Franks Wins Twice as Men's Swimming and Diving Defeats La Salle

Saturday, January 17

Lewisburg, Pa.

1 p.m.

Bucknell University

183

114

La Salle

Photo by: Steven Schoenfelder

Franks Wins Twice as Men's Swimming and Diving Defeats La Salle

1/17/2026 6:12:00 PM | Men's Swimming and Diving

LEWISBURG, Pa. – Finn Franks led the Bucknell men's swimming and diving team with two wins as the Bison defeated La Salle 183-114 at the Kinney Natatorium on Saturday afternoon. The Bison gathered nine event wins and had six 1-2 finishes and 31 top-three finishes among the events.

The Bison got off to a great start in the 200 medley relay with the top-two spots. Drew Davis, Matt Raudabaugh, Finn Russell and Drew Greene won the event with a time of 1:31.69. Caleb Hagadorn, James Lombardi, Jason Kellerman and Colin Smith followed with a second-place finish in 1:33.27.

William Shoemaker won the 1,000 free, and Alex Crossing took second. Shoemaker won by more than 12 seconds with a time of 9:56.71. Crossing swam a time of 10:08.88 in the event.

Franks won his first event in the 200 free in 1:42.23. Dante Buonadonna (1:42.43) followed in second and Damian Czartoryjski (1:42.49) took third.

Davis won the 100 back with a time of 50.49. Kellerman took fifth in the event, posting a time of 51.84. The Bison went 1-2-3 in the 100 breast. Lombardi was the winner with a time of 57.27. Raudabaugh (57.49) was close behind in second and Evan Hepburn (59.05) claimed third.

La Salle won the 200 fly, but the Bison went 2-3-4-5 in the event. Riley Twiss (1:55.44) finished in second, followed by Shane Wynne (1:56.45), Braden Beagle (1:59.36) and Nikita Bityutski (2:02.11).

Russell took second in the 50 free in 20.96. Smith took third with a time of 21.06 and Greene placed third in 21.43.

Jack Krug won the one-meter dive with a score of 296.40. Krug was just three points of his personal best which sits third on Bucknell's top-10 lists. Krug later took fourth in the three-meter with a score of 263.55. Jackson Vinarub took fourth in the one-meter (256.65) and took fifth in the three-meter (262.58).

Smith had another top-three finish with a second-place finish in the 100 free in 46.03. Greene followed in third with a time of 46.55. In the 200 back, Kellerman posted a second-place finish with a time of 1:52.78. Hagadorn took fourth and Beagle took fifth in the event.

Raudabaugh won the 200 breast as the Bison went 1-2-3. He won the event in 2:09.25, followed by Hepburn (2:11.04) in second and Buonadonna (2:11.33) in third.

The Bison took the top-four spots in the 500 free. Franks won his second event of the day, swimming a time of 4:40.75, followed by Crossing (4:41.85), Twiss (4:47.82), and Shoemaker (4:51.34).

Davis posted another top-two finish in the 100 fly. He took second with a time of 50.54. Russell followed with a third-place finish in 51.17 and Wynne took fourth in 52.52.

Kellerman won the 200 IM in 1:53.32. Caleb Kubiak took third (1:55.81), Buonadonna took fourth (1:58.07) and Avery Kuhn took fifth (1:58.39).

The Bison are back in action next Saturday as Lehigh comes to town for a 1 p.m. meet at the Kinney Natatorium. Bucknell will celebrate its 16 seniors with a recognition at 12:45 p.m.