Swimming and Diving to Host ECAC Championships at Kinney Natatorium

Friday, February 27

Lewisburg, Pa.

10 a.m./6 p.m.

Bucknell University

ECAC Championships

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Swimming and Diving to Host ECAC Championships at Kinney Natatorium

2/26/2026 12:44:00 PM | Men's Swimming and Diving, Women's Swimming and Diving

2026 Patriot ECAC Championships
When: Friday, February 27 – Sunday, March 1 | CHAMPIONSHIPS
Time: Friday and Saturday – Prelims 10 a.m., Finals 6 p.m.; Sunday – Prelims 9 a.m., Finals 4 p.m.
Where: Kinney Natatorium | Lewisburg, Pa.
Streaming: ESPN+
Live Results: BucknellBison.com

About the Meet

Bucknell is hosting the ECAC championships at Kiney Natatorium for the first time in school history from February 27 through March 1.
Bucknell's women won the Championship last year in Annapolis and are coming off of a third-place finish in the Patriot League Championships last week.
The men took fifth at the Patriot League Championships last week. Navy's men and women dominated at the Patriot League Championships, winning the title on both sides.

Bucknell Women by Event:

50 Freestyle
Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank): Tori Castro - 23.16 (8th)
School Record: Sara Ketron 23.00 in 2025
Current Bison in Bucknell Top 10: Sara Ketron (23.00 – 1st); Castro (23.16 – 2nd)

100 Freestyle
Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank): Tori Castro 50.54 (8th)
School Record: Maddie Hartigan 50.01 in 2021
Current Bison in Top 10: Castro (50.54 – 3rd); Sara Ketron (50.69 – 5th); Bolden (50.69 – 4th); Kyla Kelly (50.95 – 9th)

200 Freestyle
Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank): Jennifer Bolden 1:48.99 (4th)
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 (1:48.99 – 5th); Sydney Dettmann (1:50.09 – 10th)

500 Freestyle
Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank): Kelly Byrne 4:51.87 (4th)
School Record: Hartigan 4:45.85 in 2022
Current Bison in Top 10: Renner (4:48.48 – 3rd); Byrne (4:51.87 – 5th)

1,650 Freestyle
Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank): Kelly Byrne 16:52.36 (3rd)
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 (16.52.36 – 8th)

100 Backstroke
Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank): Natalia Gajecki 54.82 (8th)
School Record: Emma Levendoski 53.53 in 2014
Current Bison in Top 10: Natalia Gajecki (54.82 – 5th); Sofia Burns (55.75 – 8th)

200 Backstroke
Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank): Alivia Wainwright 2:01.18 (12th)
School Record: 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 1:03.04 (13th)
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 (2:16.26 – 5th); Hanna Bingley (2:17.49 – 9th); Sydney Jee (2:18.01 – 10th)

100 Butterfly
Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank): Tori Castro 54.40 (10th)
School Record: Tori Castro 54.40 in 2026
Current Bison in Top 10: Castro (54.40 – 1st); Megan Leyden (54.83 – 4th); Clara Renner (55.43 – 7th); Sara Ketron (55.55 – 8th); Samantha Benzija (55.64 – 9th)

200 Butterfly
Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank): Clara Renner 1:56.63 (1st)
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 2:02.16 (7th)
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 (1:02.16 – 5th)

400 IM
Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank): Kelly Byrne 4:16.24 (1st)
School Record: Wyngowski 4:15.26 in 2020
Current Bison in Top 10: Byrne (2:16.24 – 2nd); Clara Renner (4:16.85 – 3rd); Virginia Hastings (4:18.63 – 4th)

1M Diving
Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank): Natalie Penman 247.43
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): 1:32.09 (5th)
School Record: 1:32.09 in 2026

400 Free Relay
Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank): 3:23.73 (6th)
School Record: 3:22.02 in 2022

800 Free Relay
Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank): 7:19.33 (3rd)
School Record: 7:18.40 in 2019

200 Medley Relay
Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank): 1:41.08 (6th)
School Record: 1:41.08 in 2026

400 Medley Relay
Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank): 3:43.80 (7th)
School Record: 3:41.48 in 2018

Bucknell Men by Event:

