Bucknell University
Bucknell Invitational
Women's Swim & Dive Takes First Place at 2022 Bucknell Invitational
11/21/2022 12:11:00 AM | Women's Swimming and Diving
Lewisburg, Pa. – The Bison women's swim & dive team continued to excel at the Bucknell Invitational on Sunday and finished with 1,312 points to earn first place at the three-day event. The Bison, which led throughout the weekend, edged second-place Fordham (1,151.5) along with the rest of the eight-team field.
Sunday Results | Full Meet Results
The Bison captured two more runner-up finishes on Sunday, giving them five on the weekend. Notably, Bucknell's second-place 400 freestyle relay team (Jennifer Bolden, Sophia Donati, Kayla Lichtner, Esme Hunter) posted the third-fastest time in program history with a 3:23.70.
Jennifer Bolden also moved to fifth on the program's top-10 list in the 100 freestyle, clocking a 50.90 to finish third at the meet.
Sabrina Vumbacco was Bucknell's other runner-up on Sunday as she swam the 1650 freestyle in 17:00.31. It was Vumbacco's third runner-up finish of the weekend. She was joined in the event by freshman Claire Kehley, whose 17:07.88 was good enough for sixth at the invitational and placed her 10th on the program's top-10 list.
While Bucknell did not have an event champion over the weekend, it saw nine top-3 finishes and 28 top-8 finishes overall.
New Program Top-10 Times:
1650 freestyle – Claire Kehley (17:07.88) – 10th in program history
200 backstroke – Emma Feld (2:00.95) – 10th in program history
100 freestyle – Jennifer Bolden (50.90) – 5th in school history
400 freestyle relay – Jennifer Bolden, Sophia Donati, Kayla Lichtner, Esme Hunter (3:23.70) – 3rd in school history
Second Place:
1650 freestyle – Sabrina Vumbacco (17:00.31)
400 freestyle relay – Jennifer Bolden, Sophia Donati, Kayla Lichtner, Esme Hunter (3:23.70) – 3rd in school history
Third Place:
100 freestyle – Jennifer Bolden (50.90) – 5th in school history
200 breaststroke – Abby Doss (2:15.61)
200 butterfly – Skye Sunderhauf (2:04.02)
Fifth Place:
200 backstroke – Esme Hunter (2:00.63)
100 freestyle – Kayla Lichtner (51.77)
200 breaststroke – Catherine Craig (2:17.00)
Sixth Place:
1650 freestyle – Claire Kehley (17:07.88) – 10th in program history
200 backstroke – Emma Feld (2:00.95) – 10th in program history
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