Men's Swimming and Diving Defeats Howard, Falls to Seton Hall

Saturday, October 24

Lewisburg, Pa.

12 p.m.

Bucknell University

114

183

Seton Hall (Tri-Meet)

Results

10/24/2026 5:17:00 PM | Men's Swimming and Diving

LEWISBURG, Pa. – The Bucknell men's swimming and diving team defeated Howard, but fell to Seton Hall in a tri-meet at Kinney Natatorium on Saturday.

Bucknell (1-2) won one event and posted 13 top-two finishes. The Bison defeated Howard, 192-101, and fell to Seton Hall, 183-114.

Bucknell opened the meet with a win in the 400 medley relay. Caleb Hagadorn, James Lombardi, Jason Kellerman, and Colin Smith set the ninth-fastest time in program history with a time of 3:17.74.

Thomas Senfield followed with a third-place finish in the 1,650 free with a time of 16:07.31. Senfield had two top-three finishes, taking second in the 500 free (4:36.78) later in the meet.

Caleb Hagadorn took second in the 100 back with a time of 50.19, followed by Luke Thomas in third with a time of 50.33.

Lombardi took second in the 100 breast with a time of 56.40 and Edward Johnson took fourth in 56.96.

In the 200 fly, Sam Cavanaugh took third in 1:51.40 and Riley Twiss took fourth with a time of 1:53.90. Cavanaugh later took third in the 400 IM with a time of 4:02.10.

Colin Smith took second in both the 50 free and the 100 free. His time of 20.78 in the 50 free was 0.46 seconds off of his personal best. Ben Pope took fourth in the 100 free (46.68) and fifth in the 50 free (21.05).
Connor Thurston took third in the one-meter dive with a score of 252.35. He later took fifth in the three-meter dive with a score of 247.85.

Josh Battison took second in the 200 back with a time of 4:36.78. Hagadorn then took third in the following event with a time of 50.64 in the 100 fly.

Bucknell ended the day with a second-place finish in the 200 freestyle relay as Pope, Drew Greene, Eren Aydin and Smith swam a time of 1:23.18.