HAMILTON, N.Y. – Junior Maxwell Murray picked up a trio of event victories to help the St. Bonaventure University men's swimming and diving team to a first-place finish to kick off the season at the two-day Colgate Invitational.
 
In the two-day invite, St. Bonaventure finished with a score of 1,177 ahead of UMass (949) and Colgate (477).
 
The meet was the first for the Bonnies men's team under the leadership of new head coach Mike Smiechowski and assistant coach Ethan Dale and diving coach John Sirmon.
 
On Friday evening, Murray began the meet with a victory in the 1650 freestyle as he posted a time of 16:39.49, while teammate Mikolaj Synowiec placed third (16:57.02).
 
The third-year swimmer picked up his second event victory as Murray registered a time of 1:44.80 in the 200-freestyle. Alexander Behr (1:44.83) and Tomas Botero (1:45.24) finished second and third in the event as the Bonnies swept the podium.
 
Murray, a Penfield, N.Y. native, notched his third victory in the 500-freestyle, swimming a time of 4:43.06. He concluded his great start to the season with a second-place finish in the 200-IM (1:56.67).
 
Senior Nicholas Nakaya and sophomore Alexander Behr also earned two event victories for the Bonnies.
 
In the 100-breaststroke, Nakaya touched the wall in a time of 59.32, while swimming a time of 2:11.45 in the 200-breaststroke to pick up his second victory of the invite.
 
Behr won the 200-butterfly with a time of 1:52.57 and was victorious in the 100-butterfly, touching the wall in a time of 50.38. He also swam a time of 4:51.67 in the 500-freestyle to pick up a third-place finish.
 
Freshman Luigi Termine tied for first with fellow freshman Henry Wilkes with a time of 52.96 in the 100-backstroke. This marks the first collegiate victory for the pair of freshmen.
 
Termine picked up another victory in the 200-backstroke with a time of 1:55.38.
 
In the 50-freestyle, junior Kyle Gluck swam a time of 21.53 to earn a victory.
 
On the diving board, junior Lucas Dekaney was victorious in the 3-meter dive with a score of 316.25, while freshman Ben Giera picked up a pair of second-place finishes in the 1- and 3-meter dives.
 
The Bonnies received a pair of third-place finished from Synowiec in the 400-IM (4:22.08) and junior Patrick Heldreth in the 100-freestyle (48.33).
 
The 400-medley relay team of Termine, Nakaya, Behr, and freshman Boray Goren earned a victory with a time of 3:28.64, while the team of Wilkes, Heldreth, Knute Wargin, and Tommy White swam a time of 3:34.13 to place second.
 
Bona's finished off Saturday with a second-place finish from the team of Behr, Heldreth, Gluck, and senior Griffin Witte in the 400-freestyle relay (3:11.49).
 
The Bonnies travel to Cleveland, Ohio to participate in the Cleveland State tri-meet on Saturday, Oct. 15. The meet is scheduled to begin at 1:00 p.m.
 
BONNIES RESULTS
 
1650-Freestyle
1.) Maxwell Murray 16:39.49
3.) Mikolaj Synowiec 16:57.02
5.) Tomas Botero 17:09.92
7.) Will Foggin 17:43.43
8.) Joshua Bannon 17:45.93
 
400-Medley Relay
1.) Luigi Termine, Nicholas Nakaya, Alexander Behr, Boray Goren 3:28.64
2.) Henry Wilkes, Knute Wargin, Tommy White, Patrick Heldreth 3:34.13
7.) Griffin Witte, Michael Pietrucha, Zachary Titus, Kyle Gluck 3:36.33
8.) Nicholas Torre, Teddy Murphey, Jaxon Kaster, Mark Polos 3:39.21
 
1-Meter Dive
2.) Ben Giera 289.90
3.) Davis Hutchinson 289.90
5.) Lucas Dekaney 264.05
7.) Ben O'Neill 236.50
 
