Swimming and Diving Teams Set for Busy Weekend Against Loyola and La Salle

Bucknell at Loyola (Md.)
When: Friday, January 16
Where: Mangione Aquatics Center. Baltimore, Md.
Live Results: N/A
Live Stream: YouTube

Bucknell at La Salle
When: Saturday, January 17
Where: Kinney Natatorium, Lewisburg, Pa.
Live Results: BucknellBison.com
Live Stream: YouTube

The Bucknell men's and women's swimming and diving teams are underway in the busiest part of the season, and the Bison are set for two more dual meets this weekend. Bucknell is at Loyola (Md.) on Friday afternoon as events kick off at 1 p.m. The Bison have a quick turnaround and are back at Kinney on Saturday afternoon to host La Salle at 1 p.m.

Bucknell is coming off of a dual meet at Army on Saturday where the Bison turned in some great performances but ultimately fell on both the men's and the women's side. The women fell 157-143 in a back-and-forth meet that came down to the final relay. The men fell 191-109, taking three event wins in the meet.

Bucknell's women are 4-2 in dual meets and the Patriot League this season, and they placed third out of seven teams at the Bucknell Invitational back in November. Among the wins are Holy Cross (198-102), Boston University (160.5-139.5), American (200-97) and Lafayette (217.5-81.5). The two losses have come to reigning PL champions Navy (177-112).

Bucknell's men are 3-3 this season, all against Patriot League foes, and they placed seventh at the Bucknell Invitational back in November. The Bison have defeated Holy Cross (163-137), American (226-70) and Lafayette (217.5-81.5). The Bison have fallen to reigning PL champions Army (191-109), Navy (185-104) and Boston University (172.5-127.5).

The Bison are heating up as both the men's and women's sides combined for 11 new top-10 times at the Bucknell Invitational in late November and three more at Army (see 2025 top-10 times listed at the bottom). At Army, Davis and Bolden both broke their own records they set earlier this season.

Bucknell also hosted the Bucknell Fall Invitational back in October, competing against Seton Hall and Binghamton with no team scoring in the event.

Bucknell Women Last Time Out at Army

The Bucknell women's swimming & diving team closed the gap to five points after outscoring the Black Knights 12-7 in the 400-yard individual medley, but ultimately fell in the final event of the afternoon as Army secured the win with a top finish in the 200-yard freestyle relay. In the loss, the Bison notched three Top-10 records and won six of the events.
Clara Renner and Jennifer Bolden each won two events apiece. Renner won the 200-yard butterfly and 500-yard freestyle and Bolden took the 100 and 200-yard freestyle events.
Sofia Burns won the 100-yard backstroke with a 56.21 time and Kelly Byrne took the 400-yard individual medley with a time of 4:23.01.
Byrne cracked the Bison's top-10 list in the 1,000-yard freestyle event (10:16.59), where she now holds the tenth place slot. Bolden improved her 200-yard freestyle mark (1:49.31), which moved her from 8th to 6th in the record book. Tori Castro broke into the top-10 in the 100-yard butterfly (55.68), where she now holds 9th.
Bucknell captured three or more of the top-five times in more than half of the swimming events including the 100-yard breaststroke where the Bison finished 2-3-4-5.
Army opened the meet with a 27-11 lead after outsourcing the Bison in the diving events, then opened up a 38-19 lead after the 1,000 free.
Bucknell took the next two events and closed the gap to just six points after big scores in the 200 free and the 100 back.
Bucknell went 2-3-4-5 in the 100 breast to inch closer, then tied the meet 75-75 after Renner claimed first in the 200-yard butterfly (2:00.51) and Sydney Dettmann took third (2:01.98) to earn 12 points.
Renner and Dettman helped lead the Bison to its first lead over the Black Knights (124-121) with a 12-point event as Renner earned a first-place finish in the 500-yard freestyle (4:52.46) and Dettman finished third (4:57.35).
Army then pulled away with a 1-2-3 finish in the 100-yard butterfly earning it 16 points. Castro and Benzija finished fourth and fifth respectively and earned three points for the Bison, but Army used that gap to extend its lead to 10 with just two events remaining.
Byrne won the 400-yard individual medley (4:23.01) and Hastings finished third (4:26.55) which closed the score gap back to five points and forced the meet to come down to the final event, the 200-yard freestyle relay where Army took first place and therefore took the meet with a 157-143 final score.

