CLEVELAND —The St. Bonaventure women's swimming and diving team took to action at the Magnus Cup hosted by Cleveland State starting on Thursday and concluding Saturday. The Bonnies earned a sixth place finish out of 11 teams, scoring 383 points for the event.
 
Akron, Duquesne and Xavier comprised the top-three respectively. 
 
The 200-yard freestyle relay team kicked things off for the Brown and White with a solid seventh-place finish for the event. The team comprised of Halle Myers, Ellie Kraus, Rylie Foley and Amy O'Rourke touched the wall in 1:34.88.
 
Myers didn't stop there, grabbing a runner-up in the 'A' final of the 50-yard freestyle on Thursday. Her time of 23.34 was a season-best by half a second. Kraus finished ninth in the same event for the Bonnies, posting 23.84, a season's best for her as well.
 
Kraus was a part of the 400-medley relay team that earned a sixth-place finish, teaming up with Allison Lenda, Beth Thomas, and Silvana Cabrera for a time of 3:48.35.
 
The Brown and White found themselves in fifth-place after the opening day with 133 points.
 
Friday kicked off with the Bonnies' 200-medley team of Myers, Lenda, Thomas and Cabrera earning a sixth-place finish with a time of 1:44.25. Cabrera added a fifth-place finish in the 100-yard butterfly, her time of 55.85 was a season-best by more than a second and a half.
 
Kathryn Beyer earned her way into the 'A' final for Bona's in the 200-freestyle, placing 10^th at 1:52.77, while Lenda's time of 57.07 placed ninth in the 'A' final of the 100-backstroke.
 
Beyer kicked things off on Saturday, securing the Brown and White's first top 10 of the day in the 200-backstroke. Beyer touched the wall in 2:04.62 to come in ninth.
 
Kraus was back in the water on the Magnus Cup's third and final day to pick up a fourth-place finish in the 100-yard freestyle. Her time of 51.18 cut exactly a half-second off her previous season best for the event.
 
Cabrera added another season-best time for Bona's at 2:04.37 in the 200-butterfly, good enough to secure sixth in the 'A' final.
 
The Bonaventure quartet Myers, Kraus, Beyer and O'Rourke capped off the event on Saturday evening competing in the 400-freestyle relay. The team's 3:25.60 placed fourth.
 
The Bonnies take to the pool one more time in the 2022 calendar year, when they host Canisius at the Reilly Center on Dec. 3, before resuming their season in January. The meet against the Griffs will serve as the program's Lyme Disease Awareness Meet.
 
 
SBU Results
 
200-Freestyle Relay
7. SBU 1:34.88
16. SBU 137.16
 
200-IM
22. Silvana Cabrera 2:07.15
27. Beth Thomas 2:08.73
 
50-Freestyle
2. Halle Myers 23.34
9. Ellie Kraus 23.84
25. Rylie Foley 24.14
26. Amy O'Rourke 24.15
34. Allison Lenda 24.30
 
400-Medley Relay
6. SBU 3:48.35
16. SBU 3:56.36
 
200-Medley Relay
6. SBU 1:44.25
18. SBU 147.71
 
400-IM
17. Kathryn Lyons 4:37.81
 
100-Butterfly
5. Silvana Cabrera 55.85
12. Halle Myers 56.58
18. Amy O'Rourke 57.20
38. Maggie Metcalf 58.75
 
200-Freestyle
10. Kathryn Beyer 1:52.77
24. Ellie Kraus 1:54.85
 
100-Breastroke
17. Beth Thomas 1:05.82
29. Kathryn Lyons 1:08.45
33. Paris Christie 1:08.23
 
100-Backstroke
9. Allison Lenda 57.07
21. Eylul Alli 58.16
38. Maggie Holst 59.74
 
800-Freestyle Relay
17. SBU 7:51.21
 
200-Backstroke
9. Kathryn Beyer 2:04.62
21. Eylul Alli 2:05.17
24. Allison Lenda 2:07.35
30. Maggie Holst 2:10.85
 
100-Freestyle
4. Ellie Kraus 51.18
14. Halle Myers 51.82
27. Kathryn Beyer 52.72
28. Amy O'Rourke 52.73
 
200-Breastroke
21. Beth Thomas 2:25.30
26. Kathryn Lyons 2:27.81
31. Paris Christie 2:27.53
 
200-Butterfly
6. Silvana Cabrera 2:04.37
17. Nele Vetter 2:09.51
37. Maggie Metcalf 2:18.79
 
400-Freestyle Relay
4. SBU 3:25.60
16. SBU 3:34.24
 
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