ITHACA, N.Y. – Senior Alec Thomas was victorious in two events for the Bonnies, while freshman's Alexander Behr and Lucas Dekaney each picked up event wins Saturday evening at Cornell University.
 
Thomas led the way for Bonaventure by scoring his first victory of the evening in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1:42.38. Later on, Thomas would capture his second victory in the 200-backstroke touching the wall in a time of 1:54.64.
 
Behr scored an event victory with a time of 1:53.42 in the 200-butterfly.
 
In the 3-meter dive Dekaney picked up his first collegiate victory with a score of 319.13. Fellow freshman diver Zyad Morsy would respectively finish third in this event (293.18), and second in the 1-meter dive (276.23)
 
Sophomore Maxwell Murray finished second in the 1000-freestyle with a time of 9:50.24, while freshman Knute Wargin placed third in this event with a time of 9:58.09.
 
Junior Nicholas Nakaya placed second with a time of 2:11.51 in the 200-breaststroke.
 
St. Bonaventure would capture a pair of third place finishes from senior George Kalletta in the 200-IM (1:56.90), and junior Joshua Bannon in the 500-freestyle (4:53.03).
 
The 200-freestyle relay team of Thomas, Kalletta, sophomore Tommy White, and junior Griffin Witte would end the evening with a second-place finish touching the wall in a time of 1:05.78.
 
Cornell University picked up the win with a team point total of 156, while St. Bonaventure had a team point total of 87.
 
The Bonnies return to action next weekend when they travel to Buffalo, N.Y. to take on Canisius on Saturday, Nov. 13. The meet is scheduled to begin at 1:30 p.m.
 
Bonnies Results
 
Scores
1. Cornell University 156
2. St. Bonaventure 87
 
200-Medley Relay
4. Maxwell Murray, Knute Wargin, Alexander Behr, Patrick Heldreth 1:38.63
5. Zachary Titus, Nicholas Nakaya, Jaxson Kaster, Tomas Botero 1:39.45
7. Nicholas Torre, Teddy Murphey, Joshua Bannon, Michael Pietrucha 1:42.38
 
1000-Freestyle
2. Maxwell Murray 9:50.24
3. Knute Wargin 9:58.09
5. Tomas Botero 10:06.46
6. Teddy Murphey 10:16.65
 
200-Yard Freestyle
1. Alec Thomas 1:42.38
6. Joshua Bannon 1:48.32
7. Patrick Heldreth 1:51.10
8. Nicholas Torre 1:53.40
 
50-Freestyle
4. Griffin Witte 22.27
6. Zachary Titus 22.67
7. Tommy White 22.91
 
200-IM
3. George Kalletta 1:56.90
4. Nicholas Nakaya 1:57.06
7. Jaxon Kaster 2:06.25
 
1-Meter Dive
2. Zyad Morsy 276.23
3. Lucas Dekaney 276.15
5. Davis Hutchinson 259.65
 
200-Butterfly
1. Alexander Behr 1:53.42
5. Tommy White 2:02.22
7. George Kalletta 2:06.89
8. Jaxon Kaster 2:07.83
 
100-Freestyle
5. Tomas Botero 50.00
6. Michael Pietrucha 50.41
7. Nicholas Torre 51.86
 
200-Backstroke
1. Alec Thomas 1:54.64
6. Zachary Titus 2:01.35
7. Maxwell Murray 2:02.52
8. Alexander Behr 2:02.65
 
500-Freestyle
3. Joshua Bannon 4:53.03
4. Knute Wargin 4:55.16
5. Patrick Heldreth 5:03.26
6. Griffin Witte 5:05.34
 
3-Meter Dive
1. Lucas Dekaney 319.13
3. Zyad Morsy 293.18
6. Davis Hutchinson 244.58
 
200-Breaststroke
2. Nicholas Nakaya 2:11.51
4. Teddy Murphey 2:12.86
7. Michael Pietrucha 2:19.80
 
200-Freestyle Relay
2. Alec Thomas, Tommy White, George Kalletta, Griffin Witte 1:05.78
 
 
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