Previewing the 2026 Patriot League Swimming & Diving Championships

Wednesday, February 18

Annapolis, Md.

5 p.m.

Bucknell University

Patriot League Championships

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Previewing the 2026 Patriot League Swimming & Diving Championships

2/17/2026 1:19:00 PM | Men's Swimming and Diving, Women's Swimming and Diving

2025 Patriot League Swimming & Diving Championships
When: Wednesday, Feb. 18 through Saturday, Feb. 21 | CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE
Where: Lejeune Hall | Annapolis, Md.
Teams: Bucknell, American, Army, Boston University, Colgate, Holy Cross, Lafayette, Lehigh, Loyola, Navy
Streaming: ESPN+

About the Meet

The Bucknell men's and women's swimming and diving teams are all set for the 2026 Patriot League Championships hosted by Navy at Lejeune Hall in Annapolis, Md.
The Championships begin with a short program of relays and diving on Wednesday night, and the events run through Saturday.
Preliminaries begin at 10 a.m. on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, and the finals begin at 6 p.m. on each of those nights.
This is the 35th Patriot League Swimming & Diving Championships (there was no meet in 2021 due to COVID-19).
Army's men won the 2025 Patriot League championships, ending Navy's 20-year run of consecutive championships. Navy's women extended their Championship run to 13-straight in 2025.
Bucknell's women won four straight titles from 2003-06, coinciding with Kinney Natatorium's opening. The Bison men also won the 2003 title in the first meet contested in Kinney.
Last season, the Bucknell men finished fourth behind Navy, Army, and Loyola. Army won by just over 16 points. Loyola was nearly 250 points in front of the Bison.
The Bison women took third place last year, nearly 300 points ahead of Loyola (Md.) in fourth place. Clara Renner was a First Team All-Patriot League selection and the Rookie of the Meet at last year's Patriot League Championships.

Bucknell Women by Event:

50 Freestyle
Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank): Tori Castro - 23.27 (9th)
School Record: Sara Ketron 23.00 in 2025
Current Bison in Bucknell Top 10: Sara Ketron (23.00 – 1st); Castro (23.27 – 4th)

100 Freestyle
Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank): Jennifer Bolden 50.93 (7th)
School Record: Maddie Hartigan 50.01 in 2021
Current Bison in Top 10: Sara Ketron (50.69 – 3rd); Bolden (50.73 – 4th); Kyla Kelly (50.95 – 8th)

200 Freestyle
Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank): Jennifer Bolden 1:49.31 (2nd)
School Record: Hartigan 1:47.29 in 2022
Current Bison in Top 10: Virginia Hastings (1:48.06 – 2nd); Clara Renner (1:48.71 – 4th); Bolden (1:49.31 – 6th); Sydney Dettmann (1:50.09)

500 Freestyle
Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank): Clara Renner 4:52.46 (3rd)
School Record: Hartigan 4:45.85 in 2022
Current Bison in Top 10: Renner (4:48.48 – 3rd); Virginia Hastings (4:55.58 – 10th)

1,650 Freestyle
Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank): Kelly Byrne 17:00.90 (4th)
School Record: Kelly Pontecorvo 16:30.95 in 2013
Current Bison in Top 10: Clara Renner (16:31.54 – 2nd); Claire Kehley (16:52.20); Byrne (17.00.90 – 10th)

100 Backstroke
Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank): Sofia Burns 55.94 (15th)
School Record: Emma Levendoski 53.53 in 2014
Current Bison in Top 10: Sofia Burns (55.88 – 8th)

200 Backstroke
Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank): Alivia Wainwright 2:01.18 (10th)
School Record: Emma Levendoski 1:54.48 in 2014
Current Bison in Top 10: Emma Feld (2:00.17 – 7th)

100 Breaststroke
Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank): Hanna Bingley 1:03.35 (11th)
School Record: Kate Handley 1:02.03 in 2024
Current Bison in Top 10: Bingley (1:02.97 – 2nd); Sydney Jee (1:03.38 – 8th)

200 Breaststroke
Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank): Kelly Byrne 2:16.26 (7th)
School Record: Abby Doss 2:13.44 in 2021
Current Bison in Top 10: Byrne (2:16026 – 5th); Sydney Jee (2:18.01 – 9th); Ava Stallmeyer (2:18.27 – 10th)

