Men's Swim & Dive Fourth Through Two Days at PL Championships

Thursday, February 20

Annapolis, Md.

6 p.m.

Bucknell University

Patriot League Championships Finals

Photo by: Marc Hagemeier

Men's Swim & Dive Fourth Through Two Days at PL Championships

2/20/2020 8:55:00 PM | Men's Swimming and Diving

Prelim Results Final Results

ANNAPOLIS, Md. – The Bucknell men's swimming & diving team rose to fourth at the Patriot League Championships on Thursday at Navy's Lejeune Hall.

The Bison now have 150 points, two back of third-place Loyola. Navy (375.5) and Army West Point (285.5) have begun to distance themselves from the tightly packed field.

For Bucknell, Matt McGoey (200 IM) and Garrett Sommer (1-meter dive) scored fifth-place efforts; Sommer's score of 269.10 slotted him seventh in the Bison annals. In addition, the 400 medley relay team of Jack Rose, Ryaan Hatoum, Jacob Lubinski and Leo Kuyl took fifth while logging the seventh-fastest time (3:19.67) in school history.

Beyond McGoey and Sommer, six other Bison scored points. In the 'A' finals, Kuyl finished sixth in the 50 freestyle with Bucknell's sixth-fastest time (20.49) while Sean Quinn placed seventh in the 200 IM; Quinn clocked a time of 1:49.58 in the preliminaries that vaulted him to fifth in school history.

The Bison continue their time at the Patriot League Championships tomorrow. The preliminaries begin at 10 a.m. with the finals following at 6 p.m.

Top-10 Times/Scores:
200 IM – Sean Quinn (1:49.58) – 5th in school history (swam in prelims)
50 freestyle – Leo Kuyl (20.49) – t-6th in school history
500 freestyle – Mitch Gavars (4:29.87) – 7th in school history (swam in prelims)
1-meter dive – Garrett Sommer (269.10) – 7th in school history
400 medley relay – Jack Rose, Ryaan Hatoum, Jacob Lubinski, Leo Kuyl (3:19.67) – 7th in school history
100 backstroke – Jack Rose (50.29) – 9th in school history (swam as lead-off leg of 400 medley relay)
200 IM – Carter Weiland (1:50.88) – t-9th in school history (swam in prelims)

Point Scorers:
Fifth Place:
200 IM – Matt McGoey (1:48.53)
1-meter dive – Garrett Sommer (269.10)
400 medley relay – Jack Rose, Ryaan Hatoum, Jacob Lubinski, Leo Kuyl (3:19.67)

Sixth Place:
50 freestyle – Leo Kuyl (20.49)

Seventh Place:
200 IM – Sean Quinn (1:50.05)

Twelfth Place:
1-meter dive – Nick Pirone (216.70)

Thirteenth Place:
500 freestyle – Matt Rakovec (4:31.47)

Fourteenth Place:
500 freestyle – Mitch Gavars (4:31.92)

Sixteenth Place:
200 IM – Carter Weiland (1:51.32)