Bucknell Women at a Glance

The reigning Patriot League Rookie of the Meet Clara Renner has been dominant to start the year, winning 10 individual events this season. She has posted three wins in the 200 fly, two wins in the 100 fly and the 500 free. She also has wins in the 200 free, 1,000 free and the 400 IM. Renner is inching towards her times on the top-10s list, and she already owns eight different times in individual events. Her time of 1:58.21 in the 200 fly last season is the all-time record in the event.
Kelly Byrne has four wins this season. Most recently, she won the 400 IM at Army on Saturday (4:23.01). She took the 500 free (5:12.68) against Holy Cross, the 200 breast (2:22.60) against Boston U., and the 200 back (2:02.16) at the BU Fall Invite. Byrne owns top-10 times in three events.
Kyla Kelly has three wins. She won the 100 breast (1:06.35) against Holy Cross, and had a big day against Boston U. with wins in the 200 free (1:53.23) and 200 IM (2:05.64).
Jennifer Bolden also has three wins, picking up two wins against Army on Saturday. Bolden took the 200 free (1:49.31) and 100 Free (51.33) against Army. Her time in the 200 free is the sixth-fastest time on the top-10 lists.
Sydney Jee has two wins this season. She took the 200 breast (2:24.25) at Holy Cross and the 100 breast (1:05.48) at Boston U.
Freshman Tori Castro has had a great debut season, setting two top-10 times this season. Her time of 23.27 in the 50 free on the first leg of the 200 free relay in the Bucknell Invitational is the fourth-fastest time on the list. She most recently swam a time of 55.68 in the 100 fly, which is ninth on the list.
Freshmen Tessa Feld, Natalia Gajecki, Alivia Wainwright and Kennedy DeVeaux have all collected a win this season. Feld has two wins, taking the 1,000 free (10:31.34) at Holy Cross and the 200 fly (2:05.36) at the BU Fall Invite.
Sydney Dettmann and Virginia Hastings both have one win thus far.

Bucknell Men Last Time Out at Army

The Bucknell men's swimming and diving team competed well against the reigning Patriot League champions in Army, falling 191-109 at Crandall Pool on Saturday afternoon. Freshman Drew Davis picked up right where he left off, breaking his own top-10 time in the 200 backstroke.
Davis took second in the 200 backstroke with a time of 1:48.95, beating his time of 1:49.04 set at the Bucknell Invitational. Davis sits 10th on the list and owns two top-10 times.
Davis and fellow freshman Jason Kellerman were two of Bucknell's top performers in the meet. Davis had two top five finishes in individual events, also taking fourth in the 100 backstroke. Davis also had a hand in Bucknell's third-place finish in the 200 medley relay.
Kellerman won the 200 butterfly in 1:49.07 just 0.25 seconds off of his top-10 time set last time out at the Bucknell Invitational. The first year also took second in the 400 IM in 4:00.98 and took third in the 200 backstroke in 1:51.41. Altogether, he was the top-scoring Bison with 16 points in individual events.
Drew Greene got his first win of the season, swimming the 100 freestyle in 45.84. William Shoemaker won the 500 freestyle in 4:33.57.
Bucknell and Army kicked off the meet with diving events in the morning, where Army got out to an early advantage. The Bison earned seven points in the one-meter dive. Jack Krug took second in the event with a score of 284.03. Jake Hagler and Connor Thurston took fourth and fifth. Krug also scored in the three-meter dive with a score of 280.05, but Army took four of the top-five spots.
Shoemaker kicked off the swimming events with a second-place finish in the 1,000 freestyle, swimming a time of 9:27.78. Finn Franks took third in 9:41.75 and Alex Crossing finished in fifth.
Riley Twiss swam a time of 1:40.63 in the 200 freestyle to take second in the event. He later posted another second-place finish in the 500 freestyle, swimming a time of 4:33.98.
Evan Hepburn took third in the 100 breaststroke in 56.77 and took fourth in the 100 breaststroke. Shane Wynne posted a second-place finish in the 200 butterfly in 1:49.52. Wynne was less than half of a second off of the winning time in the event. Wynne later took fourth in the 400 IM in 4:07.01.
Finn Russell took third in both the 50 freestyle and the 100 butterfly. He posted a time of 20.63 in the sprint and 49.17 in the butterfly.
Dante Buonadonna took second in the 100 freestyle in 46.19. Franks posted two third place finishes in the 1,000 freestyle and the 500 freestyle. He swam the 1,000 freestyle in 9:41.75 and swam the 500 freestyle in 4:36.68.