100 Butterfly
Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank): Tori Castro 55.43 (15th)
School Record: Julianna Foss 54.48 in 2018
Current Bison in Top 10: Megan Leyden (54.83 – 3rd); Clara Renner (55.43 – 6th); Tori Castro (55.43 – 6th); Sara Ketron (55.55 – 8th); Samantha Benzija (55.64 – 9th)

200 Butterfly
Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank): Clara Renner 1:59.39 (2nd)
School Record: Renner 1:58.21 in 2025
Current Bison in Top 10: Renner (1:58.21 – 1st); Sydney Dettmann (2:01.72 – 4th)

200 IM
Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank): Kyla Kelly 2:03.78 (9th)
School Record: Maggie Wyngowski 2:00.15 in 2020
Current Bison in Top 10: Clara Renner (2:00.86 – 2nd); Virginia Hastings (2:01.05 – 3rd); Kyla Kelly (1:02.89 – 10th)

400 IM
Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank): Kelly Byrne 4:17.67 (1st)
School Record: Wyngowski 4:15.26 in 2020
Current Bison in Top 10: Clara Renner (4:16.85 – 2nd); Byrne (4:17.67 – 3rd); Virginia Hastings (4:18.63 – 4th)

1M Diving
Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank): Natalie Penman 247.43 (4th)
School Record: Tara Boyle 276.90 in 2014
Current Bison in Top 10: N/A

3M Diving
Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank): Natalie Penman 249.68 (N/A)
School Record: Katie Hetherington 300.55 in 2013
Current Bison in Top 10: Penman (273.30 – 4th)

200 Free Relay
Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank): 1:33.02 (4th)
School Record: 1:32.93 in 2024

400 Free Relay
Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank): 3:23.73 (5th)
School Record: 3:22.02 in 2022

800 Free Relay
Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank): 7:24.73 (1st)
School Record: 7:18.40 in 2019

200 Medley Relay
Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank): 1:42.87 (8th)
School Record: 1:41.88 in 2023

400 Medley Relay
Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank): 3:48.05 (7th)
School Record: 3:41.48 in 2018

Bucknell Men by Event:

50 Freestyle
Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank): Finn Russell 20.61 (23rd)
School Record: Leo Kuyl 19.75 in 2023
Current Bison in Top 10: Russell (20.14 – 3rd); Colin Smith (20.37 – 10th)

100 Freestyle
Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank): Colin Smith 45.28 (27th)
School Record: Leo Kuyl 43.92 in 2023
Current Bison in Top 10: Drew Greene (44.78 – 7th); Colin Smith (44.83 – 8th); Dante Buonadonna (44.90 – 9th)

200 Freestyle
Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank): Dante Buonadonna 1:40.41 (39th)
School Record: Kopac 1:35.72 in 2024
Current Bison in Top 10: Finn Franks (1:38.05 – 4th); Riley Twiss (1:38.33); Damian Czartoryjski (1:38.41 – 10th)

500 Freestyle
Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank): Finn Franks 4:33.22 (24th)
School Record: Louis Behnen 4:21.91 in 2016
Current Bison in Top 10: Riley Twiss (4:27.10 – 4th); Alex Crossing (4:27.47 – 5th); Franks (4:27 – 6th)

1,650 Freestyle
Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank): William Shoemaker 15:55.15 (13th)
School Record: Luke Trafton 15:20.54 in 2009
Current Bison in Top 10: Shoemaker (15:30.58 – 5th); Riley Twiss (15:35.24 – 6th); Alex Crossing (15:38.82 – 7th); Finn Franks (15:45.90 – 10th)

100 Backstroke
Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank): Drew Davis 49.33 (19th)
School Record: Chris Devlin 47.74 in 2017
Current Bison in Top 10: Davis (49.33 – 6th); Shane Wynne (49.34 – 7th);

200 Backstroke
Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank): Drew Davis 1:48.95 (22nd)
School Record: Chris Devlin 1:43.14 in 2016
Current Bison in Top 10: Braden Beagle (1:47.29 – 3rd); Davis (1:48.95 – 10th)

