Men’s Swimming & Diving Falls at Loyola; Kellerman, Vinarub Hit Top-10 PRs

Friday, January 16

Baltimore, Md.

1 p.m.

Bucknell University

128

172

Loyola

Men’s Swimming & Diving Falls at Loyola; Kellerman, Vinarub Hit Top-10 PRs

1/16/2026 6:35:00 PM | Men's Swimming and Diving

RESULTS

BALTIMORE, Md. – Senior diver Jackson Vinarub and freshman butterflyer Jason Kellerman hit big personal bests to move up on Bucknell's all-time lists, but the Bison men's swimming and diving squad fell 172-128 to Loyola Maryland on Friday afternoon. Bucknell won six events, including both diving competitions, but a good Greyhounds team that finished third behind the two service academies at last year's Patriot League Championships had a bit more depth in this one.

Vinarub and classmate Jack Krug were victorious on the diving boards. Vinarub won the 3-meter event with a big score of 321.15. That bettered his previous PR of 307.80 and moved him up one spot to No. 2 in team history, now one spot ahead of Krug (312.80). David Magaro set the school record with a 343.55 mark at the 2011 Patriot League championships. Earlier in the meet, Krug won the 1-meter dive with a 290.55, about nine points behind his best mark, which is also No. 3 all-time. Connor Thurston was second in the 1-meter dive (266.48).

Kellerman, William Shoemaker, Dante Buonadonna, and Drew Davis were Bucknell's winners in the swimming events. Kellerman claimed the 200-yard butterfly in a 1-2 finish with Shane Wynne. Kellerman's time of 1:47.26 moved him from eighth to fourth on Bucknell's all-time list. The freshman nearly jumped into the top-10 in the 100 fly later in the day, but his time of 49.16 was just .04 outside the rankings.

Davis is also off to a strong start in his rookie season. Davis (1:50.95) and Kellerman (1:51.70) went 1-2 in the 200 individual medley, and Davis was also Bucknell's top finisher in the 200 backstroke (second, 1:49.55) and 100 backstroke (fourth, 50.56).

Shoemaker and Buonadonna won the first two individual events of the meet to get the Bison going after Loyola went 1-2 in the 200 medley relay. Shoemaker posted a six-second victory in the 1000 free in 9:26.05, and then the sophomore duo of Buonadonna (1:40.67) and Damian Czartoryjski (1:41.29) grabbed the top two places in the 200 free.

Finn Russell turned in a good swim in the 50 free (20.74), finishing just a tenth of a second behind Loyola's Derek Feldman, and he later anchored the runner-up 400 free relay (3:03.32) behind Czartoryjski, Colin Smith, and Drew Greene.

Shoemaker added a runner-up finish in the 500 free (4:35.59), with Alex Crossing third.

The Bison are right back in action on Saturday at home against La Salle at 1 p.m. The meet will be streamed live on YouTube.