50 Freestyle
Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank): Finn Russell and Colin Smith 20.32 (T-18th)
School Record: Leo Kuyl 19.75 in 2023
Current Bison in Top 10: Russell (20.14 – 3rd); Colin Smith (20.32 – 8th)

100 Freestyle
Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank): Colin Smith 44.23 (14th)
School Record: Kuyl 43.92 in 2023
Current Bison in Top 10: Smith (44.23 – 3rd); Drew Greene (44.78 –8th); Dante Buonadonna (44.90 – 9th)

200 Freestyle
Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank): Damian Czartoryjski 1:37.89 (15th)
School Record: Kopac 1:35.72 in 2024
Current Bison in Top 10: Czartoryjski (1:37.89 – 4th); Finn Franks (1:38.05 – 5th); Riley Twiss (1:38.33 – 9th)

500 Freestyle
Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank): William Shoemaker 4:28.92 (20th)
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); Shoemaker (4:28.92 – 8th)

1,650 Freestyle
Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank): William Shoemaker 15:32.56 (7th)
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 (15:43.34 – 9th)

100 Backstroke
Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank): Drew Davis 48.74 (17th)
School Record: Chris Devlin 47.74 in 2017
Current Bison in Top 10: Davis (48.74 – 4th); Shane Wynne (49.34 – 7th); Caleb Hagadorn (49.38 – 8th)

200 Backstroke
Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank): Braden Beagle 1:47.47 (17th)
School Record: Devlin 1:43.14 in 2016
Current Bison in Top 10: Braden Beagle (1:47.29 – 3rd); Davis (1:47.78 – 5th); Caleb Hagadorn (1:48.36 – 9th)

100 Breaststroke
Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank): James Lombardi 54.11 (10th)
School Record: James Lombardi 54.11 in 2026
Current Bison in Top 10: Lombardi (54.11 – 1st); Evan Hepburn (54.68 – 5th); Matt Raudabaugh (54.85 – 7th)

200 Breaststroke
Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank): James Lombardi 1:59.47 (14th)
School Record: Cummings 1:58.85 in 2019 and Hedges in 2024
Current Bison in Top 10: Lombardi (1:59.47 – 5th); Evan Hepburn (1:59.50 – 6th)

100 Butterfly
Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank): Finn Russell 48.66 (23rd)
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 1:47.01 (12th)
School Record: John Gehrig 1:45.13 in 2023
Current Bison in Top 10: Kellerman (1:47.01 – 3rd); Shane Wynne (1:47.50 – 5th); Riley Twiss (1:49.16 – 8th)

200 IM
Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank): Shane Wynne 1:48.22 (9th)
School Record: John Gehrig 1:46.21 in 2023
Current Bison in Top 10: Dante Buonadonna (1:48.21 – 8th); Shane Wynne (1:48.22 – 9th); Drew Davis (1:48.34 – 10th)

400 IM
Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank): Jason Kellerman 3:52.49 (8th)
School Record: Chris Devlin 3:49.04 in 2016
Current Bison in Top 10: Kellerman (3:52.49 – 6th); Riley Twiss (3:54.87 – 10th)

1M Diving
Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank): Jack Krug 321.20
School Record: Jack Krug 321.30 in 2026
Current Bison in Top 10: Krug (321.30 – 1st); Jackson Vinarub (307.95 – 2nd); 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 (313.20 – 3rd); Connor Thurston (300.55 – 6th); Jackson Hagler (298.50 – 7th)

200 Free Relay
Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank): 1:20.58 (6th)
School Record: 1:19:46 in 2022

400 Free Relay
Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank): 2:58.33 (4th)
School Record: 2:56.34 in 2023

800 Free Relay
Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank): 6:33.50 (5th)
School Record: 6:30.17 in 2024

200 Medley Relay
Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank): 1:28.78 (5th)
School Record: 1:26.83 in 2023

400 Medley Relay
Bucknell Season Best (PL Rank): 3:16.56 (5th)
School Record: 3:12.99 in 2024