100 Breaststroke
Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank): James Lombardi 56.19 (21st)
School Record: Chadd Cummings 54.12 in 2019
Current Bison in Top 10: Lombardi (54.42 – 2nd)

200 Breaststroke
Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank): James Lombardi 2:04.72 (22nd)
School Record: Chadd Cummings 1:58.85 in 2019 and Hedges in 2024
Current Bison in Top 10: Lombardi (1:59.85 – 6th)

100 Butterfly
Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank): Jason Kellerman 49.16 (26th)
School Record: Chris Fabian 46.92 in 2024
Current Bison in Top 10: Finn Russell (47.97 – 3rd); Damian Czartoryjski (48.76 – 5th); Shane Wynne (48.97 – 8th)

200 Butterfly
Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank): Jason Kellerman 1:47.26 (9th)
School Record: John Gehrig 1:45.13 in 2023
Current Bison in Top 10: Kellerman (1:47.26 – 4th); Shane Wynne (1:47.82 – 5th); Riley Twiss (1:49.16 – 8th)

200 IM
Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank): Drew Davis 1:50.48 (21st)
School Record: John Gehrig 1:46.21 in 2023
Current Bison in Top 10: Dante Buonadonna (1:48.21 – 8th); Shane Wynne (1:48.27 – 9th)

400 IM
Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank): Jason Kellerman 3:58.88 (17th)
School Record: Chris Devlin 3:49.04 in 2016
Current Bison in Top 10: Riley Twiss (3:54.87 – 9th)

1M Diving
Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank): Jackson Vinarub 304.95 (N/A)
School Record: Adam Freeman 318.15 in 2005
Current Bison in Top 10: Vinarub (307.95 – 2nd); Jack Krug (299.90 – 3rd); Jackson Hagler (282.38 – 6th)

3M Diving
Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank): Jackson Vinarub 321.15 (N/A)
School Record: David Magaro 343.55 in 2011
Current Bison in Top 10: Vinarub (321.15 – 2nd); Jack Krug (312.80 – 3rd); Jackson Hagler (298.50 – 7th)

200 Free Relay
Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank): 1:21.52 (5th)
School Record: 1:19:46 in 2022

400 Free Relay
Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank): 3:00.41 (4th)
School Record: 2:56.34 in 2023

800 Free Relay
Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank): 6:44.34 (5th)
School Record: 6:30.17 in 2024

200 Medley Relay
Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank): 1:30.59 (7th)
School Record: 1:26.83 in 2023

400 Medley Relay
Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank): 3:19.59 (5th)
School Record: 3:12.99 in 2024

Top-10 Times Set in 2026

200 Free Relay: Victoria Castro, Sara Ketron, Jennifer Bolden, Kyla Kelly (1:33.02 - 4th)
50 Freestyle: Victoria Castro (23.27 - 4th)
200 Medley Relay: Natalia Gajecki, Hanna Bingley, Tori Castro, Sara Ketron (1:42.87 - 9th)
400 IM: Kelly Byrne (4:17.67 - 3rd)
200 Freestyle: Jennifer Bolden (1:49.31 - 6th)
1,000 Freestyle: Kelly Byrne (10:14.45 – 10th)
1,650 Freestyle: Kelly Byrne (17:00.90 – 10th)
100 Butterfly: Tori Castro (55.43 – 6th)
800 Free Relay: Clara Renner, Sydney Dettmann, Virginia Hastings, Jennifer Bolden (7:24.73 - 8th)
400 Free Relay: Tori Castro, Kyla Kelly, Sara Ketron, Jennifer Bolden (3:23.73 - 7th)
100 Backstroke: Drew Davis (49.33 - 6th)
200 Backstroke: Drew Davis (1:48.95 - 10th)
200 Butterfly: Jason Kellerman (1:47.26 - 4th)
400 Free Relay: Drew Davis, Colin Smith, Drew Greene, Finn Russell (3:00.41 - 10th)
1M Dive: Jackson Hagler (282.38 - 6th)
3M Dive: Jackson Vinarub (321.15 - 2nd)
3M Dive: Jackson Hagler (298.50 - 7th)