Bucknell Men at a Glance

Freshmen Drew Davis leads the Bison with four event wins thus far. He posted two wins against both Holy Cross and Boston U. in Bucknell's opening weekend. At Holy Cross, he won the 100 back (50.75) and the 100 fly (50.72). At Boston U., he won the 100 back (49.88) and 200 IM (1:53.44).
Davis earned the Patriot League Rookie of the Week honor after the Bucknell Invitational, setting two top-10 times. He set the sixth-fastest time in the 100 back at the Bucknell Invitational as he led off of Bucknell's 400 Medley Relay team, swimming the 100 back in 49.33. Davis owns the 10th-fastest time in the 200 back, swimming a time of 1:48.95 at Army. He broke his previous time of 1:49.04 set at the Bucknell Invitational.
Freshmen Jason Kellerman is off to a great start, and he has three wins this season. Kellerman most recently won the 200 fly at Army, swimming a time of 1:49.07. He took the 200 back (1:52.82) against Holy Cross and the 100 fly (50.84) against Boston U. At the Bucknell Invitational, Kellerman set the eighth-fastest time in the 200 fly with 1:48.82.
Alex Crossing has two wins, taking the 200 fly (1:54.03) and the 500 free (4:48.33) against Holy Cross.
Finn Russell has won the 50 free twice, taking the event against Holy Cross (21.64) and Boston U. (20.97).
William Shoemaker has wins in the 1,000 free (9:49.80) and the 500 free (4:33.57). Dante Buonadonna won the 200 IM (1:55.41) against Holy Cross.
James Lombardi won the 100 breast (57.15) and Shane Wynne won the 200 fly (1:52.13) against Boston U.
Riley Twiss won the 200 fly (1:50.97) and Jackson Vinarub won the one-meter dive (291.65) at the BU Fall Invite.
Drew Greene picked up his first win of the year at Army, swimming the 100 free in 45.84.

2025 Top-10 Times

200 Free Relay: Victoria Castro, Sara Ketron, Jennifer Bolden,Kyla Kelly (1:33.02 - 4th)
50 Freestyle: Victoria Castro (23.27 - 4th)
200 Medley Relay: Natalia Gajecki, Hanna Bingley, Victoria Castro, Sara Ketron (1:42.87 - 9th)
400 IM: Kelly Byrne (4:17.67 - 3rd)
200 Freestyle: Jennifer Bolden (1:49.31 - 6th)
100 Butterfly: Tori Castro (55.68 – 10th)
800 Free Relay: Clara Renner, Sydney Dettmann, Virginia Hastings, Jennifer Bolden (7:24.73 - 8th)
400 Free Relay: Tori Castro, Kyla Kelly, Sara Ketron, Jennifer Bolden (3:23.73 - 7th)
100 Backstroke: Drew Davis (49.33 - 6th)
200 Backstroke: Drew Davis (1:48.95 - 10th)
200 Butterfly: Jason Kellerman (1:48.82 - 8th)
400 Free Relay: Drew Davis, Colin Smith, Drew Greene, Finn Russell (3:00.41 - 10th)

A Look Ahead

The Bison are back in action for Senior Day on Saturday, January 24. Senior recognition will begin at 12:45 p.m. before the Bison host Lehigh at 1 p.m.
This will be Bucknell's final dual meet of the season. The Bison will travel to the site of the PL Championships in Annapolis for the Navy Invitational on January 31.
The Patriot League Championships will take place at Navy from February 18-21.

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