Men's Swimming and Diving Beats American and Lafayette; Falls to Navy in Quad Meet

Saturday, November 8

Annapolis, Md.

12 p.m.

Bucknell University

104

185

Navy

Men's Swimming and Diving Beats American and Lafayette; Falls to Navy in Quad Meet

11/8/2025 6:52:00 PM | Men's Swimming and Diving

RESULTS

Annapolis, Md. – The Bucknell men's swimming and diving team went 2-1 at a quadrangular meet against hosted by Navy at Lejeune Hall on Saturday. Bucknell dominated American (226-70) and Lafayette (217.5-81.5) but fell to Navy (185-104).

Bucknell finished ahead of American in 15 of the 16 events and finished ahead of Lafayette in 13 events. Navy, which has won 20 of the last 21 Patriot League Championships, won every event.

The Bison had two top-three finishes and 16 top-five finishes in individual events. Bucknell took fifth in both the 200-yard free relay and the 200 medley relay.

James Lombardi had Bucknell's best finish as a runner-up in the 200 breast with a time of 2:08.52. Evan Hepburn finished fifth in the event ahead of Lafayette and American with a time of 2:11.63. Lombardi also took fourth earlier in the day in the 100 breast (57.82).

Jackson Vinarub's 293.5 score in the three-meter dive was good for third ahead of Lafayette and American. Jack Krug finished fifth in both of his dives. He scored a 256.3 in the one-meter dive and 281.15 in the three-meter dive.

Jason Kellerman took fourth two events. The freshman tied for fourth in the 200 butterfly with his time of 1:52.31. He then swam the 100 fly later in the day in 51.45.

Several other Bison had finishes ahead of American and Lafayette. William Shoemaker swam the 1,000 free in 9:49.64. Dante Buonadonna finished fifth in the 200 free in 1:43.45 and Caleb Hagadorn took fifth in the 100 backstroke in (52.82).

Braden Beagle swam the 200 back in 1:53.84, Shane Wynne swam the 100 fly in 51.54 and Drew Davis swam the 100 IM in 51.95.

Next up is the Bucknell Invitational at Kinney Natatorium Nov. 22-24. This is a three-day trials/finals meet designed to emulate the postseason championships later in the season.