Men's Swimming and Diving Posts Wins Over American and Lafayette; Downed by Navy in Quad Meet on Saturday

Saturday, November 7

Lewisburg, Pa.

11 a.m.

Bucknell University

132

167

Navy (Quad-Meet)

Results

11/7/2026 6:21:00 PM | Men's Swimming and Diving

LEWISBURG, Pa. – The Bucknell men's swimming and diving team went 2-1 in a quad meet against American, Lafayette and Navy at Kinney Natatorium on Saturday. Bucknell dominated American with a 220-77 victory and defeated Lafayette 181-118. Navy went 3-0 on the day and beat the Bison 167-132.

Bucknell put up a strong fight against the reigning Patriot League champions, Navy. Bucknell won five events on the day that featured two wins from Jason Kellerman. Caleb Hagadorn, Colin Smith and Drew Davis also posted wins for the Bison. Kellerman set a new top-10 mark in the 100 fly as the sophomore has now set three different top-10 times in three different events.

Navy got off to a hot start with wins in each of the first three events. The Bison started off the day with a third-place finish in the 200 medley relay as Hagadorn, Edward Johnson, Kellerman and Smith swam a time of 1:30.37. Lafayette took second in the event, but the Bison bested American.

Eren Aydin and Damian Czartoryjski collected big points for the Bison with a 2-3 finish in the 200 free as both swimmers went 1-2 over American and Lafayette. Aydin finished with a time of 1:41.01 while Czartoryjski was close behind in 1:41.62.

Hagadorn earned an impressive win with a time of 49.69 in the 100 back. His time was 0.31 seconds off his personal best which ranks eighth in school history. Davis (50.60) and Luke Thomas (50.61) followed in fourth and fifth as the Bison went 1-2-3 over American and Lafayette.

Evan Hepburn (56.97) and Johnson (57.19) took second and third in the 100 breast to collect a majority of points over American and Lafayette.

Kellerman's first win of the day came in the 200 fly with a time of 1:49.02. Sam Cavanaugh finished in third in 1:51.64, and Navy took second in the event.

Smith took fourth in the 50 free in 20.87 while Ben Pope took fifth in 20.95. Smith then followed with a win in the 100 free with a time of 45.96. It was a strong event for the Bison as Dante Buonadonna took fourth in 46.43 and Aydin took sixth in 46.50. The Bison went 1-2-3 over American in the event.

Bucknell had another strong event in the 200 back as Kellerman, Davis and Josh Battison went 2-3-4 while taking the top three spots over American and Lafayette. Kellerman swam a time of 1:49.02, Davis finished in 1:50.61 and Battison finished in 1:50.69.

Connor Thurston was Bucknell's top finisher on the boards in both events. In the three-meter, Thurston scored a strong 290.65 to take fifth behind four Midshipmen while topping American and Lafayette. He also took sixth in the one-meter dive with a score of 251.93 collecting four points against Lafayette and nine against American.

Johnson had another strong event with a second-place finish in the 200 breast. His time of 2:03.50 was 0.32 seconds from the winning time. Hepburn took sixth in 2:10.28 as the Bison continued to stretch its lead over American and Lafayette.

Kellerman's second win of the day came in the 100 fly as the sophomore set the fourth-fastest time in program history in 48.02. It was a strong event for the Bison as Hagadorn took third in 49.95 and Czartoryjski took fourth in 50.06. The Bison went 1-2-3 over Navy and American in the event.

Davis followed up with his first win of the season in the 200 IM as the sophomore finished in 1:51.71. Cavanaugh swam a time of 1:53.70 to take third as the Bison went 1-2 over Navy and American.

The Bison ended the day with a strong second-place finish behind Lafayette in the 200 freestyle relay. Smith, Pope, Johnson and Aydin finished in 1:22.57 as the Bison defeated Navy and American in the event.

Bucknell is now 3-3 on the season with a 2-2 mark in the Patriot League. The Bison will be back in action on December 4-6 to host the Bucknell Invitational at Kinney Natatorium.