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

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 10 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 to take the points 10-9 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.

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

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Players Mentioned

Braden Beagle

Dante Buonadonna

Alex Crossing

Damian Czartoryjski

Drew Davis

Finn Franks

Drew Greene

Caleb Hagadorn

Evan Hepburn

Jason Kellerman

Jack Krug

Caleb Kubiak

Avery Kuhn

James Lombardi

Matt Raudabaugh

Finn Russell

William Shoemaker

Colin Smith

Riley Twiss

Jackson Vinarub

Shane Wynne