Men's Swimming and Diving Falls to Boston University, 199-101

Saturday, October 17

Lewisburg, Pa.

12 p.m.

Bucknell University

101

199

Boston University

Results

Photo by: Carolyn Andros

Men's Swimming and Diving Falls to Boston University, 199-101

10/17/2026 4:48:00 PM | Men's Swimming and Diving

LEWISBURG, Pa. – The Bucknell men's swimming and diving team fell to Boston University in the season-opener at the Kinney Natatorium, 199-101, on Saturday.

Bucknell (0-1, 0-1 PL) won four events on the day, and sophomore Jason Kellerman impressed with wins in all three of his individual events to earn 27 points, and he set two new top-10 times. Colin Smith picked up his first win of the season in the 100 free.

Drew Davis, Edward Johnson, Kellerman and Smith started the day with a second-place finish in 1:29.72 that now ranks eighth on Bucknell's top-10 lists.

Freshmen Thomas Senfield and Sam Cavanaugh made their debuts with a third- and fourth-place finish in the 1,000 free. Senfield swam a time of 9:31.60 that was less than a second away from a top-10 time. Cavanaugh finished in 9:52.83, and Finn Franks took fifth with a time of 10:00.32.

Eren Aydin took second in his first collegiate event with a time of 1:41.71 in the 200 free. Avery Kuhn finished in fourth in 1:42.69. Caleb Hagadorn followed suit with a second-pace finish in the 100 back. His time of 49.70 was 0.32 seconds away from his personal record that ranks eighth on the top-10 lists. Luke Thomas took fifth with a time of 50.93.

Kellerman's first win of the day came in the 200 fly, where his time of 1:47.82 was .81 from his personal record that currently ranks third. Riley Twiss took third in 1:52.16 and Cavanaugh took fifth in 1:56.23.
Smith took second in the 50 free with a great time of 20.62. The time was just 0.30 seconds off of his personal best that currently ranks eighth in school history. Drew Greene followed in fifth with a time of 21.15.

Smith then won the 100 free in the following event with a time of 45.37, and Aydin took fourth with a time of 46.30.

Kellerman won the 200 back with a time of 1:48.08 to enter the top-10 lists with the eighth-fastest swim. Davis took fifth in the event with a time of 1:52.58.

Johnson (2:07.18) took fourth and Evan Hepburn (2:09.18) took fourth and fifth in the 200 breast. Senfield (4:41.04), Franks (4:44.70) and Cavanaugh (4:45.49) went 3-4-5 in the 500 free. Damian Czartoryjski took third in the 100 fly with a time of 50.58 and Green followed in fifth in 52.09.

Kellerman won the final individual event of the day with a time of 1:51.44 in the 200 IM. Davis took fourth with a time of 1:54.46.

The Bison ended the day with a second-place finish by Ben Pope, Greene, Aydin and Smith in the 400 free relay.

Connor Thurston led the Bison divers with two third-place finishes. Thurston, Cayden McDonnell and George Powers went 3-4-5 in both diving events. Thurston scored a 269.63 in the 3-meter. McDonnell took fourth with a score of 219.53 and Powers scored a 195.98.

In the 1-meter, Thurston scored a 260.25. McDonnell scored a 226.65 and Powers finished with a score of 206.10.

Bucknell is back in action next Saturday, October 24 to host the Bucknell Fall Invite at 12 p.m. at the Kinney Natatorium.