Bucknell University Athletics
Bucknell Swimming & Diving Lands 19 Student-Athletes on All-League Teams
2/27/2008 7:00:00 AM | Men's Swimming and Diving
Feb. 27, 2008
LEWISBURG, Pa. - In recognition of their Patriot League Championship performances last week, the Bucknell swimming and diving squads landed a total of 19 student-athletes on the All-Patriot League first and second teams, the league office announced on Wednesday. The Bison were second in all-league selections with Navy leading the way on the men's side with 13, while Colgate came out on top for the women with 11 honorees.
Sophomore Luke Trafton (Bath, Maine/Morse), who captured two individual PL titles, winning the 500 and 1,650 free, earned first team all-league recognition for a second consecutive season. Junior Mark Kawczenski (Wilkes-Barre, Pa./Hanover Area) picked up his third overall all-league accolade and second straight first team nod after taking first in the 100 back. Also joining Trafton and Kawczenski on the first team based on points scored were first-time all-league honorees senior Bradford Bennett (Harleysville, Pa./Souderton Area) and freshman Gonzalo DeLeon (Ringwood, N.J./Lakeland Regional). Bennett finished with 45 individual points, while DeLeon totaled 42.
Bucknell's women landed four on the first team squad. Sophomore Courtney Warren (Montour Falls, N.Y./Watkins Glen) won an individual title in the 100 back to garner her second career all-league award after earning a second team selection in 2007. Sophomore Lauren Russell (Lower Burrell, Pa./Burrell), the top individual point scorer for the Orange and Blue with 47 points, collected her first all-league honor, while sophomore Megan Mongan (Malvern, Pa./Villa Maria Academy) and senior Kristen Skroski (North Haven, Conn./Hopkins) recorded point totals of 43.5 and 43, respectively to round out the Bison representatives on the first team. Mongan and Skroski were both members of the All-Patriot League second team in 2007.
Six of Bucknell's men were named to the second team. Senior Joseph Metcalf (Knoxville, Tenn./Philips Exeter Academy (N.H.)) who finished as the runner-up in the 100 breast, compiled 37 points to earn all-league recognition for the third time in his career. Senior Grant Steadman (Richmond, Va./Collegiate) and sophomore Daniel Fletcher (Cedar Grove, N.J./Cedar Grove) made the list with 37 points apiece as well. For Steadman it marked a second straight year making the squad. Freshman Michael Volpe (Pottstown, Pa./Owen J. Roberts), senior John Peterman (Conestoga, Pa./Penn Manor) and sophomore Ben Leboza (Green Oaks, Ill./Libertyville) earned spots on the second team with point totals of 34, 33 and 31, respectively. Peterman previously received recognition as a freshman in 2005, as did Leboza in 2007.
Picking up second team accolades for the Bison women were sophomore Abigail Atkinson (Newton, Conn./Newtown) with 42 points, freshman Molly Goebel (New Canaan, Conn./New Canaan) with 37 points and sophomore Rebecca Bersani (Fairport, N.Y./Fairport), sophomore Eliza Massie (Rochester, N.Y./Pittsford Sutherland) and freshman Sinead O'Dwyer (Green River, Wyo./The Peddie School (N.J.)) with 30 points apiece. Bersani and Massie were both previously named to the second team as freshmen last season.
As a team, Bucknell collected the men's runner-up trophy at the 2008 Patriot League Championships, finishing second to Navy with 683.5 points. On the women's side, the Bison took third with 644.5 points, while Colgate won the team title with 723.5 points and Navy finished second with 679.
