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Bucknell Invitational Finals
Bison Men's Swimming and Diving Stands Second at Bucknell Invitational
11/16/2012 7:00:00 AM | Men's Swimming and Diving
Nov. 16, 2012
| BUY PHOTOS
LEWISBURG, Pa. -The Bison men's swimming and diving team had six of the top 13 finishers in the 200-yard IM and four different Bucknell swimmers advanced to the "A" final of their respective events as the Bison are in second place following Friday's first day of the three-day Bucknell Invitational at Kinney Natatorium. Mike Nicholson (200 IM) and Steve Grune (50 free) each finished third in an event, marking the best individual showings by a Bison.
Yale (453 points), which won three of the six events contested Friday, is in first place. Bucknell (375 points) and Delaware (342.5) are second and third, respectively, in the seven-team meet.
Nicholson led a deep Bison contingent in the 200 IM with his third-place finish. He won the prelim by .65 seconds and proceeded to shave 1.54 seconds from that time in the finals, but dropped two spots in the standings. Nevertheless, Bucknell claimed six of the top 13 spots in the 200 IM and had eight different swimmers advance to the finals.
Will Rappaport (6th) and Christian Treat (7th) were in the 200 IM "A" final with Nicholson, while Ben Seketa (10th), Wes Marberry (11th) and Billy Krause (13th) were in the "B" final. Matt Hadley (18th) and Cameron James (22nd) advanced to the "C" final.
Bucknell also had a number of scorers in the 500 free. Brian Phillips was the top finisher in 13th place and three of the four Bison scorers improved their placings from the morning prelims to the evening finals. Phillips went from 14th to 13th, while George Beatty went from 16th to 14th. Erik Heinemann jumped from 18th to 17th and his finals time of 4:38.09 was the eighth-fastest finals time of all swimmers.
Grune also showed the ability to move up the results sheet in the finals of the 50 free. He finished seventh in the morning prelim and then touched the wall third in the finals. His time of 20.99 seconds in the finals left him .08 shy of joining the program's top-10 list for the first time.
Patrick Alverman was the Bison's top diver on the day, finishing eighth in the one-meter competition.
Grune, Trevor Reitz, Chris Ortiz and Bryce Suchomel teamed up on a second-place finish in the 200 free relay, marking Bucknell's best overall showing of the six events contested Friday.
The Bucknell Invitational will continue Saturday at Kinney Natatorium. Prelims are scheduled for 10 a.m, while finals are slated for 6 p.m.
Team Scores
1. Yale - 453
2. Bucknell - 375
3. Delaware - 342.5
4. Binghamton - 244
5. La Salle - 223
6. Georgetown - 179
7. Fordham - 171.5
New Top-10 Times
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Bucknell Results
Patrick Alverman
1-meter diving prelims - 8th, 228.55
1-meter diving finals - 8th, 212.00
George Beatty
500 free prelims - 16th, 4:42.22
500 free finals - 14th, 4:44.92
Mike Davitt
500 free prelims - 50th, 4:57.90
Collin Greene
500 free prelims - 20th, 4:44.25
500 free finals - 23rd, 4:45.56
Steve Grune
50 free prelims - t-7th, 21.25
50 free finals - 3rd, 20.99
Matt Hadley
200 IM prelims - 17th, 1:56.87
200 IM finals - 18th, 1:56.34
Erik Heinemann
500 free prelims - 18th, 4:43.10
500 free finals - 17th, 4:38.09
Cameron James
200 IM prelims - 21st, 1:57.40
200 IM finals - 22nd, 1:57.32
50 free prelims - 15th, 21.53
50 free finals - 13th, 21.64
Edward Jew
200 IM prelims - 51st, 2:04.35
Jon Jones
1-meter diving prelims - 13th, 202.45
Billy Krause
200 IM prelims - 14th, 1:56.41
200 IM finals - 13th, 1:55.15
Marshall Lambert
50 free prelims - 48th, 22.75
Wes Marberry
200 IM prelims - 15th, 1:56.44
200 IM finals - 11th, 1:55.13
JT Nangle
50 free prelims - 36th, 22.21
Mike Nicholson
200 IM prelims - 1st, 1:51.87
200 IM finals - 3rd, 1:50.33
Chris Ortiz
50 free prelims - 19th, 21.61
50 free finals - 19th, 21.63
Tim Perley
200 IM prelims - 32nd, 1:58.71
Brian Phillips
500 free prelims - 14th, 4:41.18
500 free finals - 13th, 4:42.68
Will Rappaport
200 IM prelims - 5th, 1:54.24
200 IM finals - 6th, 1:53.75
Trevor Reitz
50 free prelims - 11th, 21.39
50 free finals - 12th, 21.50
Ben Seketa
200 IM prelims - 9th, 1:55.39
200 IM finals - 10th, 1:54.19
Jeff Shanley
500 free prelims - 44th, 4:51.68
Matt Stevens
200 IM prelims - 41st, 2:00.30
Bryce Suchomel
50 free prelims - 21st, 21.73
50 free finals - 20th, 21.74
Christian Treat
200 IM prelims - 7th, 1:54.93
200 IM finals - 7th, 1:54.62
Daniel Wallace
500 free prelims - 48th, 4:55.50
50 free prelims - t-31st, 22.12
Tyler Wenzel
1-meter diving prelims - 10th, 217.00
200 free relay
Grune, Reitz, Ortiz, Suchomel - 2nd, 1:23.86
James, Treat, Wallace, Hadley - 8th, 1:25.70
Lambert, Marberry, Perley, Nangle - 14th, 1:28.76
400 medley relay
Hadley, Seketa, Nicholson, Retiz - 3rd, 3:25.17
Rappaport, Treat, Suchomel, Ortiz - 10th, 3:28.46
Nangle, Perley, Grune, Wallace - 13th, 3:30.60