400-IM
3.) Mikolaj Synowiec 4:22.08
4.) Teddy Murphey 4:26.18
5.) Will Foggin 4:29.92
6.) Joshua Bannon 4:32.34
 
200-Freestyle
1.) Maxwell Murray 1:44.80
2.) Alexander Behr 1:44.83
3.) Tomas Botero 1:45.24
6.) Nicholas Nakaya 1:46.44
13.) Boray Goren 1:49.72
15.) Mark Polos 1:51.84
 
100-Backstroke
T-1.) Luigi Termine 52.96
T-1.) Henry Wilkes 52.96
4.) Griffin Witte 54.20
6.) Zachary Titus 54.57
 
100-Breaststroke
1.) Nicholas Nakaya 59.32
4.) Teddy Murphey 1:00.95
6.) Knute Wargin 1:02.37
7.) Michael Pietrucha 1:02.40
 
200-Butterfly
1.) Alexander Behr 1:52.57
4.) Boray Goren 1:59.56
6.) Jaxon Kaster 2:04.40
7.) Mark Polos 2:05.66
9.) Luigi Termine 2:09.64
 
50-Freestyle
1.) Kyle Gluck 21.53
6.) Nicholas Torre 22.27
9.) Patrick Heldreth 22.46
11.) Zachary Titus 22.53
12.) Tommy White 22.54
15.) Griffin Witte 22.68
17.) Henry Wilkes 22.77
 
100-Freestyle
3.) Patrick Heldreth 48.33
5.) Kyle Gluck 48.74
7.) Tomas Botero 48.84
9.) Henry Wilkes 49.20
12.) Boray Goren 49.29
16.) Griffin Witte 49.38
18.) Nicholas Torre 49.65
19.) Mikolaj Synowiec 49.67
20.) Zachary Titus 49.74
21.) Tommy White 49.83
 
200-Backstroke
1.) Luigi Termine 1:55.38
6.) Henry Wilkes 2:00.12
10.) Mark Polos 2:04.48
 
200-Breaststroke
1.) Nicholas Nakaya 2:11.45
4.) Teddy Murphey 2:14.97
6.) Knute Wargin 2:17.80
8.) Michael Pietrucha 2:20.60
 
500-Freestyle
1.) Maxwell Murray 4:43.06
3.) Alexander Behr 4:51.67
5.) Tomas Botero 4:54.24
6.) Mikolaj Synowiec 4:54.64
8.) Will Foggin 4:57.64
11.) Knute Wargin 4:59.13
13.) Luigi Termine 5:06.88
14.) Joshua Bannon 5:08.77
15.) Jaxon Kaster 5:12.32
 
3-Meter Dive
1.) Lucas Dekaney 316.25
2.) Ben Giera 296.05
4.) Davis Hutchinson 272.20
6.) Ben O'Neill 254.05
 
100-Butterfly
1.) Alexander Behr 50.38
4.) Tommy White 52.20
8.) Boray Goren 53.92
12.) Mark Polos 54.67
13.) Zachary Titus 54.71
14.) Jaxon Kaster 54.79
 
200-IM
2.) Maxwell Murray 1:56.67
5.) Nicholas Nakaya 1:58.50
9.) Teddy Murphey 2:04.21
10.) Will Foggin 2:06.52
T-11.) Michael Pietrucha 2:07.18
T-11.) Joshua Bannon 2:07.18
 
400-Freestyle Relay
2.) Alexander Behr, Patrick Heldreth, Griffin Witte, Kyle Gluck 3:11.49
5.) Zachary Titus, Tommy White, Henry Wilkes, Boray Goren 3:16.70
6.) Mikolaj Synowiec, Nicholas Torre, Nicholas Nakaya, Luigi Termine 3:17.21
8.) Maxwell Murray, Tomas Botero, Knute Wargin, Teddy Murphey 3:19.63
11.) Michael Pietrucha, Jaxon Kaster, Joshua Bannon, Will Foggin 3:27.68
 
 
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