in the 100 breast, touching the wall in 59.44.
Other top finishers for the Orange and Blue included senior Theo Leriotis (Murrysville, Pa./Franklin Regional Sr. High) who placed third in the 1,000 free (10:17.00) and held the top time as an exhibition swimmer in the 200 IM (2:03.17). Freshman Michael Volpe (Pottstown, Pa./Owen J. Roberts) who captured second in the 200 fly (2:02.07) and posted the second-fastest time in the 100 fly as an exhibitioner (54.38).
The Bison opened the meet with a victory in the 200 medley relay as the squad of Kawczenski, Bennett, senior Grant Steadman (Richmond, Va./Collegiate) and Peterman combined for a time of 1:36.50. Swimming exhibition in the 200 free relay, Peterman, Kawczenski, sophomore Daniel Fletcher (Cedar Grove, N.J./Cedar Grove) and Steadman recorded the fastest time in that event, as well, 1:27.82.
Bucknell next travels to Annapolis, Md., on Saturday, Nov. 10, for a quad meet against Patriot League foes Navy, Lafayette and American, which is scheduled to begin at noon.
