Bucknell University
Bison Invitational
Bucknell Swimming & Diving Competes in Bison Invitational
2/3/2007 7:00:00 AM | Men's Swimming and Diving
Feb. 3, 2007
LEWISBURG, Pa. - The Bucknell swimming and diving squads took part in their last meet of the season before the Patriot League Championships as the squads competed on Saturday in the non-scored Bison Invitational alongside league opponents American, Lafayette and Navy.
On the boards for the Orange and Blue, sophomore Jeffrey Manning (Bringhurst, Ind./Carroll Jr./Sr. High) swept both the one-meter and three-meter competitions on the men's side. Manning posted a personal-best in the one-meter with a winning score of 270.90 to move up to second in Bucknell history, while taking first in the three-meter with a mark of 268.60. Freshman Matt Traver (Downingtown, Pa./Downingtown HS West) claimed second in one-meter diving with a score of 248.55, and placed third on the three-meter board (239.10).
On the women's side, freshman Rebecca Bersani (Fairport, N.Y./Fairport) was the runner up in both diving events. Her score of 253.10 in one-meter diving was the best by a Bison this season and improved her to second on the program's top-10 list. In three meter diving, Bersani posted a mark of 244.90.
Freshman Lauren Arey (Charlotte, N.C./South Mecklenburg) and sophomore Alexandra Lovallo (Ridgefield, Conn./Ridgefield) both posted personal bests in the meet. Arey's came in the 200 free, where she took second with a time of one minute, 57.60 seconds, and in the 500 free with her third-place time of 5:15.76. Lovallo set a personal-best in the 50 free to take the runner-up spot in the event with a time of 24.91 and also swam the 100 free in 54.55 to take third.
Junior Emmie Gallardo (Wayne, N.J./Wayne Hills) posted a runner-up finish for Bucknell in the 200 breast, touching the wall in 2:32.01 and was fourth in the 100 breast with a time of 1:11.26. Sophomore Christina Faurie (Export, Pa./Franklin Regional) and senior Alex List (Red Bank, N.J./Red Bank Regional) both turned in runner-up performances as well, as Faurie recorded her fastest time of the season in the 100 fly (1:01.57) and List swam a season-best 5:15.66 in the 500 free.
Leslie DiMichele (Ipswich, Mass./Ipswich) claimed fifth in the 200 breast in 2:33.95 and was sixth in the 100 breast with a time of 1:11.80. Both were season-best marks for the senior.
Freshman Abigail Atkinson (Newton, Conn./Newton) rounded out the top finishers for the Bison women, with a fourth-place showing in the 200 IM (2:15.09).
Freshman David Iselin (Potomac, Md./Churchill) was the lone male swimmer in action on Saturday for the Orange and Blue as he took fourth in the 500 free with a time of 4:52.96.
Bucknell will be idle next weekend as the teams prepare to host the Patriot League Championships on Feb. 15-17, in Kinney Natatorium.
