Bison Women Win All But One Swimming Event in 214-85 Rout at Loyola

RESULTS

BALTIMORE, Md. – Sophomore Clara Renner won three individual events and freshman Tori Castro won two, including the sixth-fastest time in team history in the 100-yard butterfly, and had a hand in both winning relays as the Bucknell women's swimming and diving team cruised to a 214-85 victory at Loyola Maryland on Friday afternoon. Senior Jennifer Bolden also won twice, and the Bison claimed all but one swimming event while improving to 5-2 in dual meets this season.

Bucknell's 13 event wins included six 1-2-3 sweeps and two other 1-2 finishes. The Bison built a commanding early lead thanks to a win in the 200-yard medley relay followed by sweeps in the first three individual events.

Natalia Gajecki, Hanna Bingley, Castro, and Sara Ketron pulled out a close win the opening relay in a time of 1:42.92, which was just .05 off their No. 9 all-time mark set in November at the Bucknell Invitational. Reigning Patriot League Rookie of the Year Renner set the tone in the individual events with a win in the 1,000 free (10:22.86), with Emma Briganti less than two seconds behind and Kelly Byrne taking third.

Bolden (1:51.28), Kyla Kelly, and Virginia Hastings claimed the top three spots in the 200 free, and then Gajecki (56.72), Alivia Wainwright, and Sofia Burns made it a freshman-freshman-sophomore sweep of the 100 backstroke.

Bingley got in the win column in the 100 breaststroke (1:04.86), edging out teammate Sydney Jee for the top spot. Renner followed with her second win of the day in the 200 fly, with her winning time of 2:02.46 about a half-second ahead of teammate Sydney Dettmann.

Castro went 23.61 to win the 50 free, with Ketron (23.73) and Kennedy DeVeaux (24.00) close behind. Bolden won the 100 free in 51.88, with Ketron and Hastings finishing third and fourth.

Loyola picked up its lone swimming win from Lauren Lane in the 200 backstroke, but the Bison came right back with a 1-2-3 finish in the 200 breaststroke from Sydney Jee (2:20.44), Byrne, and Bingley, followed by Renner's six-second win in the 500 free.

Castro swam 55.43 in winning the 100 fly. She entered the top-10 last week with a 55.68 at Army, and now she moves from ninth to a tie for sixth (with Renner) in Bucknell history.

Bucknell closed it out with Hastings (2:05.20), Kelly, Byrne, and Jee going 1-2-3-4 in the 200 IM, and Castro, Dettmann, Ketron, and Bolden winning the 400 free relay in 3:28.72.

Loyola's Annie Dockx won both diving events, with Bucknell's Natalie Penman placing second on the 3-meter board (243.68) and Ruby Olliffe the runner-up in the 1-meter event (252.46).

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.

Bison Women Win All But One Swimming Event in 214-85 Rout at Loyola

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Players Mentioned

Hanna Bingley

Jennifer Bolden

Emma Briganti

Sofia Burns

Kelly Byrne

Tori Castro

Sydney Dettmann

Kennedy DeVeaux

Natalia Gajecki

Virginia Hastings

Sydney Jee

Kyla Kelly

Sara Ketron

Ruby Olliffe

Natalie Penman

Clara Renner

Alivia Wainwright