ST BONAVENTURE, N.Y. – The St. Bonaventure men's swimming and diving team returns to the pool Saturday at 1 p.m. to host the Binghamton University Bearcats in the Bonnies' second home meet of the season in the Reilly Center Pool.
The Brown and White earned a 166-133 victory over the Bearcats last year.
In that meeting, Vatslav Lets made his Bonnies debut and earned his first collegiate victory with a first-place finish in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1:45.46. Elias Homerin picked up victories in the long distance events. In the 1,000-yard freestyle, he finished first with a time of 9:51.64, while teammate Mike Hartwell finished in third place (9:57.53). Homerin also finished in first-place in the 200 fly with a time of 1:56.31.
The Bonnies are coming off of a third-place finish with 1262.5 points at the Zippy Invitational hosted by The University of Akron, which took place Nov. 30-Dec. 2.
In that meet, Lets took gold in the 200-yard backstroke with a time of 1:48.69. Michael Pilyugin had a bronze finish touching in at 1:50.11.
Jimmy Martin showcased his talents in the 100-yard free, taking second-place with a time of 45.91. Also with a second-place finish was Matthew Rochna, who touched in at 1:52.22 in the 100-yard fly.
Binghamton is coming back to the pool after a 199-101 win over Canisius on Dec. 2.
St. Bonaventure will return to the pool on Jan. 25 when it hosts Niagara University in the Reilly Center Pool at 6 p.m.
